This page lists a selection of editions of L.M. Montgomery’s books that were published between 1985 and 1989.
Anne of Green Gables: Three Volumes in One (New York: Avenel Books/Gramercy Books, 1986)
Lucy Maud Montgomery. Introduction (xi–xvi) by Ellen S. Shapiro. Original illustrations by George Gibbs. Print, jacketed hardcover, 6” x 9”, xviii + 634 pp. ISBN: 0-517-60517-1. The dedications appearing in all three volumes are quoted and summarized in “Dedicatory Note.” The epigraph to Anne of Green Gables is included at the beginning of the volume, but the epigraphs to Anne of Avonlea and Anne’s House of Dreams are omitted.
Notes: This omnibus edition of Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, and Anne’s House of Dreams was published as a jacketed hardcover by Avenel Books in 1986; the volume was later reprinted by Gramercy Books with a new dust jacket featuring Megan Follows as Anne. It was followed by two more omnibus volumes by Avenel Books/Gramercy Books: Days of Dreams and Laughter: The Story Girl and Other Tales (1990) and Anne of the Island and Tales of Avonlea (1991). The cover image is a photograph of Megan Follows, who appeared as Anne Shirley in Sullivan Entertainment’s miniseries Anne of Green Gables.
Sources: A copy of the fortieth printing (undated) by Gramercy Books is in the site owner’s personal collection; the scanned cover above is of that copy. Thanks to Rosemary Park for additional information about these editions.
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Anne of Green Gables (New York: Bantam Books, 1987)
Bantam Classics. Print, mass-market paperback, 7” x 4 1/8”, x + 309 + 1 pp. ISBN: 0-553-21313-X. Cover photo (of Megan Follows as Anne) by Rob McEwan. Dedication and epigraph included.
This edition reprints an earlier Bantam Books edition of the novel published in 1976. A nearly identical edition was published by Seal Books (Toronto), also in 1987.
Copyright statement: Copyright 1908 by L. C. Page & Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1935 by L. C. Page & Company, Inc. (now Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc.)
Printing history: L.C. Page edition published June 1908; 68 printings through 1942. Grosset & Dunlap edition published December 1951. Literary Guild edition published June 1972. Bantam edition / August 1976. Bantam Classic Edition / June 1987. [43rd printing, n.d.]
Sources: A copy of the 43rd printing in the site owner’s personal collection.
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Kilmeny of the Orchard (Toronto: Seal Books, 1987)
Print, mass-market paperback, 6 7/8” x 4 1/8”, viii + 136 pp. ISBN: 0-7704-2181-4. Reissued with a modified cover design (with cover art by Ben Stahl) in 1993. Epigraph and dedication are included. A nearly identical U.S. edition was published by Bantam Books (New York) in 1989.
Copyright statement: Copyright 1910 by L.C. Page & Company (Incorporated). Cover art copyright © 1987 by Bantam Books, Inc. A Seal Book / published by arrangement with the author’s estate.
Printing history: First Canadian edition: September 1944. Seal edition: August 1987. 6 printings by 1993.
Notes: The information included here is from copies of the third printings and of the fifth printing (both undated). These printings are identical, except for additions in lists of Montgomery’s books of titles that have recently been reprinted by Seal Books. The sixth printing (like 1993) features new cover art by Ben Stahl, a reformatted copyright page (which announces that Seal Books is now an imprint of Random House of Canada Limited rather than McClelland-Bantam, Inc. and which assigns the copyright to the cover art to Ben Stahl), and a slightly condensed plot summary on the back cover, but it retains the same ISBN.
Sources: Copies of the third, fifth, and sixth printings are in the site owner’s personal collection.
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The Story Girl (Toronto: Seal Books, 1987)
Print, mass-market paperback, 6 7/8” x 4 3/8”, viii + 258 pp. + 6 pp. ISBN: 0-7704-2285-3. Cover art by Ben Stahl. Reissued with a modified cover design in 1993. Epigraph and dedication are omitted. A nearly identical U.S. edition was published by Bantam Books in 1989.
Copyright statement: Copyright, 1910 [sic] ¶ By L. C. Page & Company (Incorporated). Entered at Stationers’ Hall, London.
Printing history: First Canadian Edition: September 1944. Seal Edition: August 1987 [first printing] April 1987 [fifth printing].
Notes: The original copyright date is listed erroneously as 1910 instead of 1911. The first printing includes August 1987 as the date of its publication; by the fifth printing, that date is changed to April 1987. Ben Stahl is identified as the cover artist only in the 1993 reissue.
Sources: Copies of the fifth and seventh printings (undated, but with 1987 cover) and of the fifteen printing (undated, but with the 1993 cover) are part of the site owner’s personal collection. Scanned covers above are of copies of the fifth and fifteenth printings. Thanks to Kate Jones for sharing information about the first printing of this edition.
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The Story Girl (Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1988)
Print, jacketed hardcover, 7 7/8” x 5 3/8”, viii + 365 pp. ISBN: 0-07-549734-4. Cover art by Christine Bunn. Epigraph and dedication included.
This edition is a reissue of the 1944 edition published by The Ryerson Press and reprinted by McGraw-Hill Ryerson starting in 1972. Like the 1944 edition, this one is reprinted from the plates of the original edition (published by L.C. Page and Company in 1911), with a new table of contents, a new list of Montgomery’s books, a new copyright page, and new jacket copy.
Copyright Statement: Copyright, 1910 [sic] ¶ By L. C. Page & Company (Incorporated). Entered at Stationers’ Hall, London.
Printing history: First Canadian Edition, September, 1944. Reissued hardcover edition 1988.
Notes: Once again, the original copyright date is listed erroneously as 1910; it should be 1911. The frontispiece page lists “The Novels of L.M. Montgomery / Canada Edition,” as follows: Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Chronicles of Avonlea, Kilmeny of the Orchard, The Golden Road, The Story Girl, and Further Chronicles of Avonlea. The back cover lists these books in slightly different order and includes The Road to Yesterday, published by McGraw-Hill Ryerson in 1974.
Sources: A copy of the first printing is part of the site owner’s personal collection. The scanned cover is of that copy.
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The Story Girl (New York: Bantam Books, 1989)
Bantam Classics. Print, mass-market paperback, 6 7/8” x 4 3/8”, viii + 258 pp. + 6 pp. ISBN: 0-553-21366-0. Cover art by Ben Stahl. Epigraph and dedication are omitted. A nearly identical Canadian edition had been published by Seal Books (Toronto) in 1987.
Printing history: First publication 1910 [sic] by L.C. Page & Company (Incorporated). A Bantam Classic Book / January 1989 [1989 edition]. Bantam edition / January 1989. Bantam reissue / February 1993 [1993 edition].
Digital edition: First printing (1989) from Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/storygirl00lmmo/
Notes: Once again, the original copyright date is listed erroneously as 1910; it should be 1911.
Sources: A copy of the sixth printing (undated, but with the 1993 cover) is part of the site owner’s personal collection. Information about the 1989 edition is from the scanned copy found at the Internet Archive.
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