Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Cather, Willa. Not Under Forty. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1936.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: Cather's first book of essays, 147 pages. Designer's note (W. A. Dwiggins) at last page. Green cloth covers. Bookplate on free front endpage, some ink underlining throughout. DJ front corners clipped, quite worn (now in mylar sleeve).; 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 "
Seller: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good in a Good jacket. 1st Printing.
Seller: Jackson Street Booksellers, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
Cather, Willa. Not Under Forty. Alfred A. Knopf, 1936.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 147pp. Pale green boards with title on spine. Willa Cather 1873-1947 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Du Bois Book Center, Englewood, NJ, U.S.A.
CATHER, Willa. Not Under Forty. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1936.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Third printing. Cloth moderately soiled and sunned, boards slightly bowed, a good only copy lacking the dustwrapper. Essays aimed at people over the age of forty.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Cather, Willa. Not Under Forty. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1936.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1936 Knopf Stated First edition of a later Cather work. This copy is in VG condition/ no DJ. The baords are pale yelliow-geen and have some minor soiling and spotting with a bit of sunning to the spine. The interior is very clean and unmarked throughout.
Seller: Bren-Books, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Cather, Willa S.. Not Under Forty. Alfred A. Knopf - New York, 1936.
Price: US$49.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pale green cloth on boards with dark gray design on front and same with titling to spine. Some general soiling to boards. Small book is tight, square, relatively sharp-cornered and free of other markings or flaws, top edge dyed dark gray. Stated First Edition on copyright page, now protected in archival quality mylar. No DJ.
Seller: Barberry Lane Booksellers, Bar Harbor, ME, U.S.A.
Cather, Willa. Not Under Forty. Alfred A. Knopf, 1936.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Green cloth over boards, cloth is stained. Bookplate on front pastedown. Page edges are toned, clean throughout. DJ not price clipped. Worn on edges, some chipping. Spine tanned. In archival cover. First printing.
Seller: Bearly Read Books, Sudbury, MA, U.S.A.
Willa Cather. Not Under Forty. Alfred A. Knopf, 1936.
Price: US$65.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition; Third Printing, stated. Ex-libris bookplate Emma Boniface, Unmarked text 147 pages, Strong binding square Nice corners The first published collection of essays by Willa Cather, and a collection of essays about authors whom Willa Cather admired. Original pale green publisher's cloth is faded. No Jacket
Seller: ALEXANDER POPE, Kent, CT, U.S.A.
Willa Cather. Not Under Forty. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 1936.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The book's hinges are secure and it does not suffer from spine-lean. Pages are clean, unmarked, undamaged with very slight toning. There is very light, small patch of soiling on the back cover; the rest of the book's exterior is completely clean with slight discoloration from exposure to light on the spine, periphery of covers. Corners are not bumped and there is no rub wear to extremities. The dust jacket is not price-clipped ($2.00). It is very clean but the spine is faded, though still readable. There are some chips and tears along top and bottom edges, the deepest of which is about 3/4". The jacket has been put in a clear archival sleeve to keep it looking nice. Book, dust jacket and sleeve will be bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy box to ensure safe transit.
Seller: Argyl Houser, Bookseller, Turlock, CA, U.S.A.
Cather, Willa. Not Under Forty. Alfred A Knopf, New York, 1936.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Very good in good jacket. A little fading on spine and around board edges. Jacket has small stain on front and another at spine foot, spine is darkened, wear at spine head and top back.
Seller: Illustrated Bookshelf, Flagstaff, AZ, U.S.A.
Willa Cather. Not Under Forty (First Edition). Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1936.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Third printing of the first edition. A near-fine copy in a very good jacket. A clean copy with price ($2.00) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Note: Slight spine slant. Lightly sunned spine. Jacket has fading and a short closed tear at spine, and a chip at foot of spine (as pictured). Cather's first published collection of essays. Nonfiction-C.
Seller: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.
Cather, Willa. Not Under Forty. Alfred A. Knopf New York, 1936.
Price: US$248.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good first edition with a good dust jacket that has ink marks on front cover.
Seller: The Lost Bookstore, Spartanburg, SC, U.S.A.
CATHER, Willa. Not Under Forty [Signed, Limited]. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1936.
Price: US$330.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing. Signed by the author on the limitation page; limited to 333 copies, this being #291. Octavo (23.5 cm); dark blue cloth-covered boards titled in gilt on cover and spine; top edge in gilt; dustjacket and new slipcase. 148pp. Fine. The dustjacket has large loss (2 x 4.5 in.) missing from the bottom front panel. Very Good only. "Her forthrightness is reflected in the title of her collection of essays, Not Under Forty in which she told the new generation that her book was not for them, they would not understand, she said the values they espoused." JAMES, Notable American Women, vol.1, p.307; CRANE A21a.i.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
CATHER, Willa. Not Under Forty [SIGNED]. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1936.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, Limited Edition of 333 copies, signed by the author. Near Fine in Very Good dustjacket, some glue markings at fore-edge of panels, top spine end with quarter sized chip, some darkening at spine. Lacking slipcase.
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
Cather, Willa. Not Under Forty. Alfred A. Knopf, 1936.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: Some darkening to gutters, else fine in near fine, but darkened dust jacket with tiny tears to spine tips in custom mylar cover, the whole in near fine publisher's slipcase with some darkening to edges. First edition, limited issue, one of 333 copies, signed by the author.
Seller: THE HERMITAGE BOOKSHOP, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Willa Cather. Not Under Forty. Alfred A. Knopf, 1936.
Price: US$695.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine Copy In a Near Fine Plus Jacket In a Near Fine Matching Case. Limited Edition Signed 1/333 Copies #210 Beautiful Fresh Copy. Scarce In This Condition Especially Cloth Box.
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.