Descrizione

First Jesse Willcox Smith edition. With 10 full page colour plates by Jessie Willcox Smith as well as numerous full page single black line drawings and illustrated endpapers. 8vo, publisher's original dark blue cloth, decorated with a pictorial paste-down on the upper cover and with gilt lettering to the spine, top edge red. 380 pp. A very attractive copy of this beloved classic, internally fine, clean and fresh, the cloth very well preserved, front paste down clean, a bit of fading to the gilt on the spine.

Edizione: a true classic of world literature wonderfully illustrated by jesse wilcox smith. heidi is surely the best known and most loved work of swiss literature within the english speaking nations. heidi was first published in switzerland in 1880, but quickly earned a ranking as one of the most popular children’s novels of all time. ms. smith brings these beloved and ever-so familiar characters vividly to life for us.