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One of Ours
by Cather, Willa
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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CHESTER, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Knopf, 1922. First edition, first printing, limited issue. Original white vellum, gilt, ribbon marker. Minor dust-soiling to spine, but a fine copy. Copy 10 of 35 copies printed on Imperial Japan Vellum, signed on the colophon by Cather, five of which were not for sale. One of the rarest of Cather issues, in point of actual number produced. This copy is additionally signed by Cather on the front endpaper, and a note laid in from Cather scholar Robert Thacker advises that he and fellow scholars Richard Harris (editor of "One of Ours" for The Willa Cather Scholarly Edition) and Mark Madigan consider the second signature evidence that this was Cather's own copy. "One of Ours" won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Crane A11.a.i.
Synopsis
One of Ours is a novel by Willa Cather which won the 1923 Pulitzer Prize. It tells the story of the life of Claude Wheeler, a native of Nebraska around the turn of the 20th century. The son of a successful mid-western farmer and an intensely pious mother, thus guaranteed a comfortable livelihood, Claude Wheeler nonetheless views himself as a victim of his father's success and his own inexplicable malaise.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32257
- Title
- One of Ours
- Author
- Cather, Willa
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing, limited issue
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- , Limited signed edition, women, ,
- Bookseller catalogs
- English and American literature;
Terms of Sale
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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.
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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. ...
- 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....
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