Signed by the author
CATHER, Willa. Death Comes for the Archbishop. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1927.
8vo. Cloth-backed marbled boards, black morocco lettering piece to spine, in original green slipcase; pp. [x] + 303; slipcase a little worn, uncut, near fine.
No. 35 of limited edition of 175 signed by the author. This is a lovely copy Cather's classic character study of two Frenchmen trying to organize a Catholic Diocese on the frontier of New Mexico and her most critically acclaimed work. Refusing to conform to conventional notions of narrative, Cather instead crafts her tale out of a series of vignettes from the lives of each of her protagonists.
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