The Angel That Troubled the Waters and Other Plays, Thornton Wilder, 1928, VG

Wilder, Thornton. The Angel That Troubled the Waters and Other Plays (New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1928).

English, First Trade Edition, Limited Edition, No. 1172 of 2000 copies, SIGNED, Very Good, HC, 8vo, 7 3/4" x 5 1/4," 149 pp.

ISBN: N/A

Dark blue paper-covered boards backed with medium blue cloth. Silver-foil lettering on spine. Covers have age toning and faded lettering along spine, a few small stains to front and back, and slight wear to edges, tips, and head and tail of spine, else clean and intact. Pages have light age toning and a former owner's signature in black ink on verso of front free endpaper, else clean and intact. SIGNED by the publishers (as "Coward McCann, Inc.") on front colophon. Front colophon: "This First Trade Edition of The Angels That Troubled the Waters, is limited to two thousand copies, numbered and signed by the Publishers. This copy is number 1172. Coward McCann, Inc." A collection of plays by Thornton Wilder (1897-1975), an American playwright and novelist. He won three Pulitzer Prizes for his novel, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, and two plays, Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth.