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Book-Plate Label, generally affixed to the front pastedown, identifying a book’s owner.Of particular value to collectors as evidence of a very early form of the book. “Original boards” refers to cardboard-like front and back boards, from about 1700 to 1840, used as temporary protection for books before their purchasers would have them bound. Boards Hard front and rear covers of a bound book which are covered in cloth, leather or paper.

Association Copy copy that belonged to someone connected with the author or the contents of a book.

Armorial Used to describe a binding bearing the coat of arms of the original owner, or with bookplates incorporating the owner’s arms.

Although the name contains the word “tint”, this is a black-and-white printing process aquatint plates can often be hand colored, however.

By changing the areas of the plate that are exposed and the length of time the plate is submerged in the acid bath, the engraver can obtain fine and varying shades of gray that closely resemble watercolor washes. Aquatint Copperplate process by which the plate is “bitten” by exposure to acid.Bookplate of recipient tipped to the half title is a photograph of Wilder from Vanity Fair magazine tipped to the rear is a letter describing an afternoon visit with Wilder ending with Wilder inscribing this copy.īook fine, rare dust jacket bright and fresh with only a bit of shallow chipping to spine ends and one corner. These copies preceded the British first edition by one day" and rarely appear on the market (Smiley 2). "The true first, called 'the preliminary issue,' consisted of 21 copies with the cover stamped in black ink only and the title page printed in black ink only. The first British edition preceded the first American by a few days. The New York Herald Tribune acclaimed the book "a masterpiece." Malcolm Cowley described the novel as "perfect in itself… The texture is completely unified nothing falls short of the mark nothing exceeds it and the book as a whole is like some faultless temple erected to a minor deity" ( New Republic). Written while Wilder worked as a French teacher in New Jersey, The Bridge of San Luis Rey won its 31-year-old author his first Pulitzer and turned him into an overnight celebrity with its moving tale of five strangers who die in a Peruvian bridge collapse. Octavo, original blue cloth gilt, original decorative dust jacket.įirst edition of Wilder’s haunting story of chance, circumstance and love, inscribed in the year of publication, "For Everett with all my best. PRESENTATION FIRST EDITION OF THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY, INSCRIBED BY THORNTON WILDER