Four letters from Thornton Wilder to the Dolphin Bookshop, Oxford
Four letters from Thornton Wilder to Joan Gili of the Dolphin Bookshop, Oxford, concerning the purchase and delivery of fifteen volumes of the Spanish Royal Academy's edition of the plays of Lope de Vega, Apr 1951-Jul 1952.
Dates
- Creation: Apr 1951-Jul 1952
Extent
5 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. 12294].
Shelfmark:
MS. 12294
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 12294
Abstract
Four letters from Thornton Wilder to the Dolphin Bookshop, Oxford.
Biographical / Historical
Thornton Niven Wilder (1897-1975) was an American playwright and novelist who 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. He served in the First and Second World Wars and taught as a visiting professor at Harvard University; fluent in four languages, he also undertook translation work.
Joan Gili (1907-1998), known as John Gili, was a Catalan antiquarian book-seller, publisher and translator. He moved to England in 1934 and opened the Dolphin Bookshop in London, specialising in Spanish and Latin American texts. During the Second World War he moved the bookshop to Oxford, where he worked until the end of his life.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from James Fergusson Books & Manuscripts on 19 April 2016.
- Title
- Catalogue of Four Letters from Thornton Wilder to the Dolphin Bookshop, Oxford
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Meg Woodward
- Date
- 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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