Three Plays by Thornton Wilder (1958, first edition)
Our Town; The Skin of our Teeth; The Matchmaker
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Printing Details
First UK edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 20.5 × 14.5cm, 401pp.
The first UK edition of this collection of three plays from American dramatist Thornton Wilder. Our Town is set in the fictional New Hampshire town of Grover's Corners and follows the lives of two neighbours. The Skin of our Teeth is a satirical and absurdist drama following the Antrobus family of New Jersey. The Matchmaker is a farce set in the 1880s where crotchety widower Horace Vangelder wants to remarry and hires matchmaker Dolly Levi who secretly plans to marry him herself. It was the basis of the film Hello Dolly!
This was a review copy with the loose slip at the front of the book as well as the bookplate and ownership initials of Ivor Samuels.
Condition
The book is in very good condition, but with some tanning to the page edges. The dustwrapper is also a bit tanned but complete and now within a protective sleeve.
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£25.00
