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The Troll Garden. New York : McClure, Phillips & Co., 1905.
1st ed., 1st issue. From the library of Earl Brewster, with his signature. Crane A4.a. BREWSTER 16.
The Troll Garden. Obscure Destinies. Franklin Center, Pa. : The Franklin Library, 1981. Series: The Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers. "Limited edition." CASPERSEN 79
Milmine, Georgine. The Life of Mary G. Baker Eddy and the History of Christian Science. New York : Doubleday, Page, 1909.
1st ed., 1st print. Edited by Cather. First published in McClure's magazine, Jan. 1907-Jun. 1908. With Adams's ms. notes; ms. note signed by Witter Bynner, Feb. 12, 1934 (p. [v]), concerning Willa Cather's contribution to the work; inserted are the entry for this book from the 1934 Duschnes catalogue, and Adams's typed account of his conversation with Edith Lewis, Mar. 21, 1950, describing how Cather came to edit the work. Crane AAA1.a.i. ADAMS 168 2i.
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My Ántonia. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1937. Series: The Novels and Stories of Willa Cather, vol. 4 of 13. Autograph ed., 1st issue. Crane AA1. CASPERSEN 20.
My Ántonia. Franklin Center, Pa. : The Franklin Library, 1978. Series: The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Fiction. "Limited edition." CASPERSEN 78.
Youth and the Bright Medusa. New York : A.A. Knopf, 1920.
1st ed., 1st print., trade issue. Dust jacket. Front flap of dust jacket contains an error, referring to Cather's first novel, Alexander's Bridge, as Alexandra's Bridge. Crane A10.a.i. CASPERSEN 44.
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Cather, Willa. 4 A.L.s and 1 T.L.s to Earl and Achsah Barlow Brewster, 1917-1934.
A.L.s dated January 7, 1917 ; February 16; February 21 [1923]; and November 29; T.L.s dated July 1, 1934. Three of the letters written on paper headed "Number Five Bank Street"; 2 on paper headed "W.S.C." Cather refers to the Brewsters' writings and paintings, describes a transatlantic crossing with Edith Lewis, mentions the success of several of her own works, and confides to the Brewsters that Edith Lewis dislikes Cather's friends, the Hambourgs. BREWSTER 22.
Cather, Willa. T.L.s to Prof. Brown, Feb. 23, 1929.
Written on headed stationery of The Grosvenor. [1] leaf. Cather declines to give Prof. Brown permission to include her story "Double Birthday" in a textbook before it appears in a collection of stories from her publisher. She gives permission to use "The Sculptor's Funeral," and questions why that story is more popular than "Paul's Case," which she considers a much better story. CASPERSEN 76
Cather, Willa. 69 A.L.s or A.N.s (including 4 postcards) and 6 T.L.s to Louise Burroughs, 1925-1946, most with autograph envelopes.
With Burroughs's occasional penciled notes in margins. Includes also letters from Burroughs and 10 others: 5 letters from Burroughs, including T.L. to Cather and A.L. draft to Edith Lewis; and 16 letters (7 A.L.s, 9 T.L.s) from 10 others: to Burroughs from Malcolm Wyer, Kathleen Campbell, Sarah Bloom, Edith Lewis, George D. Crothers and Morton Zabel; to Cather from Van Wyck Brooks, Bruce Rogers, and her Nebraska friends Anna Pavelka and Lydia Lambrecht. Includes also unsigned, undated typescript, with Cather's ms. corrections and note, of poem "A Lament" (published later as "Poor Marty"), dated by Burroughs "Xmas 1926," and 2 unsigned woodblock Christmas cards designed by Bryson Burroughs between 1928 and 1933. In her letters to Burroughs, Cather asks for research assistance, writes about her current reading, reflects on her work, and refers to Yehudi Menuhin, D.H. and Frieda von Richthofen Lawrence, the Lindberghs, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Edna St. Vincent Millay, the MacDowell Colony and the death of Isabelle McClung Hambourg. With literary articles, book reviews and obituaries, and an inscribed photograph from Cather, dated Jan. 1, 1926. Burroughs's exchanges with Edith Lewis regard Cather's religious affiliation and Lewis's memoir of Cather. BURROUGHS 26.
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Cather, Willa. A.L.s to Rev. J.R. Henry. Pittsburgh, June [22?], 1897. Autograph envelope postmarked Pittsburgh, June 22, 1897 ; "Tuesday" at head of text, without date. Cather tells Henry that she is soon to leave for a month in Red Cloud, Neb., and thanks him for his kindness to her in Pittsburgh ; T.L.s to Adams from the book dealer Robert Black, dated Jan. 30, 1955, and Black's sales catalogue description of the letter. ADAMS 140.
Cather, Willa. A.L.s to Samuel Marshall Ilsley. New York, Jan. 9, [1934]
Written on headed stationery of The Grosvenor. [1] leaf. Cather sends greetings to "all my friends in Santa Barbara," and thanks Marshall for the news and photograph of Katherine Hooker, about whom Ilsley wrote a memoir. CASPERSEN 77
Cather, Willa. A.L.s to Ruth N. James. [New Brunswick] Aug. 23, [1931]
On stationery with her initials. Autograph envelope postmarked Aug. 1931. Cather thanks James for her appreciative letter. Mounted and framed with reproduction of photograph of Cather. CATHER 19.
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Reproduction of photograph of Cather (24 x 19 cm.), 1922. Inscribed: "Willa Sibert Cather. New York, September 29, 1922. (Photographed in the Cliff Dweller ruins in Mexico.)" CATHER 21.
Original photograph Studio portrait of Cather (19.9 x 14 cm on board 25 x 18 cm., unframed; a "Paris panel"), 1895. Graduation picture, University of Nebraska. Townsend Studio, Beneath photograph: "Townsend Paris panel 225 S. 11th St. Lincoln, Neb." Inscribed on verso: “To Jeanne Shaffer from Helen Cather Southwick. Aunt Willa’s graduation picture, 1895.” CASPERSEN Helen Cather Southwick was Cather's niece. CASPERSEN 74
Original photograph of Cather (23 x 18 cm. within frame 25 x 20 cm.), 1932. Inscribed by Cather: “My latest photograph for Marcella Hahner. Willa Cather. October 1932.” Marshall Field label affixed to verso of frame. (Marcella Hahner was buyer for the book section of Marshall Field in Chicago.) CASPERSEN 75
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- Incense burner in shape of an adobe house
- Painted tin plaque showing the Virgin of Guadalupe. Signed: Anita Romero James.
- Painted wooden plaque showing the Virgin of Guadalupe. Signed: Jacqueline Nelson.
- Small wood model of St. Francis Cathedral. Signed: Johnson ’88.
- Carved wood sculpture statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Signed: Leonard Salazar 87.
- Painted clay pitcher with braided handle and 2 spouts. Signed: Connie Garcia.
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