Not under forty / by Willa Cather.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cather, Willa, 1873-1947.

Contributor:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909.

Jewett, Sarah Orne.

Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923.

Mansfield, Katherine.

Genre:

Essays.

Penn Provenance:

Cather, Willa, 1873-1947 (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered pages, v pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 147 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Edition. Limited Issue.

Manufacture:

Norwood, Massachusetts : Set up, printed and bound by The Plimpton Press.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1936.

Contents:

A Chance Meeting.

The Novel Démeublé.

148 Charles Street.

Miss Jewett.

"Joseph and His Brothers."

Katherine Mansfield.

Notes:

"Of this First Edition of 'Not Under Forty' three hundred and thirty-three copies (of which three hundred and thirteen are for sale) have been printed on Nihon Japan Vellum. Each copy is signed by the author."

P. [iv] "The Works of Willa Cather" has 16 titles with publication dates.

With half-title.

T.p. printed in red and black.

"Paper supplied by Thomas N. Fairbanks, New York."

Limited issue has altered final two lines on p. [148]: Paper supplied by Thomas N. Fairbanks, New York. Prefatory note (p. [ix]) is numbered "v" because Knopf's pagination did not include the limitation leaf or the integral advertisement leaf (p. ii, iv).--Cf. Crane.

Red buckram boards with beveled edges. Front cover gilt stamped "W. S. C." above an elaborate geometric floral urn. Spine title gilt stamped between 5 thick-thin rules. Back cover has Borzoi rectangular device stamped in blind on lower right hand corner. Red ribbon place marker attached at the top inner spine. Top edge gilt stained and trimmed; other edges untrimmed.

Cream paper dust-jacket printed in black as on the front cover and spine. Limitation number supplied by hand at foot of the spine. Housed in plain grey paper covered box.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has unopened leaves.

Culture Class Collection copy is no. 40 signed by Willa Cather.

Cited in:

Crane, J. Willa Cather: a bibliography, A21

OCLC:

38740451