Autographs of Thornton Wilder

Thornton Niven Wilder (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 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. More about Thornton Wilder

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Current items with a signature of Thornton Wilder

These are the most current items with a signature of Thornton Wilder that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	'The Eighth Day' Thornton Wilder, Signed, 1967, First Edition, HC/DJ	£106.42
	Gertrude STEIN, Thornton Wilder / FOUR IN AMERICA Signed First Edition #171534	£236.52
	THE ANGEL THAT TROUBLED THE WATERS Thornton Wilder 1928 Limited 1st SIGNED TWICE	£298.39
	The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder Artist-Signed Edition Ltd to 1500	£78.05
	The Eighth Day. Thornton Wilder Signed. Broadway Director George Schaefer Estate	£139.68
	THE IDES OF MARCH by Thornton Wilder, Inscribed & Signed, 1965 in DJ	£98.28
	Thornton Wilder / Autograph Letter Signed 1930	£402.12
	Thornton Wilder / Bridge of San Luis Rey / Limited Editions Club / Illus signed	£58.91
	Thornton Wilder, Rockwell Kent / BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY {Signed Limited ed 1929	£160.10
	Three Plays by Thornton Wilder, Signed Custom Harcourt Binding	£309.74

Wilder was born in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of Amos Parker Wilder, a newspaper editor and later a U.S. diplomat, and Isabella Thornton Niven.

Wilder had four siblings as well as a twin who was stillborn. All of the surviving Wilder children spent part of their childhood in China when their father was stationed in Hong Kong and Shanghai as U.S. Consul General. Thornton's older brother, Amos Niven Wilder, became Hollis Professor of Divinity at the Harvard Divinity School. He was a noted poet and was instrumental in developing the field of theopoetics. Their sister Isabel Wilder was an accomplished writer. They had two more sisters, Charlotte Wilder, a poet, and Janet Wilder Dakin, a zoologist. Read even more about Thornton Wilder at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Thornton Wilder

The most expensive item with a signature of Thornton Wilder (The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder) SIGNED Philomusian Club Book, 1927) was sold in March 2024 for £197.58 while the cheapest item (THE CABALA - SIGNED - THORNTON WILDER - 1926 - FIRST ED.) found a new owner for £15.50 in November 2018. The month with the most items sold (3) was May 2021 with an average selling price of £72.41 for an autographed item of Thornton Wilder. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2023 with £90.32 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £15.50 was November 2018. In average, an autographed item from Thornton Wilder is worth £62.64.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Thornton Wilder were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	Our Town - Thornton Wilder Limited Editions Club Signed Robert J. Lee LEC	£62.64
	Our Town by Thornton Wilder (SIGNED) 1938 Last 20 Pages are Torn	£78.50
	Signed limited edition of The Eighth day by Thornton Wilder #228 out of 500	£90.32
	Signed Thornton Wilder THE ANGEL THAT TROUBLED THE WATERS 1st ED limited	£31.40
	The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder) SIGNED Philomusian Club Book, 1927	£197.58
	The Bridge of San Luis Rey - Thornton Wilder - Limited Editions Club - Signed	£41.14
	THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY ~ SIGNED Ltd. Ed. Thornton Wilder and Rockwell Kent	£82.16
	Thornton Wilder - The Bridge of San Luis Rey - Signed & Inscribed - 1928 - Boni	£27.50
	Thornton WIlder OUR TOWN 1974 Limited Editions Club SIGNED	£35.62
	THORNTON WILDER The Eighth Day Signed Ltd First Edition 1st 1967	£72.97