December Night. A Scene From Willa Cather's Novel "Death Comes for the Archbishop."
first edition
1933 · New York
by Cather, Willa
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1933 First edition in this format. Illustrated with ink designs by Harold von Schmidt. Set by hand and printed on all rag paper by Pynson Printers under the direction of Elmer Adler. Thin octavo. 12pp. Original boards, title and rule blind-stamped on front cover. Previous owner's ink inscription on blank jacket flap. A very fine copy in the very elusive decorated dust jacket (chipped on lower spine, less so to upper spine and lower corners). An excerpt from "Death Comes for the Archbishop".. Illus. by Von Schmidt, Harold. (Inventory #: 1218)