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Autograph letter signed, to a Mr. Van Delinder. Hamden, Conn., 6 March 1960.

Wilder, Thornton.

Autograph letter signed. 2 pages. "I don't know where you got permission to cut or alter Our Town or play any portion of it. I have to write dozens of letter a year refusing permission to do that. I don't believe novels or plays should ever be presented in fragment and if you were an author you'd feel so also. Please don't write and explain and defend yourself. There is no explanation or defense...." ... more info

Price: $500.00

Autograph letter signed, to Carlton F. Wells. Hamden, Conn. 15 November 1961.

Wilder, Thornton.

Autograph letter signed, thanking his correspondent, an English professor at the University of Michigan, for sending a copy of a Mark Twain letter, Wilder comments on Arthur Gelb's interview with him in the New York Times, 6 Nov. 1961: "I haven't read my interview. Gertrude Stein taught us to shut ourselves off, as far as possible, from what 'they' say about us. I've now been the greater part of a week without knowing that I was reported to talk with 'Olympian jocularity.' How right Gertrude was! As to 'ain't' and double negatives and 'hell' and 'damn', I have to use... more info

Price: $1,500.00

Photograph, signed and inscribed.

Wilder, Thornton.

Wilder in uniform. Inscribed "To Mary and Curt -- from their old friend Thornton, Washington D.C. May 7, 1943." 6-1/2 in by 5 in. (image). ... more info

Price: $650.00

The Author Looks at Format.

Steinbeck,John; Dos Passos, John; Wilder,Thornton; et al.

New York: AIGA, (1951). Wrappers,fine. ... more info

Price: $15.00

The Bridge of San Luis Rey.

Wilder, Thornton.

New York: Boni, 1927. Signed by Wilder on the half-title. Bound in full dark brown goatskin, gilt, with green leather label, a.e.g., for Asprey & Gerrard. Very fine condition. ... more info

Price: $1,500.00