CATHER, Willa.. A Lost Lady.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1923.

Price: US$282.38 + shipping

Description: First edition, limited issue 1 of 200 copies signed by the author. Tall 8vo., orig. tan cloth backed blue boards, printed paper spine label. The boards are faded around the perimeter with 5cm strip at the top of the boards faded, some wear to edges and rubbing, spine label faded to tan (but with the fine blue replacement label still present at the rear), an acceptable, better than good copy lacking the slipcase. Crane A13.a.ii.

Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada

CATHER, Willa.. A Lost Lady.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1923.

Price: US$600.00 + shipping

Description: 174 pp. 8vo, publisher's linen-backed pale blue boards with printed paper label on spine; in plain acetate wrapper and publisher's slipcase. First edition; No. 63 of 220 copies signed by Willa Cather. A few slight marks to the pale blue boards; otherwise a fine copy in chipped acetate wrapper. The slipcase is rubbed and the paper covering is chipped at the joints and extremities.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

CATHER, Willa. A LOST LADY. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1923.

Price: US$625.00 + shipping

Description: Cloth-backed boards with printed spine label and an extra label tipped to rear pastedown, in slipcase apparently supplied from another copy as "5" is written on the backstrip. Copy "H" of only 20 copies (from a total edition of 220) SIGNED by the author on the limitation page. Paper split to rear hinge, slightly to front, covers tight and firm; rubbing to boards with faint stain to spine. About Very Good in a Fair slipcase with the bottom edge missing and the top edge mostly detached

Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.

CATHER, Willa. A Lost Lady [Inscribed Copy]. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1923.

Price: US$715.00 + shipping

Description: Inscribed on front endpaper: "Autographed for / D.W. Langer [sp?], 5 Bank Street / New York," signed by Cather, undated but on the premises of 5 Bank Street in New York City, where Cather and her companion Edith Lewis resided from 1912 to 1927. First printing. Second state of the text per Crane, with pages 164 and 173 (only) reset. Octavo. Publisher's pale green cloth, with facsimile of Cather's signature in gilt to front cover; 174pp. Spine sunned, with dulling to gilt; covers spotted, internally tight and unmarked; Good or better, lacking the dustwrapper. A presentable copy of Cather's historical novel of the American west, said to have been a strong influence on Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. There was a signed, limited issue of 200 copies, generally easy to obtain, but inscribed copies of the trade edition are infrequent in commerce.

Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.

CATHER, Willa.. A Lost Lady.. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1923.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Description: 174 pp. 8vo, publisher's linen-backed pale blue boards with printed paper label on spine; lacking publisher's slipcase; preserved in a custom 1/4 morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition; Copy "F" of 20 copies signed by Cather (total signed edition 220). Two old bookplates on front endsheet; boards and spine label slightly rubbed.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.