Lot 214
Cather (Willa) Death Comes for the Archbishop, one of 50 copies signed by the author and printed on Japanese vellum, New York, 1927
Estimate: £2,500 - 3,000
Description
Cather (Willa) Death Comes for the Archbishop, one of 50 copies signed by the author and printed on Japanese vellum, from an edition limited to 225, original gilt-stamped vellum parchment boards, a little yellowed with some foxing, t.e.g., others uncut, preserved in custom vellum-backed drop-back box with spine lettered and decorated in gilt in imitation of book spine, large 8vo, New York, 1927.
⁂ One of Cather's most popular novels, Death of an Archbishop sold over 80,000 copies in its first two years.
Description
Cather (Willa) Death Comes for the Archbishop, one of 50 copies signed by the author and printed on Japanese vellum, from an edition limited to 225, original gilt-stamped vellum parchment boards, a little yellowed with some foxing, t.e.g., others uncut, preserved in custom vellum-backed drop-back box with spine lettered and decorated in gilt in imitation of book spine, large 8vo, New York, 1927.
⁂ One of Cather's most popular novels, Death of an Archbishop sold over 80,000 copies in its first two years.
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