A Lost Lady
by Cather, Willa
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Her masterpiece,'' this book is considered to have been an inspiration for Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby, documenting the decline of wealthy socialites in tandem with the decline of the American frontier. In 174 pages. Oddly, page 157-158 is missing, but not cut out: rather, it never seems to have been bound into the book. This page contains one of many points used to distinguish different states of the true first edition (but this is a much later printing anyway, so the point is moot). Originally published in 1923, this is the 18th printing from , in the second state binding & DJ. Hardcover 12mo has bright shamrock green cloth over boards stamped with a paper title & author label to front & spine lettered in black & decorated in orange. Condition is Near Fine: virtually flawless save for mild pushing to heel of spine & very mild corner bumping, slight offsetting to endpapers. Wonderfully woodcut bookplate reminiscent of Rockwell Kent from former owner to ffep; else, pages are completely clean & unmarked, with age-appropriate tanning. Binding strong & straight, hinges secure. The price-clipped DJ is VG, with chipping at corners & both ends of spine & a small hole to center spine, which has darkened; nicely protected in new clear mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have here! All orders processed before 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time) ship that same Day; Weekends & holidays, very next business day.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023384
- Title
- A Lost Lady
- Author
- Cather, Willa
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Later Printing 5th or later Printing
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- LITERATURE FICTION SHORT STORIES WOMEN FEMALE rich wealthy socialite frontier west
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature/Literary Criticism/Poetry/Short Stories; Fiction-General;
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
Glossary
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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....
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...