Lucy Gayheart. Signed by Willa Cather. Signed Limited First Edition, First Printing. Knopf. New York, 1935.

American author Willa Cather was one of the most significant writers of her era. She produced several American classics, including O Pioneers! and My Antonia. She won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1923, the second woman to win the award. Her work is best known for its exceptional attention to place–for capturing the hardships, cultures, and essential qualities of the Great Plains. This is true of Lucy Gayheart, a novel about a young girl from Nebraska who studies piano in Chicago, becoming torn between her small-town origins and a potential cosmopolitan future. In many ways, the novel distills the themes and places so emblematic of Cather’s career into one narrative. For any Cather collector, it is an essential volume.

This signed limited first edition is in very good condition. In the original cloth, about-fine with only minor fading to spine and edges. Text block fine. In the original dust jacket, very good with split folds, chipping, closed tears, and fading. In the original slipcase, very good with rubbing, chipping, and fading.

A very good signed limited first edition by Willa Cather.