The Ides of March
by Wilder, Thornton
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York & London: Harper & Bros, 1948. Thornton Wilder (1897-1975), playwright and novelist, won the Pulitzer Prize three times. This novel of the assassination of Julius Caesar, has a strong anti-Fascist note. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition (stated). Black cloth binding withsilver lettering. Very slight lean and mild bumps. Laid-in are contemporary newspaper clippings which have resulted in some offset to the front endpapers. The dustjacket is complete but has been clipped. Thecolors are bright but it shows some wear at the edges with minor chipping and creasing. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001386
- Title
- The Ides of March
- Author
- Wilder, Thornton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Harper & Bros
- Place of Publication
- New York & London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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