Willa Cather. Sapphira and the Slave Girl. Alfred A Knopf, 1940.

Price: US$295.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, signed by Cather. Signed edition of 520 copies [this copy is unnumbered]. Printed on Rives Liampre all-rag paper. Gilt stamped Dark green cloth spine with green papered boards. Top edge gilt. Boards are toned along top and fore-edges; small bit of exposure of corner tips. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown; light pencil erasure in upper corner of ffep. Pages are clean and crisp. Sewn-in ribbon. viii, 295, [1] pages. 9.2 x 6.25 inches. In a new removable archival sleeve. Cather's last novel.

Seller: Boyd Used & Rare Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

CATHER, WILLA.. Sapphira and the Slave Girl **SIGNED**. Alfred A. Knopf,, 1940.

Price: US$315.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Good++ no slipcase, number 96 of 520 signed numbered copies. Fading to boards, sunning and staining to front board. Light rubbing to the head and tail of the spine; light foxing to paste-downs. Gilt decoration.

Seller: Westsider Rare & Used Books Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.

Cather, Willa. Sapphira And The Slave Girl. Alfred Knopf; NY; 1940/1940/FE, 1940.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Description: ; 295 pp.; ; VG+; Number 446 of 520 signed copies, the limitation determined by the number of orders received by the publication date. This copy has some cover spots, lacks the jacket, slipcase, and ribbon marker. . Crane=A22.a.i.(2). [kwA_ 1st Ed. ]

Seller: Watermark West Rare Books, Wichita, KS, U.S.A.

Cather, Willa. Sapphira and the Slave Girl. New York Alfred A. Knopf 1940, 1940.

Price: US$376.71 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 1st Edition Limited to 520 numbered and signed copies. viii,295,[1]pp. Octavo in original gilt lettered dark green cloth backing. Light green paper covered boards. Gilt lettering and illustration on front cover. With gilt top edge, others uncut. In original paper covered card case. Some light staining and wear to case. Yellow ribbon page marker. Clean, tight text block. A beautiful book. fine Signed by the author on the limitation page. A pre-Civil War novel set in the Virginia of Cather's early childhood, Sapphira and the Slave Girl intertwines the escape narrative of an enslaved African American, with the imperious, proud, and vengeful mistress of the house" (Modern American Women Writers, 45)

Seller: Aquila Books(Cameron Treleaven) ABAC, Calgary, AB, Canada