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DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP
by CATHER, Willa
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very mild and faint spotting to vellum which maintains a fresh, bright white color. Fine copy, lacking the dustwrapper and slipc
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. First Illustrated Edition. Hardcover. Very mild and faint spotting to vellum which maintains a fresh, bright white color. Fine copy, lacking the dustwrapper and slipcase. Harold von Schmidt. Bound in full vellum with a silver decoration on the front cover and silver lettering on the spine. Illustrated with drawings and designs by Harold von Schmidt, published two years after the novel's first appearance. Copy #80 of only 170 numbered copies SIGNED by the author of what most consider her greatest achievement.
Synopsis
Death Comes for the Archbishop is a 1927 novel by Willa Cather. It concerns the attempts of a Catholic bishop and a priest to establish a diocese in New Mexico Territory. The novel was included on Time Magazine's 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005 as well as the Modern Library's list of the 100 Best Novels.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003543
- Title
- DEATH COMES FOR THE ARCHBISHOP
- Author
- CATHER, Willa
- Illustrator
- Harold von Schmidt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very mild and faint spotting to vellum which maintains a fresh, bright white color. Fine copy, lacking the dustwrapper and slipc
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Illustrated Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- Signed, Limited, Western Literature, High Spot, Modern Firsts, Willa Cather, Harold von Schmidt
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
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