Youth and the Bright Medusa
by Cather, Willa
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
CHESTER, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Knopf, 1920. First edition. The rare limited issue, one of 35 unnumbered copies issued with all edges untrimmed, signed in full "Willa Sibert Cather" on the front free endpaper. Original green cloth. As these copies are taller than the trade issue, and special binding cases had to be made, it's unlikely they were issued with a dust jacket. Spine has small areas of spotting where the green pigment is lost; number in ink on upper cover; ownership signature at the bottom of the front endpaper (James R. Messenger, Emmy Award-winning documentary film maker, and sometime contributor to the Willa Cather Newsletter). A very good copy preserved in a clamshell box. Youth and the Bright Medusa was the first of Cather's books to be published by Knopf, who would remain her publisher thereafter. Around that time it was his practice, with some of his most prominent authors to produce these severely limited, unnumbered, signed issues, most of which were not for sale. . Crane A10.a.i. (limited issue).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29203
- Title
- Youth and the Bright Medusa
- Author
- Cather, Willa
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1920
- Keywords
- , ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE, , LIMITED SIGNED EDITIONS,
- Bookseller catalogs
- English and American literature;
Terms of Sale
Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books
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About the Seller
Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
CHESTER, Connecticut
About Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books
Specialized dealer in rare books and manuscripts, since 1975.
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- Cloth
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Clamshell Box
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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