New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Hardcover in very good Condition, light sticker shadow on bottom of panels with slight surface tear on back panel, shelf rubbing with a few very light smudge marks on panels. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

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Willa Cather was born near Winchester, Virginia, in 1873. When she was ten years old, her family moved to the prairies of Nebraska, later the setting for a number of her novels. At the age of twenty-one, she graduated from the University of Nebraska, and she spent the next few years doing newspaper work and teaching high school in Pittsburgh. In 1903, her first book, April Twilights, a collection of poems, was published, and two years later The Troll Garden, a collection of stories, appeared in print. After the publication of her first novel, Alexander’s Bridge, in 1912, Cather devoted herself full time to writing, and over the years she completed eleven more novels (including O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, The Professor’s House, and Death Comes for the Archbishop ), four collections of short stories, and two volumes of essays. Cather won the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours in 1923. She died in 1947.

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Bookseller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 268412
Title: Alexander's Bridge
Author: CATHER, Willa
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0684819074
ISBN 13: 9780684819075
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1997

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Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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