Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Thornton Wilder. The Angel That Troubled the Waters and Other Plays. Coward-McCann Inc, 1928.
Price: US$9.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Second printing. Good/Fair Some minor fraying on spine and missing dustjacket.Tanning present.
Seller: Amusespot, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.
WILDER, THORNTON. THE ANGEL THAT TROUBLED THE WATERS AND OTHER PLAYS. COWARD-MCCANN, NEW YORK, 1928.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: FADED SILVER LETTERING ON SPINE. EXTERIOR IS WORN DOWN. FRONT AND BACK ENDPAGES ARE TORN. HINGES ARE DAMAGED. DATE PUBLISHED: 1928 EDITION: 149
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. The Angel That Troubled the Waters. Coward-McCann, 1928.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Coward-McCann: New York, 1928. Sm 8vo. 149 pp. Blue cloth with silver lettering to the spine, which is moderately rubbed. Price-clipped jacket is very good minus with chipping across the top of the front panel and about a 1" piece missing from the bottom of the spine. Moderate toning to the tan jacket as well. Limited edition: one of 2,000 numbered copies with the Coward.McCann "signature" on the limitation page. This is copy # 1382.
Seller: Paul Johnson Fine Books, IOBA, Temecula, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$32.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Clean, sound copy; bumps to corners and spine; orig owner's rather unique bookplate inside cover, notation on 2nd free endpaper. Doesn't appear to have been read as some pages are not separated. Jacket is yellowed, 1" chip at bottom of spine, chipping across top slightly affecting spine title, folds and spine quite yellowed, not price clipped.
Seller: Trench Books, Hudson, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$39.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Second printing. Original quarter blue cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Lettering a bit muted. Internally a bit age toned. No previous owner's names, not exlibrary. Overall in VERY GOOD condition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$44.40 + shipping
Description: 1st trade edition. Of an edition of 2,000 copies, this is No. 573. Octavo, cloth & boards, uncut, 149 pp. Very Good; spine dull, light shelf wear. Literature, Theater, Theatre, Drama.
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA, Dade City, FL, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. The Angel That Troubled the Waters and Other Plays. Coward-McCann, New York, 1928.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: frontis, 149p. Original blue boards. Plain blue jacket. 24 cm. Bookplate (Marie Louise and Samuel Robert Rosenthal) has become detached from verso of front free endpaper leaving some modest glue marks. Copy No. 139 of an edition of 775 copies signed by the author on the limitation page. The Rosenthals are identified online as Chicago philanthropists and book collectors.
Seller: McBlain Books, ABAA, Hamden, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Limited to 775 copies (of which 750 were for sale) , this being #597. Slight rubbing and bumping to boards, lightly faded spine. Solid binding and clean text. Lightly browned pages, and a few spots of foxing page edges. No ownership marks, ex-lib marks, stamps or stickers. Author signature on limitation page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 149 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Old Editions Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, North Tonawanda, NY, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. THE ANGEL THAT TROUBLED THE WATERS And Other Plays. Coward, McCann: NY, 1928.
Price: US$57.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 9.5 x 6.5", blue boards, 149pp, covers a little rubbed and unevenly sunned, edges a little browned and spotted, ink inscription on front blank from former owner. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 775 NUMBERED COPIES (this is copy #440), SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, THORNTON WILDER.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Angel That Troubled the Waters, The. Coward - McCann, Inc., New York, 1928.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 149 pages, #1082 of 2000 signed by the publisher, chipping pieces missing from dust jacket bttm edge backstrip,
Seller: Good Old Books, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed Limited Edition #336 of 775 copies. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Mylar cover. Wilder's signature on Limited Edition page. 149pp. Full refund if not satisfied.
Seller: Shelley and Son Books (IOBA), Hendersonville, NC, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. THE ANGEL THAT TROUBLED THE WATERS. N.Y. Coward McCann 1928., 1928.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Description: near fine in very good dj w/light dampstain at rear. #703 of 2000 copies signed by the publishers. 1st trade ed.
Seller: Pettler & Lieberman, Booksellers, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. The Angel That Troubled the Waters. Coward McCann NY 1928, 1928.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Bound in blue boards that are very slightly bumped and with a small Latin inscription to the front flyleaf, otherwise a nice tight copy. One of 750 numbered copies signed by Wilder. The matching blue jacket has a tiny spine heel chip and with a closed tear to the rear.
Seller: Gaabooks, West New York, NJ, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. The Angel that Troubled the Waters. Coward-McCann, New York, 1928.
Price: US$69.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, second printing. DJ by Inez; DJ spine faded. Initial sales price intact ($2.50). Protected in an archival wrapper. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Fine in Near Fine DJ.
Seller: Ironwood Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Blue hard cover with turquoise cloth spine wrap. Silver lettering to the spine. One of 2000 numbered, First Trade Editions, SIGNED by Coward McCann, Inc. This is #35. SCARCE as such with only 4 others on Abe as of November 2022. This copy is VG. No DJ. Exterior gilt is modestly rubbed with modest sunning. Inside has neat PO signature at top of Title page and a very old small tape repair to FFEP. Decorative EPs. Otherwise unmarked, crisp, and tight with modest toning throughout. Small bookseller label at bottom FEP.
Seller: Bailey Bonzo Books, Shelbyville, IN, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Blue paper over boards with plain blue dust jacket all in very good condition. 1928-1st edition. Limited edition #308 of 775, of which 750 are for sale, SIGNED by author Thornton Wilder on limited edition page. Black & white tissue protected photo illustration frontispiece of Thornton Wilder by Doris Ulmann. Book is in very good condition, never read as many or most of the pages are still uncut. The dust jacket spine is slightly sun faded. 149 pages.
Seller: Martin Kaukas Books, Manchester, VT, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. The Angel That Troubled the Waters and Other Plays. Coward-McCann, Inc., 1928.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine copy in ;publisher's cloth. Blue, unprinted dust wrapper, as issued, and also fine. Number 101 of 750 copies signed by Wilder. Some pages unopened. 149 pages, plus colophon.
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$82.50 + shipping
Description: Limited to 2000 copies of which this is no. 346. Small octavo (19.5cm.); original cloth-backed boards, cream pictorial dust jacket printed in red and blue; [2],149pp. Jacket spine toned, a few tiny chips and short closed tears, none affecting text; Fine in Very Good or better jacket, better than usually seen. Signed by the publisher on colophon.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton.. THE ANGEL THAT TROUBLED THE WATERS.. Coward McCann: NY, 1928.
Price: US$86.25 + shipping
Description: Frontis portrait, 10 x 6.5, boards, 149 pp, covers a bit worn, spline lightly sunned, hinges loose, contents nice. FIRST ED, PRINTED ON HANDMADE CANSON INGRES, LIMITED TO 775 NUMBERED COPIES (750 FOR SALE), SIGNED BY AUTHOR THORNTON WILDER.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
WILDER, Thornton. THE ANGEL THAT TROUBLED THE WATERS. Coward-McCann, New York, 1928.
Price: US$93.80 + shipping
Description: One of 2000 numbered copies of the First Trade Edition SIGNED by the publisher. Near Fine in a Good dustwrapper with chips and soiling
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Thornton Wilder. The Angel that Troubled the Waters #707/775. Coward- McCann, 1928.
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Medium blue paper boards with silver title on spine. Brightly patterned end papers. Closed crack to spine edged near top, top corners exposed, small chip to surface at back spine edge 3" from bottom. Starting at inside front and back gutters. PO inscription on ffep. Interior looks unused. Pages mildly toned.
Seller: onourshelves, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
WILDER, Thornton. THE ANGEL THAT TROUBLED THE WATERS; and other plays. Coward-McCann, NY, 1928.
Price: US$140.00 + shipping
Description: Large 8vo, pp. 149. Printed on Canson Inges hand-made paper. Untrimmed. Bound in blue cloth in dark blue. A near fine copy. Large paper copy, one of 775 copies, signed by the author.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$140.92 + shipping
Description: tall8vo, 24cm, limitation leaf, 149,[1]p., (colophon), limited to 775 signed and numbered copies on hand-made paper, this being #173, and Signed by the Author, original blue paper over boards, gilt spine titles, decorated endpapers, on hand made paper, plain card stiff wrapper, unopened, mint (lt.ds).
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
WILDER, Thornton. The Angel That Troubled the Waters. Coward McCann, New York, 1928.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in very good dustwrapper with portions of the spine missing. One of 750 numbered copies Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$247.50 + shipping
Description: Limited to 775 copies of which this is no. 222. Octavo (24.5cm.); original boards in blue unadorned dust jacket; [2],xvi,[17]-149,[2]pp.; plain photographic portrait frontispiece, title page ruled in blue, blue decorative endpapers. Jacket spine a bit darkened, else Fine. Signed by the author on limitation page.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. The Angel That Troubled the Waters and Other Plays. Coward-Mccann, 1928.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED limited 775c on handmade paper. Fine in fine unprinted dj. Plain unprinted slipcase rough.; 6.8 X 5.0 X 0.9 inches; 149 pages
Seller: Isaiah Thomas Books & Prints, Inc., Cotuit, MA, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. The Angel That Troubled the Waters and Other Plays. Coward-Mccann, E-074, 1928.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. 8vo. Coward, McCann, New York. 1928. 149 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. #309 of a limited edtion of 750 copies. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in blue cloth with white titles present to the spine. Boards have light wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "It is a discouraging business to be an author at sixteen years of age, " wrote Thornton Wilder at the ripe old age of thirty-one. "Such an author is all aspiration and no fulfillment. He is drunk on an imaginary kinship with the writers he most admires, and yet his poor overblotted notebooks show nothing to prove to others, or to himself, that the claim is justified. " Precocious teenagersand he includes his younger self among themeagerly assemble the basics ("especially the title") of a long book, or they spend hours "adjusting the tables of contents of works they have neither the perseverance nor the ability to execute. " E-074; 6.8 X 5.0 X 0.9 inches; 149 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Thornton Wilder. THE ANGEL THAT TROUBLED THE WATERS AND OTHER PLAYS. Coward-McCann, New York, 1928.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 6 x 9 in. Blue paper boards. Limited edition of 775 signed copies, this is number 000, indicating that it was Wilder's own copy. From the Wilder family collection. Signed on the limitation pg. Condition is NEAR FINE ; minimal shelf wear, covers very clean and fresh, a mite sunned at edges. BInding tight. Endpapers pulled away a touch at the inner joint. Text spotless. Pgs are uncut. DJ is VERY GOOD+ ; very clean, a couple of edge chips. Fic. RGR.
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. The Angel That Troubled the Waters and Other Plays. Coward-McCann, New York, 1928.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, one of 775 numbered and signed copies (this no. 218). 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue boards. Fine copy in fine original blue dus tjacket First edition, one of 775 numbered and signed copies (this no. 218).
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. The Angel That Troubled The Waters. Coward-McCann, New York, 1928.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 149 pages. First edition, first printing. One (598) of 750 numbered limited copies signed by the Wilder on a special sheet at the beginning the book. Also inscribed by Wilder on the second sheet in January, 1931. Fine book in a fine dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: [Parial Colophon]: "This Edition [-] is printed on Canson Ingres hand-made paper The Binding is in Canson Mi-Teintes [paper] Typography is by S. A. Jacobs and the entire book produced under his supervision at The Van Rees Press New York". 6 5/8 inches x 9 7/8 in., numbered and signed limitation page; half-title; frontispiece portrait of Wilder, reproducing a Doris Ulmann photograph in black and white, with tissue guard; title-page printed in black and blue with borders and device; and inscribed at the top, in ink, by Thornton Wilder: M. H. [Munson Havens] from T. W. Foreword by Thornton Wilder; 149 pp. + colophon page. Dark blue paper over boards, with the titling in silver on the spine, blue and white, Coward-McCann candlestick design endpapers. The spine shows light fading, tanning to book edges; scattered tan spotting to the title-page, prelims. and some pages, upper cover corners show small bumps. This copy was inscribed for Cleveland, Ohio based book collector and author, Munson Havens (1873-1942), and bears his double silhouette bookplate (Munson Havens & Hetty Ganson Havens), on the front decorated paste-down endpaper. Munson Havens has inserted a signed letter from Thornton Wilder, partly regarding book signings; this is on a folded, 5 3/4 in. x 7 3/4 in. sheet of gray Whiting's Polo Cloth note paper: "Dear Mr. Havens--I've discovered that between the dreadful Press--the dept stores and their signings--which I suppose I must do to help the management build up its house for Tonight--that THEY have built up a full field day for me this p.m. and I'd better go through with it. So I have to ask you to release me from our good tranquil hour this afternoon, and look forward to seeing you after the Lecture. But lookit, when do we get an unencumbered talk on books per se; writing as writing, I mean, not items? However I shall be back some day in Town not as a pro. talker. And it can happen then. Ever [signed]: Thornton Wilder Tues. a.m. [added in pencil: Cleveland-April 2 1929]. The letter shows a central horizontal fold from being folded for mailing, some light, age-related tanning. Sold together only, the copy of the limited, signed book, with inscribed initials, and the letter that refers to book signings. Titles of the Plays: 1 Nascuntur Poetae; 2 Proserpina & the Devil; 3 Fanny Otcott; 4 Brother Fire; 5 The Penny that Beauty Spent; 6 The Angel on the Ship; 7 The Message and Jehanne; 8 Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came; 9 Centaurs; 10 Leviathan; 11 And the Sea Shall Give Up Its Dead; 12 Now the Servant's Name Was Malchus; 13 Mozart & the Grey Steward; 14 Hast Thou Considered my Servant Job? 15 The Flight into Egypt; 16 The Angel that Troubled the Waters.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.