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Thornton Wilder

Our Town

Coward McCann, Inc.

1938

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Description

First edition, first printing of Wilder's well-known play.

  • Thornton Wilder (American).
  • New York: Coward McCann, Inc., 1938. 
  • 128 pages.
  • Octavo.
  • Bound in full cloth, spine blue and tan with tan lettering.


The first state of the jacket had no mention of the Pulitzer Prize. This copy has a sticker reading "Pulitzer Prize Winner" affixed to the front cover at a slight angle, presumably after the prize was awarded but before new jackets were printed.

Condition Report

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Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price cut.

Moderate shelf wear.

Age-toning and severe chipping to dust jacket, with three small open tears to spine.

Non-archival tape applied to inside of jacket at spine and front flap.

Two spots of soiling on front cover.

Some age-toning to rear board.

Top edge of textblock dyed blue, though faded.

Remnants of removed bookplate on front pastedown.

Interior pages clean.

Feature(s)

First Edition, Dust Jacket

Language

English

Subject

Modern first editions, Plays

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