New York:: Alfred A. Knopf, , 1931.. First edition.. publisher's cloth with paper labels in dust jacket.. A very good copy with the usual browning to the spine and edges of the green cloth. This copy was clearly exposed to some moisture, and there are some minor signs of this on the front cover and some of the pages. There is no tidemark or stain on the text leaves, which are just slightly cockled; the green cloth has been slightly yellowed at the lower right quadrant of the front cover. The jacket has some minor chipping at the edges and the extremities of the spine.. 8vo,. Signed by Willa Cather on the front free endpaper.

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This tale was published in 1931. Willa Cather's Shadows on the Rock tells the tale of a young girl, her widower father, and their friends, all of them working to make a life for themselves in Quebec in 1697.

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Bookseller: Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 15070
Title: Shadows on the Rock.
Author: CATHER, Willa
Format/Binding: Publisher's cloth with paper labels in dust jacket.
Book Condition: Used - A very good copy with the usual browning to the spine and edges of the green cloth. This copy was clearly exposed to some moist
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf,
Place of Publication: New York:
Date Published: 1931.
Pages: 280 pp.
Size: 8vo,

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