A LOST LADY
by Cather, Willa
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket
- Seller
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Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1938. First edition thus. Hardcover. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket. #7 of the 'Autograph Edition' this copy marked "Publisher's Copy" on the colophon page. Not signed by Cather. Blue and beige cloth with spine label in a decorated, light green dust jacket that is taller than the book.
Synopsis
Willa Cather's A Lost Lady was first published in 1923. It tells the story of Marian Forrester and her husband, Captain Daniel Forrester who live in the Western town of Sweet Water, along the Transcontinental Railroad.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ed Smith Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ESB10621
- Title
- A LOST LADY
- Author
- Cather, Willa
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1938
- Keywords
- PUBLISHER COPY, LIMITED EDITION, MODERN LITERATURE
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ed Smith Books
Biblio member since 2009
Bainbridge Island, Washington
About Ed Smith Books
Ed Smith Books specializes in better condition modern literary first editions, signed books, photographic monographs, screen and theater related material and pop culture. We offer appraisals for books and photographs. We are located a short ferry ride from downtown Seattle, WA on Bainbridge Island. Since 1985 (ABAA since 1995). Two authors we specialize in are Charles Bukowski and Hunter S Thompson. Open by appointment.
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- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Spine Label
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...