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Published by University of Nebraska Press, 1973
ISBN 10: 0803208200ISBN 13: 9780803208209
Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This is a VG hardcover first edition copy in 2/3 brown cloth and 1/3 white linen binding, no DJ. Signed by Bernice Slote on the front fly leaf. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Dutton, 1997
ISBN 10: 0525455140ISBN 13: 9780525455141
Seller: Jackson Street Booksellers, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine copy in hardcover with fine jacket. Signed. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2013
Seller: Voyageur Book Shop, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 715pp. Signed by Andrew Jewell on the title page. Stated First Edition. No wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall C9. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Limited Editions Club, New York, 1983
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. William Bailey (illustrator). Large octavo (7-1/4" x 10-1/4") bound with a fine South German aniline leather spine and corners and decorative floral cloth sides .Introduction by John Hollander. Copy #887 of 1500 illustrated by William Bailey with an original etched frontispiece and four full-page plates. SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Spine sunned. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase with uneven sunning.
Published by The Limited Editions Club, 1983
Seller: Pages For Sages, Beachwood, OH, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. William Bailey (illustrator). 1st Edition. This is copy number 38 of a Limited Edition of fifteen hundred copies of A Lost Lady, by Willa Cather, Illustrated by William Bailey, and Introduction by John Hollander that was published in 1983 by The Limited Editions Club of New York. The book, which measures approximately 7 ½ inches wide by 10 ½ inches tall by ¾ inch thick, contains 105 pages of text and illustrations. The book is signed on the colophon page by William Bailey, the book? 's illustrator. The book is hard bound in burgundy aniline leather with cloth board and gilt printing on the spine. The book is further enclosed in a slipcase with similar colored surfaces as the book's cover. The book is in as new condition; the slipcase, which has some minor signs of wear - particularly dirt stains on the surfaces, is in near fine condition. The illustrations accompanying this description show the book in its slipcase, the Title page and its associated Frontispiece, the first page of the Introduction by John Hollander, a typical 2-page spread of text and illustration, and the colophon page. Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 - April 24, 1947) was an American writer known for her novels of life on the Great Plains, including O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Antonia. In 1923, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours, a novel set during World War I. In 2023, a statue of Willa Cather was placed in Statuary Hall in the US Capitol, one of the statues from the State of Nebraska. [Wikipedia]. Signed by Illustrator(s).
Published by Limited Editions Club, New York, 1983
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. William Bailey (illustrator). Large octavo (7-1/4" x 10-1/4") bound with a fine South German aniline leather spine and corners and decorative floral cloth sides .Introduction by John Hollander. Copy #1168 of 1500 illustrated by William Bailey with an original etched frontispiece and four full-page plates. SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Spine sunned. Near Fine in a Fine slipcase.
Published by Limited Editions Club, New York, 1983
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. William Bailey (illustrator). Large octavo (7-1/4" x 10-1/4") bound with a fine South German aniline leather spine and corners and decorative floral cloth sides .Introduction by John Hollander. Copy #333 of 1500 illustrated by William Bailey with an original etched frontispiece and four full-page plates. SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Hint of sunning to the spine. Fine in a Fine slipcase.
Published by Stokes, 1914
Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, Reddish Cloth, GOOD ONLY, spine lettering dull, some water staining, 2nd Issue with May 1914, INSCRIBED by McClure "To Elsie K.Frank.My Very Faithfull Coadgertor (?) I present this book with great affection and esteem.NYC April 18, 1922).(VV3/5). Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by Harcourt, Brace and Co, New York, 1924
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First Edition. Collection of essays edited by Morley and signed by him at front endpaper. Includes The Novel Demeuble by Willa Cather among others. Near Fine in dustjacket split along front spine edge, modest darkening to panels, else Very Good.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1923
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: g+ to vg. First printing. 8vo. 66, (2)pp. Parchment spine strip lettered in black, over floral patterned boards. Edition limited to 450 numbered copies (this is #196) of a total printing of 1923. Signed and numbered on the limitation leaf by Willa Cather. Spine strip somewhat toned and lettering a bit effaced. Some minor, neat underlining of two of the poems. Small chips at extremities of spine and parts of the outer hinges have small splits but the binding is holding soundly. Boards are lightly rubbed (affecting title on spine which is partially effaced), but this is still an attractive copy of a scarce book (currently there is only one other limited, signed first edition being offered for sale online). Contents: "Grandmither, think not I forget" -- Fides, spes -- The tavern -- The hawthorn tree -- The poor minstrel -- Antinous -- London roses -- Winter at Delphi -- Paradox -- In media vita -- Evening song -- Lament for Marsyas -- "I sought the wood in winter" -- "Sleep, minstrel, sleep" -- In rose-time -- Poppies on Ludlow Castle -- Prairie dawn -- Aftermath -- Thou art the pearl -- Arcadian winter -- Provençal legend -- The encore -- Song -- L'envoi -- The palatine -- The Gaul in the capitol -- A likeness -- The Swedish mother -- Spanish Johnny -- Autumn melody -- Prairie spring -- Macon prairie -- Street in Packingtown -- A silver cup -- Recognition -- Going home. (OCLC).
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1931
Seller: Dogtales, Copake, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable Jacket. #47 of 619 First Edition copies signed by the author. Marbled boards with gilt-stamped leather laabel on spine, are iexcellent. Text block is intact, binding is very tight, pages on Croxley hand made paperr are clean and bright showing only a touch of light foxing on endpapers as well as title page. Deckled edges and gilt top edge show foxing. Original jacket is present with edgewear and a tear atop spine. It is now protected in mylar. Will be carefully packaged and shipped with tracking and insurance. Photos available upon request. Size: 88vo. Book.
First edition, limited issue 1 of 200 copies signed by the author. Tall 8vo., orig. tan cloth backed blue boards, printed paper spine label. The boards are faded around the perimeter with 5cm strip at the top of the boards faded, some wear to edges and rubbing, spine label faded to tan (but with the fine blue replacement label still present at the rear), an acceptable, better than good copy lacking the slipcase. Crane A13.a.ii.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, signed by Cather. Signed edition of 520 copies [this copy is unnumbered]. Printed on Rives Liampre all-rag paper. Gilt stamped Dark green cloth spine with green papered boards. Top edge gilt. Boards are toned along top and fore-edges; small bit of exposure of corner tips. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown; light pencil erasure in upper corner of ffep. Pages are clean and crisp. Sewn-in ribbon. viii, 295, [1] pages. 9.2 x 6.25 inches. In a new removable archival sleeve. Cather's last novel. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Knopf, NY, 1933
Seller: Bromer Booksellers, Inc., ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
von Schmidt, Harold (illustrator). Octavo. (12)pp. First edition thus. Signed by von Schmidt at the colophon. von Schmidt executed twelve ink drawings for the publication, each bridging his own iconic visions of the American West with the pre-Raphaelite style the book's mise-en-page presents. Printed in black and orange. Bound in tan paper over boards with titling stamped in blind. Mild bumps to corners, else near fine in original very good dust wrapper, which shows some edgewear and shelf-toning.
Published by Knopf, NY, 1936
Seller: Bromer Booksellers, Inc., ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition. One of 333 copies printed on Nihon Japan vellum. Signed by the author at the limitation page. This collection of six essays is said by the author to be of "little interest for people under forty years of age," positing her literary engagement with the Great War to be rigorously and singularly generational. Full blue cloth over boards with stamped gilt motif on the cover, gilt titling to spine, blue satin bookmark.T.e.g. Light rubbing to corners, else near fine. Bookplate of Estelle Doheny.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 1931
Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
8vo. 20 pp. Original gilt-stamped orange vellum (mottled), gilt title on spine; endpapers a little soiled, bookplate on front pastedown, else very good. First edition, 1/199 copies printed on Shidzuoka Japan Vellum and signed by author. Crane A17.
First Edition. One of 260 numbered copies on Nihon Japan Vellum; signed by Cather. Near fine in a worn dust jacket and defective publisher's slipcase. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf,, 1940
Seller: Westsider Rare & Used Books Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good++ no slipcase, number 96 of 520 signed numbered copies. Fading to boards, sunning and staining to front board. Light rubbing to the head and tail of the spine; light foxing to paste-downs. Gilt decoration. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Alfred Knopf, New York, 1931
Seller: Graver & Pen Rare Books, Midland, MI, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First edition. No. 161 of 199 signed, numbered copies. Printed on Shidzuoka Japan vellum. No slipcase. A near fine copy. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Knopf, 1925
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First Edition. THE BORZOI 1925 - BEING A SORT OF RECORD OF TEN YEARS OF PUBLISHING, Knopf, 1925, first edition, some fading to the spine and light wear to the fore edge corner tips, else a tight vg+/near fine copy of this, 1/500 copies of the special large paper issue INSCRIBED by Alfred, Blanche and Sam Knopf with black & white photographs of the contributors. Housed in a special slip-case. Original contributions for this work are by: Cather, Coppard, de la Mare, Dell, Lawrence, MacFall, Mencken, Nathan, Shiel, Van Doren, Van Vechten, et.al. with a bibliography of all the Knopf publications as well as their stable of writers to date.
Published by Knopf, NY, 1931
Seller: Bromer Booksellers, Inc., ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition. One of 619 copies on handmade paper and signed by the author at the limitation page. Full marbled cloth over boards with leather gilt title label at spine and red satin ribbon bookmark. T.e.g. Rubbing to front and back covers, plus other exterior rubs, slight soiling to interior pages, else very good. Bookplate of Estelle Doheny.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1936
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First Edition. First Printing. Signed by the author on the limitation page; limited to 333 copies, this being #291. Octavo (23.5 cm); dark blue cloth-covered boards titled in gilt on cover and spine; top edge in gilt; dustjacket and new slipcase. 148pp. Fine. The dustjacket has large loss (2 x 4.5 in.) missing from the bottom front panel. Very Good only. "Her forthrightness is reflected in the title of her collection of essays, Not Under Forty in which she told the new generation that her book was not for them, they would not understand, she said the values they espoused." JAMES, Notable American Women, vol.1, p.307; CRANE A21a.i.
Published by Knopf, New York, 1935
Seller: Quill & Brush, member ABAA, Middletown, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition. Number 404 of 749 SIGNED, numbered copies. Blue cloth spine faded to tan, otherwise near fine in original paper-covered slipcase which is lightly aged but still very good. Lacking the dust jacket. PRINTER'S PROOF FOR PAGES 181 to 183 SHOWING SLIGHT VARIATION IN TEXT laid in (7 x 25"). Variations occur at page 183, lines 6 to 10.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1932
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
230 pp. 8vo, publisher's vellum-backed boards in plain wrapper printed at the spine and publisher's slipcase. First edition; No. 27 of 260 copies signed by Willa Cather. Very minor discoloration of vellum at extremities of spine; otherwise a very nice copy. The wrapper is in poor condition, lacking most of the spine and the bottom of the front panel. The slipcase is all present, but split at the joints.
Published by Alfred Knopf; NY; 1940/1940/FE, 1940
Seller: Watermark West Rare Books, Wichita, KS, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
; 295 pp.; ; VG+; Number 446 of 520 signed copies, the limitation determined by the number of orders received by the publication date. This copy has some cover spots, lacks the jacket, slipcase, and ribbon marker. . Crane=A22.a.i.(2). [kwA_ 1st Ed. ].
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1936
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First Edition, Limited Edition of 333 copies, signed by the author. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some glue markings at fore-edge of panels, top spine end with quarter sized chip, some darkening at spine. Lacking slipcase.
Published by Knopf, New York, 1923
Seller: Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books (ABAA), CHESTER, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition, limited issue. Blue boards, canvas shelf-back, spine label. Blue from spine label a little faded, but a fine spare label is still present; a near-fine copy, without slipcase. First edition, one of 200 numbered and signed copies, this limited edition was actually printed from a different setting of type than the first edition, correcting problems of spacing and so forth. Crane A13.a.ii.
Published by New York Alfred A. Knopf 1940, 1940
Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada
Book First Edition Signed
Condition: fine. 1st Edition Limited to 520 numbered and signed copies. viii,295,[1]pp. Octavo in original gilt lettered dark green cloth backing. Light green paper covered boards. Gilt lettering and illustration on front cover. With gilt top edge, others uncut. In original paper covered card case. Some light staining and wear to case. Yellow ribbon page marker. Clean, tight text block. A beautiful book. fine Signed by the author on the limitation page. A pre-Civil War novel set in the Virginia of Cather's early childhood, Sapphira and the Slave Girl intertwines the escape narrative of an enslaved African American, with the imperious, proud, and vengeful mistress of the house" (Modern American Women Writers, 45).
Published by Knopf, NY, 1935
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edn. 8vo, pp. 231. Bound in blue cloth, spine and part of cover faded, uncut. Designed by W. A. Dwiggins. One of 749 large paper copies, signed by the author. A very nice copy. Crane A20.a.i.
Published by Knopf, New York, 1940
Seller: Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books (ABAA), CHESTER, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition. Green cloth-backed boards, gilt top, a fine copy in copy in lightly worn dust jacket (tear on back panel) and publisher's slipcase (title written on slipcase back). One of 520 on rag paper, numbered and signed by Cather.Crane A22.a.