A Lost Lady (1923) Willa Cather Third Printing Cloth Hardcover Good

Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. Third printing cloth bound hardcover of A Lost Lady by Willa Cather.

Marian Forrester is the symbolic flower of the Old American West. She draws her strength from that solid foundation, bringing delight and beauty to her elderly husband, to the small town of Sweet Water where they live, to the prairie land itself, and to the young narrator of her story, Neil Herbert. All are bewitched by her brilliance and grace, and all are ultimately betrayed. For Marian longs for "life on any terms," and in fulfilling herself, she loses all she loved and all who loved her. Willa Cather's most perfect novel is not only a portrait of a troubling beauty, but also a haunting evocation of a noble age slipping irrevocably into the past.

Good condition. Binding is creased, but not broken, at page 80. A few previous owner's markings to the front fly leaf, half-title page, and copyright page. Solid book with shelf wear.