December night : a scene from Willa Cather's novel "Death comes for the archbishop."

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cather, Willa, 1873-1947, author.

Contributor:

Von Schmidt, Harold, 1893-1982, illustrator.

Adler, Elmer, 1884-1962, printer.

Pynson Printers, printer.

Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., publisher.

George McKibbin and Son, binder.

Worthy Paper Company, papermaker.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--New Mexico--Fiction.

Catholic Church.

Anti-Catholicism--United States--Fiction.

Anti-Catholicism.

United States.

New Mexico.

Genre:

Fiction.

Private press books (Printing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Freehand.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[12] pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Manufacture:

New York : Pynson Printers

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, mcmxxxiii [1933].

Notes:

Title on front pastedown.

Ornamental borders.

Printed in red and black.

"The special designs for this book were done with ink by Harold von Schmidt. The type face, Freehand, was designed to resemble letters made by a quill pen & the book was set by hand and made by Pynson Printers under the direction of Elmer Adler. The all rag paper was made in Massachusetts by the Worthy Paper Company and the binding by George McKibbin & Son."--Back pastedown.

"First edition in this format"--Front pastedown.

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean- François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy retains dustjacket.

Cited in:

Crane, J. Cather, A16₁

Crane, J. Willa Cather: a bibliography, A16₁

OCLC:

943063

Publisher Number:

PML 184486