A superbly bound first English edition, fourth printing of Willa Cather's classic quasi-historical fiction set in the Southwest / New Mexico, involving the Mexican-American War and the role of the Catholic Church in the emerging Southwest, inclusive of actual historical figures and events.

The work was religiously innovative for Cather as well. Her previous religious figures were negative, ultra-conservative tropes. Here, she softens and sees good wrestling with humanity through the religion of Jesus. 

Cather, Willa. Death Comes for the Archbishop. 1st Edition, 4th Printing. London. William Heinemann LTD. 1928. 299pp.

A near fine copy, bound in half leather, very solid, with bright and clean pages.