1936 Rare Book - Rilla of Ingleside by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Author: L.M. Montgomery. 
Title: Rilla of Ingleside.
Publisher: Toronto, McClelland & Stewart Limited, no date (circa 1936).
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7.5" x 5.2".
Pages: 370 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good original light blue publisher’s cloth binding with black lettering to spine and front cover (mild edge wear, faint spot to spine - as shown). Protected in a good and beautiful original pictorial dust jacket (light chipping to edges, small closed tears, some toning; bright and attractive overall) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, light toning to endpapers outer margins - as shown).

Estimate: (USD 200-250).

The book: This is a nice post-1935 Canadian edition of Rilla of Ingleside, issued by McClelland & Stewart after L.M. Montgomery’s recognition as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire — a distinction highlighted on the dust jacket. This edition retains the full text of the novel and offers collectors the opportunity to own an early mid-century Canadian printing in its desirable pictorial jacket. Rilla of Ingleside is the concluding volume in the Anne of Green Gables series and the only one set against the backdrop of the First World War, making it historically as well as emotionally resonant.

The author: Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942) stands as one of Canada’s most cherished literary figures. Her Anne series has captured generations of readers, but it is in Rilla of Ingleside that Montgomery achieves a uniquely mature and moving depiction of growth through hardship. In 1935, she became one of the first Canadian women to be appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire, cementing her influence both nationally and internationally.