Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$12.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: No Edition Or Printing Stated. Reprint Of The 1960 Limited Editions Club Edition. The Sandglass Paper Is Laid In. The Book Is Bound In Gray Over Blue Cloth With Gilt Lettering On The Spine. Blue Speckle On All Edges. The Spine Has Darkened And A Former Owner's Decorative Book Plate Is Attached To The Front Pastedown. The Slip Case Is Age Toned
Seller: Granada Bookstore, IOBA, Woodlawn, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$18.80 + shipping
Description: Tall octavo (6-5/8" x 10-3/4") bound in blue and gray cloth with a silhouette frieze of the Bridge's doomed pedestrians stamped in black on both covers. Introduction by Granville Hicks. Illustrated with 16 color plates by Jean Charlot. A lovely reproduction of the Limited Editions Club version of this Pulitzer Prize winning book. Fine in a close to Fine slipcase
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: Quarto. xix, 137pp. 1/1500. Flaxen colored cardboard slipcase, black label with gilt lettering on spine. Quartered black pebbled leather, gilt lettering on spine over camel colored cloth boards with debossed black and gilt stamping on covers. Color illustrated title page. Gilt paper edges. This special edition, #87/1500 hand numbered and handsigned @ colophon, of Thornton Wilder's best selling novel is lavishly illustrated throughout with vibrantly colored lithographs by Jean Charlot. Water stains on slipcase. Bindings with some minor rubbing to spine. Slipcase in good+, binding in very good, interior in fine condition.
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Thornton Wilder. The Bridge of San Luis Rey. The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1962.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 28 x 17.5 cm. Quarto. 137pp. Grey cloth cover, black leather spine. Limited to 1500 copies signed by the illustrator, Jean Charlot, this being copy 1048. Light scuffing to top of spine. Lacking slipcase. Some light toning to the boards.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Signed by the illustrator, Jean Charlot. Copy 81 of a total edition of 1500. Excellent copy in slipcase, well-preserved.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
WILDER, THORNTON. The Bridge of San Luis Rey. Limited Editions Club, New York, 1962.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Description: #1298 of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator. FINE BOOK, CLEAN AND TIGHT, IN SOLID, VERY GOOD+ SLIPCASE WITH SLIGHT SOILING. Monthly letter and slip laid in. Introduction by Granville Hicks. Illustrations in color by Jean Charlot.
Seller: MARK POST, BOOKSELLER, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
WILDER, Thornton. The Bridge of San Luis Rey. Limited Editions Club, New York, 1962.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Introduction by Granville Hicks. Illustrated with lithographs in color by Jean Charlot. 137 pages. Short thin 4to, black leather-backed pictorial cloth (a touch rubbed at head), board slipcase, lightly bumped. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1962. A near fine copy. One of 1500 numbered copies, printed at the Thistle Press and signed by the illustrator.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Thornton Wilder. The Bridge of San Luis Rey. The Limited Editions Club, 1962.
Price: US$74.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1113 of 1500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator Jean Charolt. Book has light shelve wear to spine, else tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips and clean black leather and decorated boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Frontispiece and 14 original color lithographs by Jean Charlot. Introduction by Granville Hicks. No dust jacket as issued. Slipcover is near fine with a few scuffs. 158 pages. 7 x 11¼" tall. "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" is American author Thornton Wilder's second novel. It was first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1928. The novel focuses on six characters who all perish in the collapse of a rope bridge in Peru; much of the book relates the lives of the individual characters as it explores the cosmic implications of these sudden, unnecessary deaths.
Seller: Armadillo Alley Books, Carrollton, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: New York: Limited Editions Club, 1962. First Thus, Limited to 1500 copies printed at the Thistle Press of which this is no. 432. Small quarto; publisher's black morocco-backed pictorial linen in yellow paper-covered slipcase; xix,[1],137pp.; color lithographs throughout, many full-paged. A hint of shelf wear to leather at spine ends, slipcase a shade toned at margins, else a Near Fine copy. Signed by the illustrator on colophon. "The Monthly Letter of The Limited Editions Club," No. 338, January, 1962, laid in.
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited to 1500copies printed at The Thistle Press in New York. This book is copy number 1234. Signed by the illustrator on colophon. Black morocco leather along spine with a grey linen covered boards. Front board embossed in black and gold with illustration of travelers. Color lithographs throughout; many full paged. Interior pages clean and binding tight. the lightest of shelf wear to leather at spine ends. Slipcase is fully intact but light soiling throughout; light wear along corners. Black label on spine of slipcase clean and bright. Includes "The Monthly Letter of The Limited Editions Club. Note: We use "Fine" book condition judiciously; only when the book exhibits no flaws. A Fine book closely approaches ‘As New’ condition and may not have been previously owned. Any flaws (writing, tears, creases) are exceptions to a Fine condition and should be clearly described for a book and dust jacket.
Seller: Autumn Leaves Books, Crown Point, IN, U.S.A.
WILDER, Thornton (Jean CHARLOT). THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY. Limited Editions Club, New York, 1962.
Price: US$93.80 + shipping
Description: Tall octavo (6-3/4" x 10-7/8") bound in natural buckram with a silhouette frieze of the Bridge's doomed pedestrians stamped in black on both covers, backed in fine imported black morocco leather. Introduction by Granville Hicks. Illustrated with 16 full-color lithographs drawn directly on the plates by Jean Charlot and printed in seven colors. Copy #355 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Small stain on the front pastedown from a previous bookplate. About Fine in a lightly soiled, Near Fine slipcase
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A superb copy in fine condition in a near fine slipcase--this copy is signed by the illustrator, Jean Charlot, on the rear limitation page--this being copy #862 of only 1,500 originally produced for members of the Limited Editions Club. 14 highly colored illustrations highlight this classic of modern first editions and was Thornton Wilder's masterpiece. A very collectible copy and would look great on any collector's bookshelf. Buckram tan cloth boards and a black leather spine with gilt lettering. The boards are nicely decorated with black and gold depictions of scenery from the story. The slipcase is lightly rubbed and with just a bit of shallow edgewear to the corners. All of the quality that is commonly placed with books from the Limited Editions Club--only 1,500 copies are ever produced of any one title.
Seller: Classic First Editions-- IOBA, La Quinta, CA, U.S.A.
WILDER, Thornton (Jean CHARLOT). THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY. Limited Editions Club, New York, 1962.
Price: US$106.30 + shipping
Description: Tall octavo (6-3/4" x 10-7/8") bound in natural buckram with a silhouette frieze of the Bridge's doomed pedestrians stamped in black on both covers, backed in fine imported black morocco leather. Introduction by Granville Hicks. Illustrated with 16 full-color lithographs drawn directly on the plates by Jean Charlot and printed in seven colors. Copy #457 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Fine in glassine and a close to Fine slipcase with some soiling
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Charlot, Jean. Number 74 of 1500 copies, signed by the artist. Illustrated with lithographs in color by Jean Charlot. 1 vols. 4to. Quarter black leather and boards. Fine in glassine and slipcase Illustrated with lithographs in color by Jean Charlot. 1 vols. 4to Number 74 of 1500 copies, signed by the artist.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
WILDER, Thornton. BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY. NY, LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB, 1962, 1962.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED BY CHARLOT (ILLUSTRATOR); #40/1500; SLIPCASE FIRST EDITION THUS FINE
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. The Bridge of San Luis Rey [Signed]. The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1962.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed by Author. Size: 11" x 6 7/8". Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Black leather spine with illustrated cream-colored cloth on boards, gilt-stamped spine label, 137 pages, illustrated in color by Jean Charlot. Inscribed and signed by Thornton Wilder on half-title page. This book is number 1281 of 1500 and is signed by the illustrator. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste-down. In original glassine wrapper that is toned along spine and chipped at spine ends and corners. In original yellow paper slip case that has bumped corners and tears at spine ends, has several stray marks from rubbing. Illustrator: Charlot, Jean. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 3 lbs 7 oz. Category: Fiction; Signed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 015229.
Seller: Dennis Holzman Antiques, Cohoes, NY, U.S.A.