WILDER, Thornton — Theophilus North

New York: Harper & Row, 1973. Wilder's Final Novel Theophilus North - Signed Limited Edition, One of 275 Copies WILDER, Thornton. Theophilus North. New York: Harper & Row, [1973]. Signed limited first edition, one of 275 numbered copies (this being no. 119), signed by Thornton Wilder. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches; 210 x 146 mm.). [xii], 374 pp. Publisher's dark blue cloth over boards, spine with white paper label printed in black and red, fore-edge uncut. In the original clear plastic jacket, housed in the publisher's pale blue paper over boards slipcase, rear panel with matching printed label. A very fine copy. Published in 1973, Theophilus North is Wilder's final novel, appearing nearly half a century after his earliest successes and representing a summation of his lifelong literary concerns. Set in the 1920s in Newport, Rhode Island, the novel follows the quietly observant and resourceful Theophilus North as he moves through a series of interconnected lives, offering guidance, intervention, and reflection. .