[Rarebooks] FS: Thornton Wilder's THE LONG CHRISTMAS DINNER, the First Copy Signed

[Charles Agvent]

WILDER, Thornton. THE LONG CHRISTMAS DINNER AND OTHER PLAYS IN ONE ACT: 
The First Copy. New York/New Haven: Coward-McCann/Yale Univ., 1931. 
First Edition. First Trade Edition, only 5,900 copies printed. This copy 
is wonderfully INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author with a quote from the 
play: "For Charlie :/with best wishes/from Thornton Wilder/Burton Ct./U. 
of Chicago/'The best of them/all' p. 69/This is the first/copy signed 
by/me- of the/non-specials." The last statement is a reference to the 
signed edition limited to 525 copies. Very Good in a Good only 
dustwrapper with edgewear and tears.         $850.00

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