The Bridge of San Luis Rey
by Wilder, Thornton; Drevenstedt, Amy (illus.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good +
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1927. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good +. Illustrated cloth with lettering and detail stamped in green and black on spine; illustrated dust jacket. Inscribed and dated (March 1929) on the title-page, from Wilder to Ashton L. Carr. Boards faintly rubbed; very light scuffing at spine tips and corners. Dust jacket sunned along spine and edges; some light chipping and creasing along edges; closed tear on rear panel. In custom chemise and slipcase. The Bradley Martin copy, with his bookplate.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Sanctuary Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- D484
- Title
- The Bridge of San Luis Rey
- Author
- Wilder, Thornton; Drevenstedt, Amy (illus.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Albert & Charles Boni
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
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- Bookplate
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- Sunned
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