copyright 1901; Translated From the German of Jahanna Spyri by H.A. Melcon "With Four Illustrations in Colors by Anne Merriman Peck; hardbound; good/very good condition with unmarked, clean pages; boards very good with minor fading; gilt lettering on boards; no dust jacket.
 
Description -
Heidi (German: [ˈhaɪdi]) is a work of children's fiction first published in 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as Heidi: her years of wandering and learning (German: Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre) and Heidi : How she used what she learned (German: Heidi kann brauchen, was sie gelernt hat). 
 
This is a novel about the events in the life of a young girl in her grandfather's care in the Swiss Alps. It was written as a book "for children and those who love children".
 
Heidi is one of the best-selling books ever written and is among the best-known works of Swiss literature.