The Ides Of March

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers. Very Good. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Boards with light rubbing to extremities ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 246 pages .

This is a first Readers Union (UK) edition of The Ides of March, which was first published in the US in 1948. It is by the American playwright and novelist Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) and is about the last days of the Roman Republic and the events leading up to the murder of Julius Caesar. It's a very plain book. Red covers… Read more about this item

Story of Julius Caesar as he appeared to himself, his family, his legions, his Rome, & his Empire in the months immediately preceeding his death Harper & Brothers Publishers,Stated First Edition,01/01/1948 M-W. book is solid, spine is good, text is clean and bright. DJ in Poor conditionmany small holes front anand back, extensive shelf wear, spots and soil to… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Original cloth, rubbed along the bottom, in very good dust jacket. Inscribed by Wilder in March of 1948: "Arthur from Thornton and most affectionately."

Penguin, 1961. First thus. Paperback book. Good/No jacket. Cover has a little scuffing around the edges and spine and the spine is faded. For more information on our condition gradings, see Terms of Sale below.

Harper and Brothers, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG++/VG. 1st Edition 14.7 x 20.7 cm dark blue cloth with blind stamped publisher's device to the front and silver stamped titles to the spine. viii 246 (2) with original jacket priced at $2.75. Clean bright boards that have been well protected by the dust jacket with little… Read more about this item

NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1948. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Stated first edition (Publisher's code "M-W" on copyright page. First trade edition, after the numbering and signing of 750 copies of this edition for distribution to friends of the house by Wilder). Publisher's full blue… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1948. First Edition. Cloth, with Quarter Morocco Slipcase and Chemise. Fine/Very Good Plus. This is Wilder's first novel after his string of big hits, and instant classics, on Broadway. Like the plays, though, Wilder is venturesome in approach, here embracing the hoary form of the epistolatory novel but applying it in a… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1948. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good++. Octavo. 246pp. Bound in dark blue cloth, spine lettered in silver. Nearly fine in unclipped dust jacket. A very nice copy.

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1948. First edition of this classic work of historical fiction. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page in the year of publication, "To Mrs. Chapman with the friendship of Thornton Wilder New York Feb 20 1948." With an additional autograph note signed by Wilder tipped in which… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine Minus. 8vo., 246pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition bound in black cloth with titles in silver on spine. Square, tight and clean throughout with a hint of wear at the spine ends and tips but quite minor. Very attractive unclipped dust-jacket, ($2.75), has some wear to edges and… Read more about this item

Harper & Brothers, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Used - Like New/Like New. Stated First Edition, First Printing (with letter code M W indicating a December 1947 printing). Not price-clipped ($2.75 price intact). Published by Harper & Brothers, 1947. Octavo. Blue cloth boards stamped in gold. Book is like new; clean and crisp with no writing or names. Sharp… Read more about this item

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/good. First trade edition. Bookplate on front pastedown, mild rubbing to spine ends, else fine. Dust jacket is chipped at foot of spine and has a stain on the rear panel and two pieces of clear tape on the front panel. Origian $2.75 price present. Novel set in… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1954. Some creasing and tears to the edges of unclipped dustwrapper, more so to the lower edge, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of blue boards, school prize label (class prize for Latin, 1958) on f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover novel by the author of "The Bridge at… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth lettered in gilt. Near fine in very good dust wrapper nicked head and foot. 198 pages. 20 x 15 cm. Wilder creates a study of Julius Caesar and of Rome during the last year of the latter's life. Signed by Wilder on title in ink, New… Read more about this item

8vo. New York & London: Harper & Brother Publishers, 1948. 8vo, viii, 246, (1, colophon) pp. Original blue cloth boards, titled in silver on backstrip, publisher’s blindstamp on upper cover. A few light scuffs to the cloth but with bright gilt, sharp corners, and internally clean. Original dust-jacket with $2.75 price intact, age-toned, spine panel rubbed with some wear… Read more about this item

London, New York & Toronto: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1954. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Good +/N/A. First Uniform Edition. In blue boards with gilt. Some fraying to bottom of spine and dent to front edge of rear board. Blue tint to top page ends faded. Some spotting and scratches to boards. Previous owner's name, place and date to… Read more about this item

London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1948. A first edition, first printing published by Longmans, Green & Co in 1948. A near fine book with slight bumping to the spine tips and corners. A little edge wear. One neat name and date is written on the front free end paper. Off setting and slight spotting to the prelims and rear… Read more about this item

Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1948. Deckle edge pages [246] clean, unmarked, binding tight and square. Dust jacket clean, crisp, colors bright, minor edge wear. Copyright 1948. Navy cloth boards, bright silver lettering, minor display wear at spine edges. Publisher's 2 page review brochure laid in. PO's names marked out at endpaper. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1948. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition. Very good in good, price clipped, dustwrapper with wear to the spine ends and corners, a tear/scratch across the middle of the spine.