[Rarebooks] FS: SIGNED First Edition of Pulitzer Prize Winner THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY in Dustwrapper, 1927
Charles Agvent
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Fri Mar 22 13:07:58 EDT 2013
One of MANY fine THORNTON WILDER items (letters, signed books,
photographs, etc.) in our inventory which can be seen at
http://www.charlesagvent.com
WILDER, Thornton. THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY. New York: Albert & Charles
Boni, 1927. First Edition. First Trade Edition, with title page printed
in green and black. Preceded by the "preliminary issue" of 21 copies and
the London edition by a few days. Illustrated by Amy Drevenstedt. Winner
of Wilder's first of three Pulitzer Prizes, this copy is INSCRIBED and
SIGNED by the author on the half-title page to "Dr. Samuel
Rosenfeld/with the regards of/Thornton Wilder" and dated "New Hope,
Penn./July 1948." The book is slightly cocked. The dustwrapper has mild
chipping to the spine tips and the upper front corner. Near Fine in a
Very Good dustwrapper. (#014709) $4,500.00
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