[Rarebooks] FS: True First of Pulitzer Prize winning THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY, with a fine INSCRIPTION by Wilder to a mentor

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WILDER, Thornton. THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY. London: Longmans, Green & 
Co., 1927. First Edition. First British Edition, preceding the American 
edition by a few days, of this winner of Wilder's first of three 
Pulitzer Prizes. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the the front endpaper: "For 
Mrs. Isaacs/with the affection/of one of 
her/boys/Thornton/Lawrenceville/November/1927." The recipient appears to 
be Edith Isaacs, editor of THEATRE ARTS magazine, whom he befriended in 
the early 1920s while teaching at the Lawrenceville School in New 
Jersey. Isaacs offered much encouragement to Wilder, including 
recommending that he apply for a Guggenheim Fellowship in order to 
finish THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY, for which he was declined. Briefest 
of wear to the spine tips of the book. Dustwrapper with a long closed 
tear along the front flap joint (neatly masked by the mylar protector), 
chips at the spine tips but not affecting the lettering, and general 
edgewear with the spine darkened. About Fine in a scarce, Very Good 
example of the dustwrapper. (#012072)        $4,500.00

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