The Library of America, Date: 2009-08-19. hardcover. fine/slipcase fine. 5x1x8. NOT an ex library book. Book with dark blue cloth binding. Clean pages. Ribbon marker. Slipcase has no splits. Brochure laid in. 2009. The Library of America ISBN 1598530453 9781598530452 [US]

Library of America 2009 Hardcover Good Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Slipcase intact. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

E-185: The Library of America. Very Good. Date: 2009. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Library of America/The Viking Press, New York. 2009. 750 pgs. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in brown cloth with gilt titles present to the spine. Previous owner's name present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards very lightly rubbed and worn. Thornton Wilder was the rare writer whose achievements as a playwright were matched by equal abilities as a novelist. As companion to its volume of Wilder's collected plays, The Library of America's edition of his early novels and stories brings together five novels that highlight his wit, erudition, innovative formal structures, and philosophical wisdom. Drawing on the post-collegiate year he spent in Rome, Wilder fashioned in The Cabala a tale of youthful enchantment with the Eternal City in the form of a fictitious memoir of an American student and the enigmatic coterie of noble Romans who draw him into their midst. He followed this debut novel two years later with The Bridge of San Luis Rey, which catapulted him to literary prominence and earned him the first of his three Pulitzer prizes. Set in 18th-century Peru, the book is a kind of theological detective story concerning a friar's investigations into the lives of five individuals before they were killed in a bridge collapse. An elegantly told parable, with credible historical ...

ISBN10: 1598530453, ISBN13: 9781598530452, [publisher: Library of America] Hardcover Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Slipcase intact. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.42
[Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2009]
Show/Hide image

Library of America, Date: 2009. Hardcover. New. 750 pages. 8.25x5.25x1.25 inches. 2009. Library of America ISBN 1598530453 9781598530452 [GB]

The Library of America, Date: 2009-09-03. Hardcover. First printing/ slipcase box. 2009 stated first printing hardback the library of America series no marks and is in great condition in cream colored slipcase boxAND AS ALWAYS SHIPPED IN 24 HOURS; and emailed to you a USPS tracking number on all orders; all books are sanitized and cleaned for your protection before mailing 2009. The Library of America ISBN 1598530453 9781598530452 [US]