Description
The signed limited edition of Shadows on the Rock by Willa Cather.
Octavo, [1], 280pp, [2]. Marbled cloth, title stamped in gilt over red morocco label on spine. Stated “first edition” on copyright page. Printed on Croxley Hand Made Paper. Uncut outer edge, top edge gilt. Silk bookmark. Lacking the publisher’s paper dust jacket and slipcase. Light toning to spine, rubbing to morocco label. Some fraying to cloth at heel of spine.
From a limited edition of 619 copies, individually numbered and signed by the author. This copy is number 545 of 619.
((Crane A17.a.i.) [Limited Issue])
This limited edition was released for publication on August 1, 1931, for a retail price $10.00 per book. A smaller limited edition of 199 copies, printed on Japan vellum, were sold for $25.00 at the same time.
