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1	Our town; a play in three acts more books like this by Thornton Wilder add to wishlist An illustrated hardcover edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, first produced in 1938, follows the changes that gradually occur in the lives of two early-twentieth-century New Hampshire families and their neighbors. 15,000 first printing. see all copies from £1.28! new only from £5.61! \| first editions
2	Bridge of San Luis Rey more books like this by Thornton Wilder add to wishlist Five travelers are killed when a bridge collapses in Peru. A young priest investigates their lives and tells their stories, discovering that each victim suffered from an all-encompassing love that could not, for various reasons, find satisfaction. This was Thornton Wilder's most celebrated novel, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1927. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Our Town more books like this by Thornton Wilder add to wishlist First produced and published in 1938, this play was written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Thornton Wilder. see all copies from £1.26! new only from £1.56! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Eighth Day more books like this by Thornton Wilder add to wishlist Wilder's first work of fiction after 20 years, this novel is about a man who shoots and kills his friend, is sentenced to death, and becomes a fugitive from justice. see all copies from £2.04! new only from £6.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Three Plays: Our Town, the Skin of Our Teeth, and the Matchmaker more books like this by Thornton Wilder add to wishlist This Perennial Classic contains three of the greatest plays in American literature in one volume, including two Pulitzer Prize winners. see all copies from £5.92! new only from £7.71!
6	The Skin of Our Teeth more books like this by Thornton Wilder, Paula Vogel (Foreword by) add to wishlist A timeless statement about human foibles . . . and human endurance, this beautiful new edition features Wilder's unpublished production notes, diary entries, and other illuminating documentary material, all of which is included in a new Afterword by Tappan Wilder. Time magazine called "The Skin of Our Teeth" "a sort of "Hellzapoppin'" with ... see all copies from £1.71! new only from £7.71! \| first editions
7	Theophilus North more books like this by Thornton Wilder add to wishlist A series of interconnected and partially autobiographical short stories about a young Yale graduate who tries to make his way in the world by taking odd jobs among Newport society. In the process, he becomes involved in the life of each of his employers, and helps each of them resolve a vital crisis. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Three Plays more books like this by Thornton Wilder (Preface by) add to wishlist This omnibus volume brings together the definitive texts of three outstanding plays by one of America's most distinguished writers. Thronton Wilder was equally prolific and successful as a dramatist and novelist. "Our Town" (1938) and "The Skin of Our Teeth" (1942) were each awarded the Pulitzer Prize. "The Matchmaker" (1955) was originally staged ... see all copies from £3.76! new only from £6.85! \| first editions
9	Ides of March more books like this by Thornton Wilder add to wishlist First published in 1948, "The Ides of March" is a brilliant epistolary novel set in the Rome of Julius Caesar. Through imaginary letters and documents, Wilder brings to life a dramatic period of world history. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.38! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	The Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder, Volume T more books like this by Thornton Wilder, A Tappan Wilder (Editor), Donald Gallup (Editor) add to wishlist Volume Two of the collected short plays by one of the greatest American playwrights of the 20th century. Now available once more here is the author's long out-of-print first collection of one-acts, THE ANGEL THAT TROUBLED THE WATERS, along with three occasional plays, two of them previously unpublished, and Wilder's full-length play, THE ALCESTIAD ... see all copies from £6.20! new only from £6.20! \| first editions
11 view cover	Heaven's my destination more books like this by Thornton Wilder add to wishlist Meet one of Wilder's most memorable characters--his famous take on Don Quixote come to Main Street in the Great Depression--George Marvin Brush, traveling textbook salesman. see all copies from £1.53! new only from £8.70! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Collected Short Plays of Thornton Wilder more books like this by T Wilder add to wishlist see all copies from £6.23! new only from £9.61! \| first editions
13 view cover	The cabala and The woman of Andros more books like this by Thornton Wilder add to wishlist Featuring an illuminating new foreword by Penelope Niven and a revealing afterword by Tappan Wilder, this reissue of two early books by Thornton Wilder reintroduces the reader to the author's first novel, "The Cabala," and to "The Woman of Andros," one of the inspirations for his Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Our Town." A young American student ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £5.61! \| first editions
14 view cover	The Selected Letters of Thornton Wilder more books like this by Thornton Wilder, Jackson R Bryer, Robin Gibbs Wilder add to wishlist Thornton Wilder was known as the man who knew everyone, and this impressive volume--the first to provide a comprehensive collection of the writer's correspondence--vividly documents the events and people that shaped his life and work. 32 b&w photos throughout. see all copies from £8.40! new only from £9.03! \| first editions
15	Our town, The skin of our teeth, The matchmaker. more books like this by Thornton Wilder add to wishlist see all copies from £1.24! first editions
16 view cover	The Woman of Andros more books like this by Thornton Wilder add to wishlist 1930. American writer and playwright, he is best known for the Pulitzer Prize awarded his play Our Town in 1938. His second novel, The Bridge of San Luis Rey won the Pulitzer Prize in 1928. The first part of this novel is based upon the Andria, a comedy of Terence who in turn based his work upon two Greek plays, now lost to us, by Menander. The ... see all copies from £2.04! new only from £7.08! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	The Cabala more books like this by Thornton Wilder add to wishlist This Pulitzer Prize winning author's novel is set in Italy. Contents: First Encounters; Marcantonio; Alix; Astree-Luce and the Cardinal; The Dusk of the Gods. see all copies from £2.18! signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	American Characteristics and Other Essays more books like this by Thornton Wilder add to wishlist see all copies from £5.61! new only from £10.41! \| signed copies \| first editions
19	Twentieth-Century American Drama by Thornton; Williams Wilder, Tennessee; Miller, Arthur; Hansberry, Lorraine add to wishlist see all copies from £5.61! new only from £6.24!
20 view cover	The Ides of March more books like this by Thronton Wilder, Thornton Wilder add to wishlist see all copies from £1.49! new only from £12.20! \| signed copies \| first editions
21	The matchmaker : a farce in four acts more books like this by Thornton Wilder add to wishlist see all copies from £5.61! new only from £10.58! \| first editions
22 view cover	Thornton Wilder: Collected Plays and Writings on Theater more books like this by Thornton Wilder, Professor J D McClatchy (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from £16.83! new only from £20.25! \| first editions
23 view cover	One Act Plays more books like this by Samuel Moon (Editor), Thornton Wilder (Editor), William Butler Yeats (Editor) add to wishlist These eleven one-act plays present the major figures of the modern theatre in an art form that demands from the dramatist the best in vigor, intensity, and precision. They conduct the reader on a historical tour of the modern play, from the naturalism of Strindberg to the intellectual drama of Pirandello; from the lyrical drama of Saroyan to the ... see all copies from £6.54! new only from £7.47! \| first editions
24	Three Plays by Thornton Wilder more books like this by Thornton Wilder add to wishlist see all copies from £2.96! first editions
25	The long Christmas dinner, & other plays in one act more books like this by Thornton Wilder add to wishlist see all copies from £2.93! new only from £16.80! \| signed copies \| first editions

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