WILDER, THORNTON — The Ides of March
NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1948. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Stated first edition (Publisher's code "M-W" on copyright page. First trade edition, after the numbering and signing of 750 copies of this edition for distribution to friends of the house by Wilder). Publisher's full blue cloth, silver lettering on spine, publisher's logo blind-stamped on cover, fore-edge deckle. Thornton Wilder's moving and wildly successful novel of the last days of Julius Caesar. An American classic. Former owner's printed bookplate on ffep, shadow of laid-in article on feps, two contemporary book reviews tipped-in on reps, otherwise unmarked, tight, square, and clean. The unclipped dust jacket, now in Mylar, is only slightly worn at the head and heel of the spine. VERY GOOD/VERY GOOD.. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. viii, 246 pp. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket .
