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"There's no greater pleasure than to talk over the big things with a believer": First Edition of Thornton Wilder's Heaven's My Destination; With an Autographed Postcard from WIlder
WILDER, THORNTON.
Heaven’s My Destination.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers 1935.
First edition of this comedic novel about a modern-day Don Quixote. Octavo, original cloth. With an autographed postcard from Thornton Wilder laid in. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Haberstock.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 140196
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First Edition of Thornton Wilder's The Merchant of Yonkers; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication
WILDER, THORNTON.
The Merchant of Yonkers.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1939.
First edition, inscribed by Wilder in the year of publication, the year after he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Our Town. Octavo, original cloth, pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, “For Julie, coeur d’or with the lasting regard of Thornton, New York April 1939.” Also laid into is a ten line note signed Wilder. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Donald McKay. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. First editions are rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 137443
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"There's no greater pleasure than to talk over the big things with a believer": First Edition of Thornton Wilder's Heaven's My Destination; Signed by Him
WILDER, THORNTON.
Heaven’s My Destination.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers 1935.
First edition of this comedic novel about a modern-day Don Quixote. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Thornton Wilder on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Haberstock. An exceptional example.
Price: $975.00 Item Number: 43869
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“There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning": Thornton Wilder's The Bridge of San Luis Rey
WILDER, THORNTON.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey.
New York: Albert & Charles Boni 1927.
Early printing of the author’s masterpiece and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated by Amy Drevenstedt. Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $125.00 Item Number: 135902
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First Edition of Thornton Wilder's The Ides of March; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication and with an autograph note tipped in
WILDER, THORNTON.
The Ides of March.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1948.
First edition of this classic work of historical fiction. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, “To Mrs. Chapman with the friendship of Thornton Wilder New York Feb 20 1948.” With an additional autograph note signed by Wilder tipped in which reads, “I hope you won’t be upset by the shocking behavior of some people in the late Roman republic, and that you will find much to enjoy and something to love in some of the characters! Devoted regards ever Thornton Feb. 27, 1948.” Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Author photograph by Petrelle.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 132599
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First Edition of Thornton Wilder's The Ides of March; Inscribed by Him in the Year of Publication
WILDER, THORNTON.
The Ides of March.
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1948.
First edition of this classic work of historical fiction. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the month of publication, “For Joan Schmidt with the cordial best wishes of Thornton Wilder New York Feb. 23 1948.” Very good in a very good dust jacket.
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 89652
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“There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning": First Edition of The Bridge of San Luis Rey; Inscribed by Thornton Wilder to Fellow Writer Vincent Starrett
WILDER, THORNTON.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey.
New York: Albert & Charles Boni 1927.
First edition of the author’s masterpiece and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated by Amy Drevenstedt. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author, “For Rufus H. Hathaway with all the regard of Thornton Wilder Tornoto March 1929.” Near fine in a good jacket reinforced to the verso. Illustrated by Amy Drevenstedt. Housed in a custom chemise jacket with red morocco spine label.
Price: $2,800.00 Item Number: 96138
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“On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travellers into the gulf below”: First Edition of The Bridge of San Luis Rey; Inscribed by Thornton Wilder
WILDER, THORNTON.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey.
New York: Albert & Charles Boni 1927.
First edition of the author’s masterpiece and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Octavo, original cloth, cartographic endpapers. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “For Milton J. Lesser with the regard of Thornton Wilder New Haven March 1930.” Also laid in is a signed handwritten letter to the recipient from Wilder. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light wear. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Illustrated by Amy Drevenstedt. A superior example of the dust jacket, which is prone to wear.
Price: $3,800.00 Item Number: 5564