First Edition, Limited Edition of 333 copies, signed by the author. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some glue markings at fore-edge of panels, top spine end with quarter sized chip, some darkening at spine. Lacking slipcase. Item #25124

First Trade Edition. Original tan cloth. Seldom encountered signed and dated first trade edition of Cather's Pulitzer Prize winning novel. Inscription at front endpaper reads simply, "Willa Cather / November 17 / 1925". Cather was giving a lecture at the University of Chicago on this date and presumably this copy was signed at the event for Louis A. Kohn, a prominent Chicago lawyer and associate of Adlai E. Stevenson, whose ownership signature accompanies Cather's at endpaper, his bookplate also resides at front pastedown. The lecture was given at Mandel Hall to a capacity audience. Cather did not feel the speech went well and blamed it upon the ugliness of the lecture hall. She wrote a letter to a friend that the place made her feel wretched and caused her to stutter. This copy married to a contemporary dustjacket with '4th Large Printing' plug at spine. Very Good firmly bound volume, some soiling to spine, spine end cloth rubbed, endpapers display soiling. Item #35048

First Edition. C. B. Falls dustjacket art. Chronicle of the 52nd year of Godfrey St. Peter, a professor of history at an unnamed Midwestern university in the small town of Hamilton, which borders Lake Michigan. Professor St. Peter has lately finished his magnum opus, a history of the adventures of the Spanish explorers in North America, and he and his wife Lillian are in the process of moving to a new house built with the proceeds of his completed work. Professor St. Peter, however, has grown profoundly attached to his old house. Near Fine, with previous owner signature at front endpaper, in Very Good dustjacket, lettering faded at spine, shallow loss at top spine end, rear panel with some hardly noticeable drip spots. Item #37421

First Edition, early issue with period not touching 'Co' at spine but dated title page and 'Willa S. Cather' at spine. "A stirring romance of the Western prairies, embodying a new idea and a new country. There are two heroines, the splendid Swedish girl, Alexandra, who dares and achieves, and the beautiful Bohemian whose love story is the very story of Youth". This copy married to a 1919 issued dustjacket with same text and image at spine and front panel as true first issue dustjacket. Scarce title. Near Fine, some spotting at spine, in Very Good dustjacket, fairly shallow loss at spine ends, flap corners and few edges. Item #25780

First Edition. Collection of essays edited by Morley and signed by him at front endpaper. Includes The Novel Demeuble by Willa Cather among others. Near Fine in dustjacket split along front spine edge, modest darkening to panels, else Very Good. Item #27108