Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1909. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition (Lechowick pp. 31-33). Lacks scarce jacket. Boards lightly rubbed with a few tiny spots on front corner, rear hinge just beginning to weaken, a few pages faintly foxed. 1909 Hard Cover. 367, [1], 4, 4 pp. Light brown cloth boards. Color frontispiece of Anne Shirley and color illustration mounted on front board by George Gibbs. The second book in the Anne of Green Gables series. When twelve-year-old Anne Shirley came to Avonlea, she quickly won everyone's heart. Now, she's five years older, almost a woman, and about to embark on a new adventure: becoming the teacher in her old Avonlea school. It's an exciting year as Anne struggles to win over all her students, welcomes two new members to her family, and feels the first stirrings of love.