[Rarebooks] FS: SIGNED First Edition of Thornton Wilder's American Classic OUR TOWN
Charles Agvent
charles at charlesagvent.com
Sat Apr 17 13:23:11 EDT 2021
WILDER, Thornton. OUR TOWN. New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., (1938). First
Edition. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and a touchstone of
American theater. After reading this play, Albert Einstein wrote a
letter to Wilder comparing OUR TOWN to Homer's ODYSSEY and Shakespeare's
HAMLET, stating: "That an American of the present day can create with
such delicacy and detachment touches the soul like a miracle." This copy
is SIGNED by the author shortly after publication on the half-title
page: "Thornton Wilder/New York City/May 1938." Uncommon to find simply
signed rather than inscribed. Typical mild sunning along the cloth edges
and on the spine which has mild wear to the heel. The dustwrapper is
complete with minor chipping to the head of the spine and light
edgewear. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper. (#014717) $6,000
https://www.charlesagvent.com/pages/books/014717/thornton-wilder/our-town
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