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Death Comes for the Archbishop (Modern Library #191.1)

Death Comes for the Archbishop (Modern Library #191.1) Hardcover - 1932

by CATHER, Willa

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New York: The Modern Library. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. [c.1932-33]. Hardcover. 0394605039 . Virginia-born and Nebraska-raised, Willa Cather (1873-1947) often wrote of pioneer life in the West. "Death Comes for the Archbishop" is set in the Territory of New Mexico and concerns the first bishop and his vicar who are sent there to establish the Catholic Church in the new territory. This is a Modern Library reprint edition of Cather's novel, originally published in 1927. Volume wrapped in jacket with a drawing from Harold Von Schmidt on cover. --- In Toledano spine 7 / brown balloon cloth / limp boards / gilt cover & spine lettering & decorations / brown topstain / orange Kent endpapers / jacket style d / verso lists titles in ML catalog, but no total number. Likely published c.1932-33 (though 1927 date appears in the book). ML #191.1. --- An unmarked, tightly-bound copy, though with mild age-toning to leaves. Fair-only, brittle dust jacket with original $.95 flap price, chips and tears (including a full-length vertical tear at spine), and general darkening; in removable mylar protector.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); [6], 303 pages .
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  • Title Death Comes for the Archbishop (Modern Library #191.1)
  • Author CATHER, Willa
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition REPRINT.
  • Condition Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket
  • Pages 299
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher The Modern Library, New York
  • Date [c.1932-33]
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 88434
  • ISBN 9780394605036 / 0394605039
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.5 x 5 x 0.9 in (19.05 x 12.70 x 2.29 cm)
  • Reading level 1150
  • Library of Congress subjects Historical fiction, Christian fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 83022034
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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