The scarce first edition of the continuation to Spyri's classic Heidi (1880), the tale of a young Swiss girl who lives in the Alps with her grandfather - how she is sent to live in a big town where she is unhappy and homesick, then eventually returns to her beloved mountains. Both volumes are rare to find in the original cloth, especially in such good condition. 555

First edition of the second Heidi book; 8vo; woodcut device to title, some minor finger-marking and spotting, neat contemporary ownership inscription to head of title, patterned endpapers; publisher's dark brown cloth, elaborately tooled in blind & black with gilt titling, a little rubbed and bumped at corners and spine ends, but overall very good.