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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
by Thorton Wilder
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1962. 1113 of 1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator Jean Charolt. Book has light shelve wear to spine, else tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips and clean black leather and decorated boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Frontispiece and 14 original color lithographs by Jean Charlot. Introduction by Granville Hicks. No dust jacket as issued. Slipcover is near fine with a few scuffs. 158 pages. 7 x 11¼" tall.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey is American author Thornton Wilder's second novel. It was first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1928.
The novel focuses on six characters who all perish in the collapse of a rope bridge in Peru; much of the book relates the lives of the individual characters as it explores the cosmic implications of these sudden, unnecessary deaths.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey is American author Thornton Wilder's second novel. It was first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1928.
The novel focuses on six characters who all perish in the collapse of a rope bridge in Peru; much of the book relates the lives of the individual characters as it explores the cosmic implications of these sudden, unnecessary deaths.
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- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3986
- Title
- The Bridge of San Luis Rey
- Author
- Thorton Wilder
- Illustrator
- Jean Charolt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover / Slipcase
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Pages
- 158
- Size
- 7 x 11.25
- Weight
- 4.00 lbs
- Keywords
- peru, pulitzer prize
- Bookseller catalogs
- Collector's Editions;
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