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18 Poems
by Thomas, Dylan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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Century City, California, United States
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About This Item
London: The Sunday Referee, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. 1st edition, 1st issue (flat spine, no tipped in advertisement leaf, 1934 date on the title page verso—one of only 250 copies), of Thomas' first collection of poems. Inscribed presentation copy to his bookseller/friend, Ralph Wishart of ‘Ralph the Books' in Swansea, Wales: "Ralph the Books again from Dylan again". Some foxing, cloth a little dusty, else near fine in a very good dust jacket with splits, small chips and stains from removed tape. Custom ¼ morocco slip case. In the beginning was the word, the word
That from the solid bases of light
Abstracted all the letters of the void;.
That from the solid bases of light
Abstracted all the letters of the void;.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Biblioctopus
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 950
- Title
- 18 Poems
- Author
- Thomas, Dylan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Sunday Referee
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1934
- Keywords
- inscribed/signed
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Biblioctopus
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Century City, California
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