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Lot Description

CATHER, Willa Sibert (1873-1947). A group of 3 FIRST EDITIONS, comprising:

The Troll Garden. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1905. Original gilt-lettered red cloth. FIRST ISSUE with McClure, Phillips & Co. imprint on the foot of the spine and the misspelling of "exculsive" on line 2, p.21. INSCRIBED by Cather's closest friend Isabelle McClung (1877-1938). -- O Pioneers! Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. Original tan cloth. -- Shadows on the Rock. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. Original marbled boards; plain dust jacket (few small tears); publisher's slipcase. LIMITED ISSUE, number 116 of 619 copies, SIGNED BY CATHER. -- Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, all 8vo, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, condition generally very good.

Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie

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