A lost lady / by Willa Cather ; illustrated by William Bailey ; introduction by John Hollander.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cather, Willa, 1873-1947.

Contributor:

Bailey, William, 1930-2020, illustrator.

Shiff, Ben, book designer.

Chandler, Bruce, 1945- printer.

Anthoensen Press, printer.

Heron Press (Boston, Mass.), printer.

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

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frontier and pioneer life--Fiction.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Married women--Fiction.

Married women.

Nebraska--Fiction.

Nebraska.

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

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

Bailey, William, 1930- (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xi, 103 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Limited Editions Club, 1983.

Notes:

"Fifteen hundred copies of A lost lady have been printed for members of The Limited Editions Club. The book was designed by Ben Shiff ... and printed ... by the Anthoensen Press ... The frontispiece, an original etching, was printed by Bruce Chandler at the Heron Press"--Colophon.

Each plate accompanied by protective tissue.

Issued in slip case.

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy is no. 145 of a limited ed. of 1500 copies, signed by the artist. Cf. colophon.

Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel with her bookplate on front pastedown.

Schimmel Collection copy: slip case retained.

Cited in:

Newman & Wiche. Great and good books, 536

Limited Editions Club. Bibliography of the fine books published by the Limited Editions Club, 1929-1985, no. 536

OCLC:

10622460