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Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper, 1935.
Price: US$5.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: First edition. Bottom corners worn to boards, though in a tiny way. Covers and spine soiled, general and with a few spots. Names of former owners inside front cover and on flyleaf. Also old price on flyleaf. Pastedown hinges starting to separate at first and last flyleafs. Binding however tight.
Seller: Frank Hofmann, Yorba Linda, CA, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper and Brothers, 1935.
Price: US$5.63 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A-K on the copyright page. Some soiling and discoloring; a good solid book; no jacket. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 188883.
Seller: Easy Chair Books, Lexington, MO, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper, 1935, 1935.
Price: US$6.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Near Very Good/ Torn, Sl Soiled Dj. 2" triangular piece gone top of front dj, 2" across back strip of dj bottom gone.1st. Bookplate inside front. Sl tear on extra page
Seller: bccbooks, WHITE PLAINS, NY, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. HEAVEN'S MY DESTINATION. Harper & Brothers, New York NY, 1935.
Price: US$6.50 + shipping
Description: Very Good with no dust jacket; Previous owner's name. Edges bumped and worn; 304 pages
Seller: Gibson's Books, New Hope, AL, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$7.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Nineteenth Edition B-K is stated on the copyright page, $2.50 Publishers Dust Jacket Price Intact, Much Edge Wear to the Dust Jacket
Seller: Joes Books, Lombard, IL, U.S.A.
Thornton Wilder. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, 1935.
Price: US$7.28 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: 1935. First Edition. 303 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth board. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Binding remains firm. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Moderate tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Visible wear and foxing marks to boards.
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$7.52 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good Condition hard cover no jacket 304 pages
Seller: Foxtrot Books, Yankton, SD, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, 1935.
Price: US$8.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Tan cl. w. black lettering to cover, black lettering orange design to backstr., foxing on front and back covers. Bookplate ffep. Vi, 304jpp. Contents VG. FIRST EDITION M-I.
Seller: Cragsmoor Books, Cragsmoor, NY, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, 1935.
Price: US$8.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Tan cl. w. black lettering to cover, black lettering orange design to backstr. Front hinge cracking. Vi, 304jpp. FIRST EDITION M-I.
Seller: Cragsmoor Books, Cragsmoor, NY, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$8.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good first edition in tan cloth with black spine printing and orange spine decoration, black embossed signature print to cover. Two vertical ridges on spine cloth and white mark. A little page tanning. Firm with no marks. 30's fiction set in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri. 304 pp.
Seller: Sea Chest Books, Tucumcari, NM, U.S.A.
Thornton Wilder. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, 1935.
Price: US$9.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Minor shelf wear. Comedic novel about the travels of a born-again textbook salesman.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, 1935.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Tan cl. w. black lettering to cover, black lettering orange design to backstr. Name ffep. Vi, 304jpp. FIRST EDITION M-I.
Seller: Cragsmoor Books, Cragsmoor, NY, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, 1935, 1935.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st edition VG+/poor dj (the book is generally clean and tight, with no writing inside; the unclipped dj has some major chips, including the bottom quarter of the spine)
Seller: Reed's Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Bros., New York, 1935.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Boards tanning, old stains, rubbed edges. Pages are clean, text has no markings, back inside hinge weak. Prior owner name on fep. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Top Notch Books, Tolar, TX, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. HEAVEN'S MY DESTINATION. Harper & Brothers, 1935.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 304 pages
Seller: Novel Ideas Books & Gifts, Decatur, IL, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$10.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 304p.
Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Book has no writing or marking.
Seller: Samuel H. Rokusek, Bookseller, Pleasant Prairie, WI, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, 1935.
Price: US$12.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition. "First Edition M-I" on copyright page for Dec. 1934. 8vo. Light cloth stamped in orange and black. Title page in red and black. Spine is a shade darker. Clean. tight. no jacket. Several page have short tears. Good condition.
Seller: Cultural Connection, Cape Coral, FL, U.S.A.
Thornton Wilder. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$13.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Book is in Near Fine condition with small water spot on top pages. Pages are clean with NO marks, writing or underlining. Book is bound in tan linen with titles on spine in brown with orange decorative design. Pages are deckle edge. First Edition stated.
Seller: shadowandstregabooks, Skokie, IL, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$14.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Edge wear to dust jacket, small chips and tears. Previous owner's ink stamp on half-title page. Expedited or International shipping may cost more.
Seller: Take Five Books, Ashland, OR, U.S.A.
Thornton Wilder. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers,, New York:, 1935.
Price: US$14.00 + shipping
Description: First printing Very good- in tan cloth covered boards with black text and red decorations on the spine and with a facsimile of the author's signature on the front board. The front board is tanned at the fore and lower edges and the top edge of the text block is dust stained and there is a prior owner's name and date of "Feb. 1935" on the front end paper. Without a dust jacket. 304 pages of text.
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Thornton Wilder. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, 1935.
Price: US$14.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Thornton Wilder's Heaven's My Destination Published by Harpers, 1935 1st edition, code A-K, indicates January, 1935, 1st printing cloth; "cloth wear, browning, previous owner's name, otherwise clean, tight and very good"
Seller: Sheapast Art and Books, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Bros, New York, 1935.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good condition. Some yellowing on the pages, edge wear, and yellowing on the covers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Thornton Wilder. HEAVEN'S MY DESTINATION. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: 304p. A beige cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Lightly shelf-worn, but otherwise clean and tight.
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, New York and London, 1935.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 304 pages. 21 cm. Bound in beige cloth with black lettering on front board (Wilder's signature) and orange decorations on spine. Eighteenth edition A-K. Deckled edge. A tight, clean, unmarked book.
Seller: 2Wakefield, Wakefield, QC, Canada
Price: US$15.37 + shipping
Description: 304 p. Cuerpo e interior del libro en buen estado de conservación. Portada a dos tintas. Plena tela editorial algo deslucida. Títulos estampadosen plano y lomo.
Seller: Llibrum Llibram, Andratx - Mallorca-I Baleares, IB, Spain
Thornton Wilder. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, 1935, 1935.
Price: US$15.75 + shipping
Description: Hard Cover. Fair. Stated First Edition.
Seller: UHR Books, Hollis Center, ME, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$15.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: George Brush is the central figure in Wilder's third novel. A born again salesman, he confronts the secular world during the Great Depression during one year of his life. Original wheat cloth publisher's covers with orange and black spine lettering and decoration. The spine is leaning slightly, and there is a bit of slight edgewear, else this is a presentable copy that lacks the original dust jacket. There is a small previous owner name on the front end paper. ; 8vo, 8"- 9" tall; 304 pages
Seller: Peninsula Books, Traverse City, MI, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$19.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: SPINE WEB SHOWING/BOOKPLATE/GIFT INSCRIPTION.
Seller: Ann Becker, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition, First Printing. Published by Harper & Brothers, 1935. A-K (Jan '35) Harper code. Octavo. White boards stamped in orange and black. Book is very good; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Spotting and toning to page ends. Covers have shelf wear, spotting and nicks. No dust jacket. 304 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
Seller: Southampton Books, Southampton, NY, U.S.A.
THORNTON WILDER. HEAVEN'S MY DESTINATION. Harper and Brothers, 1935.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: INSIDE PAGES ARE GOOD, THERE IS SOME AGING AND STAIN ON COVER. STORY OF A MAN - A SALESMAN THAT IS A FERVENT RELIGIOUS CONVERT DETERMINED TO LEAD A GOOD LIFE DURING THE DEPRESSION.
Seller: Smokey, York, NE, U.S.A.
Thornton Wilder. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1935.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardbound in dust jacket. 1st edition. Chipping & wear to dust jacket, wear to board edges, otherwise very good.
Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.
WILDER, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition. Good with both hinges cracked, light wear, lacking the dustwrapper.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, 1935.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Usual Ex-Library Markings. Dj Had Been In A Taped-In Wrap, Tape Was Cut, Wrap Removed But Light Tape Stains Remain On Covers. Dj Has Heavy Edgewear With Several Tears, One Taped & Light Soiling. Dj Spine Is Tanned. Bumped Corners. The Top Corner Of Inside Front Flap Of Dj Has Been Cut Off. Front Endpage Has Been Removed. The Library Stampings Have Been Blocked Out With Ink Or Marker. Light Soiling. Good Reading Copy.
Seller: Book Nook, Cadillac, MI, U.S.A.
Thornton Wilder. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1935.
Price: US$20.40 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated First Edition M-I. 304 pages in very good condition. Original jacket protected in clear book jacket cover. Harper & Brothers #2773. Unclipped at $2.50. Name and address on front end flap. Jacket has quite a bit of edge chipping.
Seller: Dean's Books, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton (1897-1975). Heaven's my destination. London, New York : Harper & Brothers, 1935.
Price: US$20.81 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 244 pages; Description: vii, 244 p. 20 cm. Subjects: Traveling sales personnel --Fiction.Textbooks --Publishing --Fiction. Christian converts --Fiction. Depressions --Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Clean book with light age-toning, slight spine lean. A photo of the author pasted to endpaper. Dust jacket in Very Good or better condition, lightly rubbed, some small crinkles and minor chips and closed tears, now in archival mylar protector. $2.50 price on dust jacket, though all four corners of jacket flaps are shallowly clipped. A pretty nice copy overall.
Seller: Third Season Books, Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, Pub., New York & London, 1935.
Price: US$25.84 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: There is no dust jacket. The beige cloth cover has some discoloration on the spine, light wear along the edges and corners, and small stains and age spots on the front and back. There are speckle age spots on the edges of the text block. The lightly tanned pages are unmarked and in good condition.
Seller: Anna's Books, Branson, MO, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$29.00 + shipping
Description: 304p. Good condition in tattered d.j.
Seller: J. Lawton, Booksellers, Readville, MA, U.S.A.
WILDER THORNTON. HEAVEN'S MY DESTINATION. HARPER AND BROTHERS, NY, 1935.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: BOOK LISTS AN A - K ON COPYRIGHT PAGE INDICATING A PUBLISHING DATE OF JANUARY 1935 SOLID CLEAN BRIGHT AND UNMARKED A YEAR IN LIFE OF GEORGE BRUSH AND HIS ADVENTURES AS A TRAVELING PREACHER IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA IN THE EARLY 1930'S THE AUTHOR'S FOURTH NOVEL BOUND IN BEIGE WITH BLACK LETTERING TO SPINE ORANGE DESIGN AND AUTHOR'S SIGNATURE PRINTED ON FRONT OF COVER A VERY NICE FIRST PRINTING
Seller: ARD Books, cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Thornton Wilder. Heaven's My Destnaition. Harper, 1935.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Drawing on such unique sources as the author's unpublished letters, business records, and obscure family recollections, Tappan Wilder'sAfterword adds a special dimension to the reissue of this hilarious tale about goodness in a fallen world.Meet George Marvin Brush -- Don Quixote come to Main Street in the Great Depression, and one of Thornton Wilder's most memorable characters. George Brush, a traveling textbook salesman, is a fervent religious convert who is determined to lead a good life. With sad and sometimes hilarious consequences, his travels take him through smoking cars, bawdy houses, banks, and campgrounds from Texas to Illinois -- and into the soul of America itself
Seller: Smokey, York, NE, U.S.A.
WILDER, Thornton.. HEAVEN'S MY DESTINATION.. Harper & Bros., New York, 1935.
Price: US$30.59 + shipping
Description: 8vo. pp 304. Original publisher's grey cloth, lettered black on spine and front cover. Fine.
Seller: Any Amount of Books, London, United Kingdom
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, New York & London, 1935.
Price: US$31.87 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Beige cloth with red decoration on spine. Corners slightly bumped.Clean pages with pencil signature to front endpaper.
Seller: Hand Picked Books, London, United Kingdom
Wilder, Thornton (1897-1975). Heaven's my destination. London, New York : Harper & Brothers, 1935.
Price: US$32.74 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 244 pages; Description: vii, 244 p. 20 cm. Subjects: Traveling sales personnel --Fiction.Textbooks --Publishing --Fiction. Christian converts --Fiction. Depressions --Fiction. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Thornton Wilder. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, 1935.
Price: US$37.50 + shipping
Description: 304 pages. A novel by the 3-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize. First edition (first printing). A bit of wear and discoloration to bottom edges, thus a very good copy; in a dust jacket with a few small stains on the covers and two short closed tears repaired on the verso with scotch tape. Former owner's small address sticker on front paste-down.
Seller: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. HEAVEN'S MY DESTINATION. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Book has a discreet signature, easily covered by your bookplate, is otherwise like new under a gently worn jacket with some small waterspots on the spine, original $2.50 price. A very crisp, clean copy.
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton.. Heaven`s my Destination.. London-New York Harper & Brothers, 1935.
Price: US$54.89 + shipping
Description: 304 S. Original-Leinenband Erste Ausgabe. - Einband gering fleckig. Gebräunt. Gewicht (Gramm): 642
Seller: Müller & Gräff e.K., Stuttgart, Germany
Thornton Wilder. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Sand-colored cloth with orange accents and black lettering on the spine. Corners are very sharp. End papers are free from owner's names and book plates. Toning along glue lines of the paste downs (front and rear). Pages and text block are toned. Fore edge is unevenly cut. The spine shows as a hint darker than the boards. This could be from sunning or soiling. It is hard to tell. The book is square and tight. Really nice copy.
Seller: Adams Shore Books, Quincy, MA, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Harper & Brothers, 1935. 8vo. Beige cloth with charcoal brown titles, orange decoration on spine. Two-color title page. Spine mildly cocked. Dustjacket is intact, but with a large chip on bottom front, chipping top and bottom of spine and at extremities and a few small tears. Repaired where possible and protected with a mylar cover.
Seller: Rose's Books IOBA, Harwich Port, MA, U.S.A.
Thornton Wilder. HEAVEN'S MY DESTINATION. Harper and Brothers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 6 x 9 in. Tan cloth boards. From the Wilder family collection. Condition is NEAR FINE ; covers like near new, no shelf wear. Binding tight and text unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD ; not clipped ($2.50) clean, some toned spots, spine mildly toned, edges worn with some chips, some loss to spine head. Fic. RGR.
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$85.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: D-j worn and soiled. Glue residue on FFEP. Pages tanned.
Seller: Encanto Books, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. HEAVEN'S MY DESTINATION. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$95.04 + shipping
Description: Very Good in boards. No dust jacket. A few minor library markings. First Edition Stated.
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Thornton Wilder. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, 1935.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: New York and London: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1935. 8vo., vi, [1], 304, [1 colophon] pp., title-page printed in red and black. Original gray cloth lettered in black, backstrip decorated in red and lettered in black, no dust-jacket. First (U.S.) edition. marked A-K on copyright page
Seller: Suibhne's Rare and Collectible Books, Newbury, OH, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven’s My Destination. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$109.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition stated. DJ chipped. Initial sales price intact ($2.50). Bookseller's label pasted down on FEP. Spine slightly faded. Small stain on top edge. Otherwise, a tight, unmarked, and crisp copy. Protected in an archival wrapper. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Very Good in a Good DJ.
Seller: Ironwood Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. viii, 305 pp. Publisher's tan cloth with black and orange stamping. Fore edge a little foxed, else Fine in a Very Good dust jacket with wear and chipping along edges, tape repairs to verso, unclipped. A novel about a religiously reborn traveling textbook salesman by the author of The Bridge of San Luis Rey.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
WILDER, THORNTON. Heaven's My Destination.. HarperCollins, 1935.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 305 pages. Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1935. 8vo., vi, [1], 304, [1 colophon] pp., title-page printed in red and black. Original gray cloth lettered in black, backstrip decorated in red and lettered in black, no dust-jacket. First (U.S.) edition. The book is aged, but nonetheless solid and with full binding tight. Book has a plastic protective cover.
Seller: LEA BOOK DISTRIBUTORS, Jamaica, NY, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Bothers, Publishers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition. [vi] 304 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original khaki cloth. Upper and lower edges and spine slightly darkened, else Fine in lightly chipped dust jacket
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Thornton Wilder. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$144.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: po name on first blank page; vi; pp. 304+1; minor tear along spine;
Seller: Booksdoc, Russell, ON, Canada
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, 1935.
Price: US$156.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1935 11th printing. Signed without inscription by author on title page. Includes new facsimile jacket. Boards a bit toned with a few faint signs of foxing. vi, 304 pp. Meet George Marvin Brush -- Don Quixote come to Main Street in the Great Depression, and one of Thornton Wilder's most memorable characters. George Brush, a traveling textbook salesman, is a fervent religious convert who is determined to lead a good life. With sad and sometimes hilarious consequences, his travels take him through smoking cars, bawdy houses, banks, and campgrounds from Texas to Illinois -- and into the soul of America itself.
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, New York & London, 1935.
Price: US$164.80 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Previous owner's name on front page
Seller: Bookworm & Pen Books, Roseville, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: FIRST EDITION. Signed and inscribed by Thornton Wilder "For the Staff and Readers of the Lenox Library with the Greetings of Thornton Wilder, Lenox, August 1939". Full light tan cloth with orange decoration to spine and dark brown lettering. The book is quite cocked. Small brown stain to back cover lower corner. Lenox Library bookplate behind front cover with "Due Date" plate on front free endpage. Gutter visible between endpage and half title. Embossed stamp on title page with library numbers on contents page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Ziern-Hanon Galleries, Frontenac, MO, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 304 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket art by Haberstock. The story of a modern Don Quixote. Fine book in a fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to the corners. A beautiful copy!
Seller: Fireproof Books, MINNETONKA, MN, U.S.A.
WILDER, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper and Brothers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Octavo, 304pp. A fair to good copy, quite worn at the extremities, but sound. A unique and delightful copy of the first edition, retained by the publisher and heavily marked up in order to indicate changes executed in later printings of the book. Most of these changes are noted in the frontmatter and on the binding, while each interior page has a check mark, probably demonstrating that the page was checked for typos, etc. Some examples include, on the title page, "omit red plate," and on the front cover: "omit the red design die on spine and stamp [book?] in [?] blue only." Two printed memos are paper-clipped at the copyright page indicating changes there, as well. An unusual and intriguing copy of this mid-career novel by Wilder, which gives insight in to the mechanics of reprinting novels.
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.
WILDER, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination. Harper & Brothers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A beautiful example of the fourth of Wilder's seven novels.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination.. Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of this comedic novel about aÂmodern-day Don Quixote. Octavo, original cloth. With an autographed postcard from Thornton Wilder laid in. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Haberstock. "In 1930, after the publication of his third novel, The Woman of Andros, Wilder had established himself as a prominent American author. However, Michael Gold, critic with The New Republic, published a scathing review [which] culminated in a literary call to arms: 'Let Mr. Wilder write a book about modern America. We predict it will reveal all his fundamental silliness and superficiality.' Whether Heaven's My Destination is a direct response to this challenge is unknown. However, with the intention of demonstrating the struggle of the American mind, 'forever alternating between ethical puritan aspiration and the busy realist vainglory,' Wilder offered his first complete survey of modern American society" (Matthew Angelo, Thornton Wilder Society). Critic Edmund Wilson called the novel, Wilder's "finest to date." Perhaps most notably, Heaven's My Destination shows Wilder exploring the minimalist, action-based style he would later put to great effect in "Our Town."
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. Heaven's My Destination.. Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1935.
Price: US$975.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of this comedic novel about a modern-day Don Quixote. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Thornton Wilder on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket art by Haberstock. An exceptional example. "In 1930, after the publication of his third novel, The Woman of Andros, Wilder had established himself as a prominent American author. However, Michael Gold, critic with The New Republic, published a scathing review [which] culminated in a literary call to arms: 'Let Mr. Wilder write a book about modern America. We predict it will reveal all his fundamental silliness and superficiality.' Whether Heaven's My Destination is a direct response to this challenge is unknown. However, with the intention of demonstrating the struggle of the American mind, 'forever alternating between ethical puritan aspiration and the busy realist vainglory,' Wilder offered his first complete survey of modern American society" (Matthew Angelo, Thornton Wilder Society). Critic Edmund Wilson called the novel, Wilder's "finest to date." Perhaps most notably, Heaven's My Destination shows Wilder exploring the minimalist, action-based style he would later put to great effect in "Our Town."
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