Death Comes for the Archbishop (The Modern Library of the World's Best Books, ML 191)
New York: The Modern Library, 1927. Reprint. Small Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2286806
1931-6 printing, Toledano 191.1, binding style 7, orange Rockwell Kent endpapers. Lacks jacket. Bookplate on front endpaper, pencil names on rear free endpaper recto, ribbon marker appears to have been added by a previous owner, and is attached at the rear hinge.
303 pp. 1931-1936 printing, (no bio page after text). Death Comes for the Archbishop is a 1927 novel by American author Willa Cather. It concerns the attempts of a Catholic bishop and a priest to establish a diocese in New Mexico Territory. The novel was reprinted in the Modern Library series in 1931.[1] It was included in Life Magazine's list of the 100 outstanding books of 1924-1944.[2] It was also included on Time's 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005[3] and Modern Library's list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century[4] and was chosen by the Western Writers of America to be the 7th-best "Western Novel" of the 20th century.[5]
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