Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Wilder, Thornton. The Eighth Day. Harper & Row, New York, 1967.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Novel. First edition, limited to 500 copies, #56, author signed on the limitation page. Book fine and clean. Original acetate jacket clean, but rippled at the spine area. In soiled but un-damaged heavy slipcase.
Seller: R Bryan Old Books, Sewell, NJ, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton.. The Eighth Day.. New York: Harper & Row, [1967]., 1967.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo. Cloth. Fine in acetate dust jacket. In publisher's slipcase. Slipcase a bit faded. One of 500 copies, signed by the author.
Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. The Eighth Day. Harper & Row, 1967, 1967.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 1st edition of this National Book Award winner SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR (this is no. 500 of 500 signed copies) Book in fine condition; slipcase very good plus (the heavy acetate dj is rippled along the spine but the spine of the book itself is perfect; the slipcase is rubbed and faded along the edges but in solid shape)
Seller: Reed's Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
WILDER, Thornton. The Eighth Day. Harper & Row, New York, 1967.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition, limited issue. Fine in about fine original unprinted acetate dustwrapper and lightly bumped and soiled near fine slipcase. Copy 138 of 500 numbered copies Signed by the author. Wilder's last major novel and winner of the National Book Award.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. The Eighth Day. Harper & Row, New York, 1967.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, one of 500 signed copies. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue Cloth, spine slightly faded. In Original box
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton. The Eighth Day. New York: Harper & Row, 1967.
Price: US$159.31 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: New York: Harper & Row, 1967. First Edition, First Printing. A fine copy in the near fine original slipcase. No. 79 of 500 copies signed and numbered by the author.
Seller: Yves G. Rittener - YGRbookS, Zürich, Switzerland
WILDER, Thornton. The Eighth Day. Harper & Row, NY, 1967.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Inscribed by Wilder to Cheryl Crawford, "ever affectionately," and dated March 21, 1967, in New York. As with another copy of this book that was inscribed on the same day, the recipient's name is filled in in what appears to be a child's hand. Laid into this copy is a six-page typescript of Wilder's 1918 playlet "Nascuntur Poetae [Poets are Born]." The book has apparent smoke damage to the upper edges; only a fair copy, lacking the dust jacket. The typescript appears to be a carbon copy; folded in thirds; near fine. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
Thornton Wilder. THE EIGHTH DAY a novel. harper & row pub, 1967.
Price: US$222.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1ST EDITION STATED hardcover book GOOD has wear to book binding is GOOD, has previous owners name inside front and flap the rest of book is clean/ dustjacket is very GOOD minor soil on spine area minor edge/corner wear brodart covered, SIGNED by author (VERY FAINTLY) on blue front flap opposite 1 /2 title page
Seller: ODDS & ENDS BOOKS, Sherwood Forest, CA, U.S.A.
Wilder, Thornton.. The Eighth Day.. Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, 1967.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited Issue. #171/500 copies, SIGNED and Numbered on a preliminary colophon, specially printed and bound, in clear soft acetate dustwrapper, top edge gilt, fore- and bottom edges untrimmed, in publisher's slipcase. 435pp. Fine. Though not annotated, this copy from the collection of Isabel Wilder, Thornton's sister. Q19085 Hardcover in dustwrapper and publisher's slipcase
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Thornton Wilder. The Eighth Day. Harper & Row, Publishers. 1967. Stated First Edition. Original Dust Jacket, Inscribed by Author, 435 pp, 8.5 x 5.75". In fair condition. Dust jacket exhibits scuffed edges & small loss at head of front flap's hinge. Head and tail of dust jacket are rubbed & chipped slightly. Tear on dj's spine about mid-way, impeding the "D" in "Day". Soiling and scuffing found on dj's rear cover. Hinges of dj worn, but intact - colors present well. Light blue cloth boards generally soiled with yellow and white scuffing & staining. Edges of boards are rubbed and corners are worn/bumped. Head and tail of cloth spine rubbed, but intact. Gilt lettering and ruling presents well on spine. Inscription found on title page: "For Elizabeth and Ten Eyck [with a box around their names] with the long friendship and admiration of Thornton [with a box around his name], New Haven Connecticut, November, 1988." Text-block clean. Binding beginning to split at pages 374-5, binding mesh exposed. Page 173 exhibits a small tea or age stain at right margin. Binding is intact. Please see photos. Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) was an American playwright and novelist. He won three Pulitzer Prizes for the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and for the plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth, and a U.S. National Book Award for the novel The Eighth Day. He earned his Bachelor of Art's degree from Yale University in 1920 and earned his Master of Arts degree in French Literature from Princeton University in 1926. After graduating, Wilder went to Italy and studied archaeology and Italian. World War II saw Wilder rise to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Air Force Intelligence, first in Africa, then in Italy until 1945. He received several awards for his military service. He went on to become visiting professor at Harvard University, where he served for a year as the Charles Eliot Norton professor. Wilder had a wide circle of friends, including writers Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zelda Fitzgerald, Toklas, Jean-Peal Sartre, and Stein; actress Ruth Gordon; fighter Gene Tunney; and socialite Sibyl, Lady Colefax. The author inscribed this work to Henry Ten Eyck Perry (1890-1973) and his wife, Elizabeth Ten Eyck Perry (nee Elizabeth McAfee, 1888-1976). Ten Eyck was a native of Albany, New York, as well as a writer and professor of English Literature. He graduated from Yale University in 1912 & received his Doctorate from Harvard in 1918. He published a number of books and taught English at the University of Buffalo. There is a poem written by Robert Frost which is inscribed to the couple entitled The Minor Bird. Henry Ten Eyck interacted with another major American poet; T.S. Eliot wrote in a letter from December 26, 1932 that he was to visit "Buffallo or is it Buffalo Bufallo Bufaloo to stay with Professor Henry Ten Eyck Perry." Ten married Elizabeth, which led to her involvement with the University of Buffalo. She founded and was acting president to the Women's Club in 1946. An incredibly interesting and accomplished couple. Gift quality. Presents well.
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
WILDER, Thornton. The Eighth Day. Harper & Row, New York, 1967.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Wilder in two colors of ink to noted columnist Leonard Lyons and his wife: " For Leonard and for Sylvia with much affection, Thornt. New York March 21, 1967." A nice association copy of this National Book Award-winning novel.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
WILDER, Thornton. The Eighth Day [Inscribed Association Copy]. Harper, NY, 1967.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning (Our Town, The Skin of Our Teeth, The Bridge of San Luis Rey) author's National Book Award winning novel. Inscribed by the author: "For JEAN and WALTER with deep regard and affection ever/ Thornton/ March 21, 1967." As with at least three other copies of this title that Wilder inscribed, the recipients' names are in large block letters, while the bulk of the inscription is in Wilder's small cursive. We do know that Wilder was in New York on the date of this signing, and that he had reason to behold the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Walter Kerr and his wife, the writer Jean Kerr (of Please Don't Eat the Daisies fame) with deep regard and affection: Walter Kerr lauded Wilder's work repeatedly in the 1960s, from his off-Broadway work ("the very special voice of Thornton Wilder.the homely, jaunty, gently poetic sound of it."), to the cultural phenomenon that was Hello, Dolly!, which was based on Wilder's The Matchmaker. Fine in a fine dust jacket. A gorgeous, inscribed copy of a National Book Award winner. Unless otherwise noted, our first editions are first printings.
Seller: Ken Lopez Bookseller, ABAA (Lopezbooks), Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
WILDER, Thornton. The Eighth Day. Harper & Row, New York, 1967.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Modest wear at the extremities, very good in price-clipped near very good dustwrapper with modest chipping at the spine-ends. Bookplate of director and author Garson Kanin and his wife the actress and author Ruth Gordon. Inscribed to them by Wilder in a combination of ink and pencil: "For Ruth and Gar, another copy, so I can write on it of my love, admiration and long indebtedness. Thornt' April 17, 1967 my birthday. Hamden, Conn." A nice association copy of this National Book Award-winning novel.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
WILDER, Thornton. THE EIGHTH DAY INSCRIBED TO AARON COPLAND. Harper & Row (1967), New York, 1967.
Price: US$6250.00 + shipping
Description: Copy #5 of 500 numbered and SIGNED copies of this National Book Award winner. In addition to being signed on the limitation page, the author has INSCRIBED this copy on both the title page and the blank page facing it to composer Aaron Copland: "Presented to Aaron Copland on/the occasion of the tribute paid/to him on his 70th birthday by/the friends of the MacDowell/Colony/T.N.W." On the title page: "For Aaron/from/Thornton/with a long admiration and/indebtedness and affection./October 1970." Wilder has drawn a red box around "Aaron" and a blue box around "Thornton" with colored pencils. Copland, one of America's greatest composers and celebrators of the American spirit, had much in common with Wilder regarding themes and subjects. Copland composed the music for the 1940 film adaptation of OUR TOWN, for which he was nominated for two Academy Awards. The film itself was nominated for six Oscars, including Best Picture, but did not win any. After first meeting with Copland to discuss the project, Wilder said of him, "He's a very likeable fella." Wilder wrote most of OUR TOWN at the MacDowell Colony where Copland also wrote much of his masterwork, APPALACHIAN SPRING. An Association Copy of the first magnitude. Mild sunning to the spine. Still Fine in glassine and slipcase, as issued
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.