Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Wilder, Thornton. The Cabala. Modern Library, NY, 1929.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: flexible red c w/gilt titles, tiny bump at lower front tip; slight discoloration; Rockwell Kent end papers; owner's plate; 230 clean, unmarked pages+catalogue Size: 12 vo
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton.. The Cabala.. N.Y: 1929. Hardcover., 1929.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: 1st. ed. Modern Library Edition. v.g. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.
Seller: Frederick Bayoff Literary Books, Adrian, MI, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. The Cabala. Modern Library, NY, 1929.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: Some uneven fading to cover, else VG+ in a partial Dust Jacket (approximately 70% present). Blue cloth with blue topstain and gilt lettering. Early printing with 171 titles listed on verso of jacket
Seller: Mystery Cove Book Shop, Hulls Cove, ME, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. The Cabala. Modern Library, New York, 1929.
Price: US$25.97 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: introduction by Herbert Gorman. red limp cloth, bound by H. Wolff, Spine is sunned, no dj. Modern Library First Edition 1929 stated on copyright page. This is # 155. Title in Gilt on spine. 230 pp.plus 4 pages of additional Modern Library titles. This is an early Modern Library Edition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: First Landing Books & Arts, Virginia Beach, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: HB NODJ, VG, flex GREEN CLOTH binding, ML #155, STATED 1st MODERN LIBRARY ON COPYRIGHT PG. 1929. , NOJACKET, 1st. hardback. 230 PGS + 4 PGS OF ADS ends with NANA, SPINE FADE CVR WITH Gold gilt Tilte & decoration light wear, Outer pgs edge GREEN TOPSTAIN Light Wear
Seller: Bluff Park Rare Books, LONG BEACH, CA, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. The Cabala. Modern Library, NY, 1929.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Modern Library printing (Stated); flexible rust c w/gilt titles,lite sunning os spione; Lucien Bernhard end papers; 230 clean, unmarked pages+catalogue Size: 12 vo
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Cabala. Modern Library, 1929.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Blue flex.cl., bkstrip. sl. torn & faded, o.w. Good. Bookplate on pastedown. Xii,230pp. W. Intro.by Herbert Gorman. STATED FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION.
Seller: Cragsmoor Books, Cragsmoor, NY, U.S.A.
WILDER, Thornton. The Cabala. Modern Library, NY, 1929.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Modern Library edition. Owner stamp front flyleaf; several penciled underlinings in early pages. Very good in blue balloon cloth, in a very good, spine-tanned dust jacket, also blue. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. The Cabala. The Modern Library, New York, 1929.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Modern Library Edition. Mildly sunned along spine. Lacks one corner on first free end page. Light crease at one corner of half-title page. Otherwise Book is in Very Good condition. Jacket lacks lower portion of spine. Chip at head of spine. Darkened along spine. Wear to all vertical edges. Otherwise Wrapper is in Good condition and in mylar jacket cover.
Seller: The Dawn Treader Book Shop, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. The Cabala. Modern Library, 1929.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very good copy with " first edition" stated in a ragged jacket. !59 books listed on the back of the jacket and 95 cents for the price of this copy.
Seller: Ink, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
WILDER, Thornton. The Cabala (The Modern Library, 155). The Modern Library, New York, 1929.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Modern Library edition. Introduction by Herbert Gorman. 16mo. 230pp. Toledano style 5.1, green balloon cloth stamped in gilt. Small crayon checkmark on front fly, page edges and cloth modestly soiled, a very good to near fine copy in a good only price-clipped dust jacket with extremities chipped and torn with copious amounts of tape repair along the extremities and spine. A novel first published in 1926.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$188.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: RARE COPY WITH DJ. Pictorial DJ unclipped (95 cents); covered in mylar; has heavy wear on side seams and an inch chip out of top of spine (See Scans). Book is covered in maroon BALLOON cloth; has maroon top stain.;
Seller: Shepardson Bookstall, Brookline, MA, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. The Cabala. Modern Library, New York, 1929.
Price: US$219.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Modern Library, #155, 1929. Modern Library First Edition. Introduction by Herbert Gorman. Typographical dust jacket; DJ spine lightly faded. DJ lists 159 titles and price of 95¢. Flexible balloon cloth cover (in blue) and lettering (in gold) intact. Spine sun-faded. Unmarked pages. Protected in an archival wrapper. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Near Fine in a Very Good+ DJ.
Seller: Ironwood Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. The Cabala **FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION**. The Modern Library, New York, 1929.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1929 WITH DUST JACKET. Wilder, Thornton. The Cabala. New York: Modern Library. 1929. Stated First Modern Library edition. Bound in purple balloon cloth with gold grape tree torchbearer colophon on spine, gold Kent torchbearer on front cover. Bernhart endpapers. Binding is tight and solid, gilt is bright and clear. Previous owners neatly signed on endpapers. FINE UNUSED UNREAD CONDITION. Very short lived binding style, in use 1929-Spring 1930. This gold-heavy design was planned before the 1929 crash, and was quickly deemed too expensive for Depression-era book publishing. The gold torchbearer was replaced with a blindstamped torchbearer, and in 1930, the gold tree was dropped. Dust Jacket is very good+ to near fine with closed tear on front and some age discoloration on spine. NOT priced clipped - 95 cent price present and bright. 159 books listed on back panel indicating a matching FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. **I WILL BE LISTIING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**
Seller: The Modern Library, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. The Cabala (signed). Modern Library, New York, 1929.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Modern Library. New York. 1929. 230 pages. SIGNED by Thornton Wilder directly to the title page. Early modern library edition. Book is tight. Binding and hinges are strong. Plum colored cloth. DJ is attractive despite a couple of open chips and water damage to rear. Faint moisture stain on edge of pages and really only visible on panels. No smells. Pages lay tight and undisturbed. .95 cent price on flap and 185 titles noted on rear. A desirable signed Modern Library edition of the author's first novel (who would later go on to win 3 Pulitzers.)
Seller: Medium Rare Books, Mountainside, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$825.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION, 1929 WITH VERY RARE DUST JACKET VARIATION IN FINE UNREAD CONDITION! A MUST HAVE FOR THE TRUE MODERN LIBRARY COLLECTOR! Wilder, Thornton. The Cabala. New York: Modern Library. 1929. Stated First Modern Library edition. Bound in green balloon cloth with gold grape tree torchbearer colophon on spine, gold Kent torchbearer on front cover. Bernhard endpapers. Binding is tight and solid, gilt is bright and clear. Matching topstain is perfect. No writing or marks. FINE UNUSED UNREAD CONDITION - IT APPEARS THIS BOOK HAS NEVER BEEN OPENED LET ALONE READ. Very short lived binding style, in use 1929-Spring 1930. This gold-heavy design was planned before the 1929 crash, and was quickly deemed too expensive for Depression-era book publishing. The gold torchbearer was replaced with a blindstamped torchbearer, and in 1930, the gold tree was dropped. Dust Jacket is FINE and PRISTINE with no flaws. Light green dust jacket appears exactly as it did in 1929 - no fading at all!! NOT priced clipped - 95 cent price present and bright. 159 books listed on back panel indicating a matching FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION. Now protected in an archival-quality dust jacket protector. **I cannot stress enough how pristine this copy is - highly collectible especially with the rare true first printing dust jacket variant** **I WILL BE LISTIING OVER 400 COLLECTIBLE, RARE, OR SIGNED MODERN LIBRARY EDITIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS FROM 30 YEARS OF ACTIVE COLLECTING AROUND THE WORLD - PLEASE VISIT MY SELLERS PAGE TO VIEW THEM ALL**
Seller: The Modern Library, Columbus, OH, U.S.A.