L M Montgomery

The Story Girl (1911) by L M Montgomery

Boston: L. C. Page & Co., 1911 Very Good, and Plus. Boston: L. C. Page & Co., 1911. First Edition and First Impression (stated). Frontis and front cover pastedown color illustrations by George Gibbs. Small octavo, 365 pp. + ads. Light blue cloth, gilt imprinting, pastedown illustration. Corners just touched, light soil at places, previous owner's bookplate and previous owner's signature, neat little bookseller's stamp [Smith Bros., Oakland] on rear pastedown for the collector of those. Better than Very Good. See scans. Nicely-preserved first edition by the author of Anne of Green Gables. The Story Girl, later to become the basis of the long running TV series Avonlea, brings enchanting story teller Sara Stanley, who mesmerizes everyone for miles around with a potpourri of folksy tales such as "The Tale of the Family Ghost", "How Kissing Was Discovered", and "The Blue Chest of Rachel Ward". The real story-teller, of course, is the peerless L. M. Montgomery.