Wilder, Thornton

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)

WILDER, Thornton · 61974 · Charles Agvent

$625.00 (€567.08 | £473.10 | ¥99,805)

Hamden, CT. A two-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) to Mr. [Dave] Gwinn, a retired TWA pilot and writer on aviation topics. On both sides of his 6" x 6-7/8" Deepwood Drive stationery. In full: "I have a built-in respect approaching awe for air pilots. I once spent a week-end ...

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)

WILDER, Thornton · 311972 · Charles Agvent

$1,062.50 (€964.04 | £804.28 | ¥169,668)

Hamden, CT. A charming two-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) to William J. Sarno on both sides of his 6" x 6-7/8" Deepwood Drive stationery thanking him for his letter and generous words. In part: "You may be amused to learn that when you saw me at Cortina I was under a shado...

THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY

WILDER, Thornton · 1927 · Charles Agvent

$4,375.00 (€3,969.58 | £3,311.73 | ¥698,633)

London. Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd.. First British Edition. Precedes the American edition by a few days, of this winner of Wilder's first of three Pulitzer Prizes. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the front endpaper: "For Mrs. Edward J. Pearson/with the regard of/Thornto...

OUR TOWN Inscribed to Billy Wilder

WILDER, Thornton · 0 · Charles Agvent

$8,125.00 (€7,372.08 | £6,150.36 | ¥1,297,461)

New York. Coward-McCann, Inc.. 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 Americ...

OUR TOWN

WILDER, Thornton · 0 · Charles Agvent

$2,500.00 (€2,268.33 | £1,892.42 | ¥399,219)

New York. Coward-McCann, Inc.. 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 Americ...

CHAP BOOK. SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY LITERARY MAGAZINE. [Vol. III, No. 2]

[WILDER, Thornton] · 1931 · Charles Agvent

$93.80 (€85.11 | £71.00 | ¥14,979)

[Syracuse]. [Syracuse University]. First Edition. A 23-page pamphlet with a tipped-on photographic reproduction of Wilder on the front cover and an excerpt from Wilder's foreword to THE ANGEL THAT TROUBLED THE WATER reprinted as the first page of text, a brief note by the edit...

OUR TOWN with an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)

WILDER, Thornton · 0 · Charles Agvent

$2,500.00 (€2,268.33 | £1,892.42 | ¥399,219)

New York. Coward-McCann, Inc.. First Edition. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and a touchstone of American theater. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author on the half-title page: "For Roger Seccombe/with the best wishes of/Thornton Wilder/New Haven/November/1938." Laid in i...

THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY

WILDER, Thornton (Jean CHARLOT) · 1962 · Charles Agvent

$106.30 (€96.45 | £80.47 | ¥16,975)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Tall octavo (6-3/4" x 10-7/8") bound in natural buckram with a silhouette frieze of the Bridge's doomed pedestrians stamped in black on both covers, backed in fine imported black morocco leather. Introduction by Granville Hicks. Illustrated wit...

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

[WILDER, Thornton] Various Authors · 1934 · Charles Agvent

$437.50 (€396.96 | £331.17 | ¥69,863)

London. Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd.. 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 P...

SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH

WILDER, Thornton · 1946 · Charles Agvent

$500.00 (€453.67 | £378.48 | ¥79,844)

Cohasset. A postcard-sized photograph of Wilder in performance in THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH. SIGNED and INSCRIBED by the author on the verso to a woman "who took wonderful care of me.". Fine

OUR TOWN

WILDER, Thornton · 0 · Charles Agvent

$7,500.00 (€6,804.99 | £5,677.26 | ¥1,197,656)

New York. Coward-McCann, Inc.. 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 Americ...

OUR TOWN

WILDER, Thornton · 0 · Charles Agvent

$7,500.00 (€6,804.99 | £5,677.26 | ¥1,197,656)

New York. Coward-McCann, Inc.. 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 Americ...

THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY

WILDER, Thornton · 1927 · Charles Agvent

$5,625.00 (€5,103.74 | £4,257.94 | ¥898,242)

New York. Albert & Charles Boni. 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 Pr...

THE LONG CHRISTMAS DINNER AND OTHER PLAYS IN ONE ACT: The First Copy

WILDER, Thornton · 1931 · Charles Agvent

$937.50 (€850.62 | £709.66 | ¥149,707)

New York/New Haven. Coward-McCann/Yale University Press. First Trade Edition. Only 5,900 copies printed. These one-act plays represent Wilder's first attempt at a colloquial style and his first successful work for the theatre. This copy is wonderfully INSCRIBED and SIGNED by t...

THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY

WILDER, Thornton (Jean CHARLOT) · 1962 · Charles Agvent

$93.80 (€85.11 | £71.00 | ¥14,979)

New York. Limited Editions Club. Tall octavo (6-3/4" x 10-7/8") bound in natural buckram with a silhouette frieze of the Bridge's doomed pedestrians stamped in black on both covers, backed in fine imported black morocco leather. Introduction by Granville Hicks. Illustrated wit...

SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH

WILDER, Thornton · Charles Agvent

$1,875.00 (€1,701.25 | £1,419.31 | ¥299,414)

A 6-3/4" x 9-1/4" formal portrait of Wilder in middle age or beyond by an unidentified photographer INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the subject in the lower right corner: "For Rosalind/Ivan/with the/regards and/thanks of/Thornton Wilder. "Signed photos of Wilder of quality are distinc...

OUR TOWN

WILDER, Thornton · 0 · Charles Agvent

$3,125.00 (€2,835.41 | £2,365.52 | ¥499,023)

New York. Coward-McCann, Inc.. 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 Americ...

THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY

WILDER, Thornton · 1927 · Charles Agvent

$3,750.00 (€3,402.50 | £2,838.63 | ¥598,828)

London. Longmans, Green & Co.. First British Edition. Precedes the American edition by a few days. Winner of Wilder's first of three Pulitzer Prizes. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the the front endpaper: "For Mrs. Isaacs/with the affection/of one of her/boys/Thornton/Lawrenceville/N...

THE EIGHTH DAY INSCRIBED TO AARON COPLAND

WILDER, Thornton · 0 · Charles Agvent

$6,250.00 (€5,670.83 | £4,731.05 | ¥998,047)

New York. Harper & Row. First Edition. Copy #5 of 500 numbered and SIGNED copies of this National Book Award winner. In addition to being signed on the limitation page, the author has INSCRIBED this copy on both the title page and the blank page facing it to composer Aaron Cop...

THE ANGEL THAT TROUBLED THE WATERS

WILDER, Thornton · 1928 · Charles Agvent

$93.80 (€85.11 | £71.00 | ¥14,979)

New York. Coward-McCann. First Edition. One of 2000 numbered copies of the First Trade Edition SIGNED by the publisher.. Near Fine in a Good dustwrapper with chips and soiling