signed first edition Hardcover
1923 · New York
by Cather, Willa
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. First printing. Hardcover. g+ to vg. 8vo. 66, (2)pp. Parchment spine strip lettered in black, over floral patterned boards. Edition limited to 450 numbered copies (this is #196) of a total printing of 1923. Signed and numbered on the limitation leaf by Willa Cather. Spine strip somewhat toned and lettering a bit effaced. Some minor, neat underlining of two of the poems. Small chips at extremities of spine and parts of the outer hinges have small splits but the binding is holding soundly. Boards are lightly rubbed (affecting title on spine which is partially effaced), but this is still an attractive copy of a scarce book (truncated)