1922 Rare Book - HEIDI by Johanna Spyri beautifully Illustrated.
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Author: Johanna Spyri.
Title: HEIDI.
Publisher: Philadelphia, David McKay, no date (circa 1922).
Language: Text in English.
Size: 8 " X 5.5 ".
Pages: 356 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good illustrated full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (clean, bright, and tight, name of a previous owner on the first endpaper - as shown).
Illustrations: Illustrated with 8 beautiful color plates by L.L.
The book: Rare and attractive edition of Heidi - a novel about the events in the life of a young girl in her paternal grandfather's care in the Swiss Alps.
Heidi is one of the best-selling books ever written and is among the best-known works of Swiss literature.
The author: Johanna Louise Spyri (née Heusser; German: 12 June 1827 – 7 July 1901) was a Swiss-born author of novels, notably children's stories, and is best known for her book Heidi. Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers near Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels.