[Rarebooks] FS: First Edition of Thornton Wilder's THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY

[Charles Agvent]

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. The dustwrapper has mild 
edgewear and short closed tears. It has been backed internally along the 
spine and flap folds with tissue paper for reinforcement. Also present 
is an early custom-made black cloth dustwrapper with a gilt-lettered red 
morocco spine label. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper. (#014711)    
     $850.00

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