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Death Comes for the Archbishop
Willa Cather, 1927
CATHER, Willa (1873-1947). Death Comes for the Archbishop. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927.

First edition on Japan vellum, one of 50 signed copies. This is copy 45. Death Comes for the Archbishop proved a popular title upon publication, selling well over 80,000 copies in its first two years. Modern Library named it one of their 100 Best Novels of the Twentieth Century.

Octavo. Original boards (spine lightly darkened); original slipcase (lightly soiled, starting to split at one edge, price pencilled to panel).
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