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Lot 53

CATHER, Willa. Youth and the Bright Medusa.  FIRST ED., 1 OF 35 LARGE-PAPER COPIES SIGNED. NY, 1920. 
Sale 2065 - Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana
Nov 14, 2024 9:00AM CT
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CATHER, Willa (1873-1947). Youth and the Bright Medusa. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1920.

8vo. Original green cloth stamped in blue, untrimmed top edge (a few small faint smudges to covers); cloth chemise and morocco-backed slipcase. Provenance: George T. Keating (1892-1976), bibliophile and collector of Joseph Conrad (inscription from the author); armorial bookplate on pastedown.

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, ONE OF ONLY 35 LARGE-PAPER COPIES SIGNED BY CATHER on the front free endpaper as issued. ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED BELOW BY CATHER to George T. Keating. Youth and the Bright Medusa was the first of Cather's books to be published by Knopf, who would remain her publisher thereafter. Around that time it was his practice, with some of his most prominent authors to produce these severely limited, unnumbered, signed issues, most of which were not for sale. The large-paper copies were 8mm taller than the trade issue, otherwise they are identical. Crane A10.a.i.

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