CATHER, Willa

Not Under Forty [Signed, Limited]

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1936. First Edition. First Printing. Signed by the author on the limitation page; limited to 333 copies, this being #291. Octavo (23.5 cm); dark blue cloth-covered boards titled in gilt on cover and spine; top edge in gilt; dustjacket and new slipcase. 148pp. Fine. The dustjacket has large loss (2 x 4.5 in.) missing from the bottom front panel. Very Good only.

"Her forthrightness is reflected in the title of her collection of essays, Not Under Forty in which she told the new generation that her book was not for them, they would not understand, she said the values they espoused." JAMES, Notable American Women, vol.1, p.307; CRANE A21a.i.

Price: $300.00

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