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A Lost Lady
by Cather, Willa
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Good
- Seller
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. Publisher's light green cloth in mylar protected dust jacket, gilt titles, purple top stain, patterned endpapers in grean and pink, title page printed in black and green. (7.5 x 5.5 inches), 8vo., 173 pages. First Trade Edition (published September, 1923), first issue (state A; in the first binding). One of twenty thousand copies on English featherweight paper. Title above the author's name on spine, with "of" correct on the final page, and textual points on pages 157, 163, 164, 171, 173, and 174. This book tells the story of Marian Forrester and Captain Daniel Forrester; the book was cited as an influence for F. Scott Fitzgerald in writing The Great Gatsby. A clean, bright copy in a chipped and torn jacket.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/Good. Octavo.
Synopsis
Willa Cather's A Lost Lady was first published in 1923. It tells the story of Marian Forrester and her husband, Captain Daniel Forrester who live in the Western town of Sweet Water, along the Transcontinental Railroad.
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- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005079
- Title
- A Lost Lady
- Author
- Cather, Willa
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1923
- Size
- Octavo
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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