Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog
by Dylan Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Dent, 1954. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Good. 7.5" by 5". None. The second printing of this collection of short stories from Dylan Thomas. Second printing, 1954. Originally published, 1940. A collection of short autobiographical stories, set in Swansea, South Wales. The often comic stories show glimpses of his life from childhood to his teenage years. Written by Dylan Thomas, a Welsh poet and writer. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear and a small dent to the front board. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is smart with light shelf wear and chipping to the extremities. Small closed tears have been sympathetically repaired with tape to the interior of the wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 857T5
- Title
- Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog
- Author
- Dylan Thomas
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dent
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- Portrait Artist Dog Thomas Artist
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Shelf Wear
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...