(SOLD) The Ides of March Thornton Wilder 1948 First Edition First Printing Hardcover

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A first edition, first printing of The Ides of March by Thornton Wilder, published in 1948 by Harper & Brothers. Written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Our Town and The Bridge of San Luis Rey, this historical epistolary novel imagines the political, intellectual, and personal world of Julius Caesar through a layered series of letters, documents, and literary fragments. The copyright page states “First Edition” with the publisher’s M-W code present below, supporting first printing identification.

Author: Thornton Wilder
Title: The Ides of March
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Place of Publication: New York and London
Year: 1948
Edition: First Edition
Printing: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket: Not shown / not stated
ISBN, if applicable: Not stated
Illustrations: None observed
Pagination: Not stated
Language: English
Provenance: None observed
Signed: None observed

Notable Attributes: First edition, first printing; copyright page states “First Edition”; Harper & Brothers M-W code present; historical epistolary novel centered on Julius Caesar; by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thornton Wilder

Edition Verification Notes: Copyright page states “First Edition.” The M-W publisher’s code appears below the copyright notice, consistent with Harper & Brothers’ 1948 dating system and supporting first printing identification. Publisher is stated as Harper & Brothers, New York and London. No dust jacket is shown in the available image.

Condition: Hardcover volume with interior pages shown. Copyright and dedication pages appear generally clean with visible age toning consistent with a 1948 publication. No signature, bookplate, or ownership inscription is observed in the provided image. Binding, exterior boards, spine condition, page edges, and dust jacket status are not fully visible from the available image and should be reviewed in the full photo set before purchase.

Description: First edition, first printing of Thornton Wilder’s The Ides of March, published by Harper & Brothers in 1948. A historical epistolary novel set in the world of Julius Caesar, composed through letters, documents, and imagined classical voices. Copyright page states “First Edition” with M-W code present. Dust jacket is not shown or stated.

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FROM THE HOUSE

Thornton Wilder had the rare ability to make history feel intimate rather than distant. In The Ides of March, Caesar’s Rome becomes less a marble monument and more a world of ambition, loyalty, philosophy, danger, and private calculation. This is a thoughtful addition for collectors of American literature, historical fiction, and books that still know how to carry themselves properly on a shelf.

~ Maxwell