Lot 48
  • 48

Cather, Willa

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description

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Death Comes for the Archbishop. New York: Knopf, 1927



8vo (9 x 6 in.; 230 x 150 mm). Original gilt vellum, top edge gilt, glassine jacket; a very fresh, bright copy, later brown half-morocco gilt slipcase.

Literature

Crane A16a.i

Condition

8vo (9 x 6 in.; 230 x 150 mm). Original gilt vellum, top edge gilt, glassine jacket; a very fresh, bright copy, later brown half-morocco gilt slipcase.
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Catalogue Note

First edition, Number 26 of 50 copies on japon vellum signed by Cather. This limitation of Cather's masterpiece rarely appears at auction.