Heidi, Her Years of Wandering and Learning, a Story for Children and those who love children.
Boston: Cupples, Upham, & Company, The Old Corner Bookstore, 283 Washington St., 1st US printing (Mainfort 2020); Vols 1&2 bound together through "A Parting but not Forever"; translated from the German by Louise Brooks, both volumes dated 1885 on title page and copyrighted 1884 by translator; olive cloth boards with black pine spray running from spine to front board; tan on white fine floral endpapers, no illustrations, nice quality paper; 5.5x7.5"; 399+ 269 pp and 22 pages of ads, some illustrated, for Cupples and Upham adult and child books. Juvenile hardback.
The first American edition and translation of this lovely Swiss classic, first published in two parts in German by F. A. Perthes in 1880 and 1881. The endpaper contains an inscription: Agnes A. Newton, Christmas, 1884. The touching inscription below reads: "To Miss Myra Barker in loving remembrance of Agnes A. Newton, from Mrs. F. H. Newton, 1897, also a tiny word in quotation marks which I cannot read.
The translator, Louise Winsor Brooks, was a Boston philanthropist who donated all proceeds from sales of the book to charity, which seems fitting for this book.
CONDITION: Very Good; light rubbing to corners and edges; spine foot rubbed through to 1/8"; some paler spots to back, some light reading wrinkles, tight but with front hinge paper reglued; altogether a book read and reread but well cared for. Item #19699
Price: $1,250.00