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CATHER, Willa (1873-1947). O Pioneers! Boston and New York:...
Estimate: $1,500 - $3,000
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CATHER, Willa (1873-1947). O Pioneers! Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. 8vo. Color frontispiece. [xii], [1]-[310] pp. Publisher's full brown cloth, front board and spine stamped in dark brown (spine toned, some rubbing and toning to boards). Near fine.FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, BINDING A; TIPPED-IN BETWEEN THE FRONT ENDLEAVES IS AN AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED BY CATHER ON BLUE PAPER: ?Fortunate country, that is one day to receive hearts like Alexandra's into its bosom, to give them out again in the yellow wheat, in the rustling corn, in the shining eyes of youth! Willa Silbert Cather". This quoted passage is the final sentence of this novel. Cather's second novel. Crane A6ai.Measurements: 9"L x 6"W x 2"H.
