Willa Cather.
 
Alfred A. Knopf: 1923. Octavo. Signed first edition. Hardcover without a dust jacket, lacking the slipcase. This is copy number 164 out of 200 signed by the author. Previous owner's bookplate on the inside of the front board. Rubbing and fading to the boards, otherwise a lovely copy. Good.
 
“Niel felt tonight that the right man could still save her, even now. She was still her own indomitable self, going through her old part, but only the stage hands were left to listen to her. All those who had shared in fine undertakings and bright occasions were gone.”