Death Comes for the Archbishop (Modern Library #191.1)

Virginia-born and Nebraska-raised, Willa Cather (1873-1947) often wrote of pioneer life in the West. "Death Comes for the Archbishop" is set in the Territory of New Mexico and concerns the first bishop and his vicar who are sent there to establish the Catholic Church in the new territory. This is a Modern Library reprint edition of Cather's novel, originally published in 1927. Newsclip about the author is laid in. --- In Toledano spine 7 / green balloon cloth / limp boards / gilt cover & spine titling & decorations / orange Kent endpapers / volume lacks the dust jacket. Likely published c.1931-36 (though 1927 date appears in the book). ML #191.1. --- A Fair-only copy, with near complete loss of spine gilding, three holes to spine cloth, prior owner's signature to front free endpaper and general age-toning to leaves, else tightly-bound & unmarked.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); (6), 303 pages

Product Info

ISBN: 0394605039

ISBN-13: 9780394605036

Publisher: The Modern Library

Year: [c.1931-36]

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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