signed first edition
1903 · Boston
by Cather, Willa Sibert
Boston: Richard G. Badger, The Gorham Press, 1903. First edition of Cather's first book. Original boards, cover and spine labels. Boards darkened and marked, spine label chipped, nevertheless an attractive copy, preserved in a cloth case. Inscribed twice by Cather: On the front cover "For Albert Donovan from his friend Willa Siebert Cather," similarly on the front endpaper, with the addition of the date, Christmas 1912. Bookplate of Sherrill Bigelow. Crane A1.a.
(Inventory #: 32234)