[Rarebooks] FS: THORNTON WILDER The Eighth Day INSCRIBED TO AARON COPELAND

[charles agvent]

One of several interesting Thornton Wilder titles listed in our New 
Arrivals:  http://www.erols.com/agvent

WILDER, THORNTON. THE EIGHTH DAY INSCRIBED TO AARON COPELAND. New 
York: Harper & Row (1967). First Edition. Copy #5 of 500 numbered and 
SIGNED copies of this National Book Award winner. In addition to being 
signed on the limitation page, Wilder has INSCRIBED this copy on both 
the title page and the blank page facing it to composer Aaron 
Copeland: "Presented to Aaron Copeland on/the occasion of the tribute 
paid/to him on his 70th birthday by/the friends of the 
MacDowell/Colony/T.N.W." On the title page: "For Aaron/from/Thornton/ 
with a long admiration and/indebtedness and affection./October 1970." 
Wilder has drawn a red box around "Aaron" and a blue box around 
"Thornton" with colored pencils. Copeland, one of America's greatest 
composers and celebrators of the American spirit, had much in common 
with Wilder regarding themes and subjects. Copeland composed the music 
for the 1940 film adaptation of OUR TOWN, which won an Academy Award 
for Best Picture. After first meeting with Copeland to discuss the 
project, Wilder said of him, "He's a very likeable fella." Wilder 
wrote most of OUR TOWN at the MacDowell Colony where Copeland also 
wrote much of his masterwork, APPALACHIAN SPRING. An Association Copy 
of the first magnitude. Mild sunning to spine. Still Fine in glassine 
and slipcase, as issued.   $7500

-- 
All books subject to prior sale.  Payment with order; institutions may 
be billed. Postage additional: $10.00.  Overseas postage billed at 
approximate cost.  Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. 
Mastercard, Visa, American Express and Discover accepted.  We are also 
open to reasonable payment terms.  A book may be returned within 7 
days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as 
sent and prior notice is given.  Please insure returns for their full 
value.  We carry a select and diverse stock with major specialties 
including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed 
Books & Autographs, and Limited Editions Club books.  We are proud to 
be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America 
(ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) 
as well as the International Autograph Dealers Alliance (IADA), the 
Manuscript Society, and the Universal Autograph Collectors Club 
(UACC).  Please feel free to contact us with any wants or offerings. 
Thank you.

CHARLES AGVENT
291 Linden Road
Mertztown, PA 19539-8750
610-682-4750; FAX: 610-682-4620
agvent at erols.com
Visit our home page: http://www.erols.com/agvent