[Rarebooks] FS: Poetry Anthology INSCRIBED by Thornton Wilder, price greatly reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced to $300 NET

[WILDER, Thornton] Various Authors. THE SPIRIT OF MAN. AN ANTHOLOGY IN 
ENGLISH & FRENCH FROM THE PHILOSOPHERS & POETS MADE BY THE POET LAUREATE 
IN 1915 & DEDICATED BY GRACIOUS PERMISSION TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING. 
London: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 1934. Reprint. Green cloth with 
approximately 330 pages printed on thin (but strong) India paper. An 
anthology of inspirational writing first published in 1916 during the 
First World War. With a SIGNED gift inscription from three-time Pulitzer 
Prize winner Thornton Wilder on the front free endpaper: "Charlotte 
Lincoln/from Thornton/Jan. 3. 1936." The recipient was evidently a 
relative, as both Charlotte and Lincoln are Wilder family names. 
Thornton Wilder's paternal grandparents were Amos Lincoln Wilder and 
Charlotte Topliff Wilder. His great-grandmother was Lucy Lincoln. 
Thornton's Wilder's sister was named Charlotte, and he had at least one 
other close family member (an aunt) by that name. Our research indicates 
the Lincoln in "Charlotte Lincoln" was probably a middle name, since the 
Wilders often used family surnames as middle names. Thornton Wilder's 
middle name, for example was Niven, his mother's maiden name. Beyond 
that, we were unable to pinpoint exactly which relative "Charlotte 
Lincoln" was from Wilder's large family. Mild foxing, browning to 
endpapers. Near Fine. (#016191)        $450.00

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