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Dylan Thomas. 18 Poems. The Fortune Press, 1934.
Price: US$64.41 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: Ex univeristy library copy; associated plates etc. No jacket. Spine board very loose, split along both edges. Cloth spine fraying. Boards marked, faded and scuffed. Mild tanning and foxing, mainly to endpapers and edge of text block.
Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
THOMAS, Dylan.. 18 Poems.. The Fortune Press, London. 1934 [i.e. c 1946], 1934.
Price: US$96.62 + shipping
Description: New edition. Octavo. 32 pages. First published by the Parton Press in 1934, the book was then pirated by the Fortune Press in 1942 and re-issued several times, in various bindings, this being in a pebbled burgundy cloth, and always with the 1934 publication date. Very good indeed in very good dustwrapper nicked at head of spine.
Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Thomas, Dylan. 18 Poems. The Fortune Press, London, 1934.
Price: US$115.94 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st Fortune Pressing. Pages clean and bright with some spotting to end papers and a couple of pages at the back. Binding tight. Boards tidy. Previous bookseller sticker (small) to front pastedown. Previous owner inscription to front end paper (small). Some sunning to dust jacket with some rubbing to back spine edge. Spine heavily faded/sunned. Top edge of jacket has some creasing/bumping with top of spine torn (4mm). Otherwise a very nice copy Size: 8vo
Seller: Bookcase, Carlisle, United Kingdom
Dylan Thomas. 18 Poems. The Fortune Press, London, 1934.
Price: US$150.81 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The second edition, c. 1940s. Published green cloth with gilt titling to spine, in unclipped (6s.) yellow dust jacket, with black titles to front and spine. Printed at Sevenoaks by Knole Park Press Ltd. Jacket toned with edge-wear, and loss to spine ends. The book shows some toning to endpapers, and some mild scattered foxing, but is otherwise clean, tight and unmarked. Very neat -- still a sound and handsome copy. 32pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Seller: CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB, London -- Birr, ON, Canada
THOMAS, Dylan.. 18 Poems.. The Fortune Press, London, 1934.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: 32 pp. 8vo, publisher's green cloth in dust jacket. Second edition, with the Knole Park Press imprint. Rolph B2-e. A fine copy in a price-clipped jacket with some tiny areas of use.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
THOMAS, Dylan.. 18 Poems.. The Fortune Press, London, 1934.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: 32 pp. 8vo, publisher's rose boards in dust jacket. Second edition, with the Knole Park Press imprint. Rolph B2-e. A fine copy in a price-clipped jacket with a few light creases.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
THOMAS, Dylan.. 18 Poems.. The Fortune Press, London, 1934.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: 32 pp. 8vo, publisher's rose boards in dust jacket. Second edition, with the Knole Park Press imprint. Rolph B2-e. Slightest of creasing to boards at extremities; otherwise fine in an unchipped jacket with some minor dust-soiling, mostly to the rear panel.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
THOMAS, Dylan.. 18 Poems.. The Fortune Press, London, 1934.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: 32 pp. 8vo, publisher's boards with olive cloth spine, in dust jacket. First Fortune Press edition. Near fine, but with a 1" tear to the fore-edge of the title page in a jacket with severl minuscule chips and very slight tanning to the spine.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Thomas, Dylan.. 18 POEMS.. The Fortune Press: London, 1934.
Price: US$230.00 + shipping
Description: 9 x 5.5, boards, 32 pp, vg in slightly rubbed dw with short edge tear and price sticker on back cover. Apparently first of the 1954 reset edition. British Book Centre sticker over price on dw.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Thomas, Dylan. 18 POEMS. The Fortune Press, London, 1934.
Price: US$255.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boards a bit sunned. Endpapers foxed. Else a handsome copy ; 8vo; 32 pages
Seller: Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore, Westport, CT, U.S.A.
Thomas, Dylan.. 18 Poems.. London The Fortune Press, 1934.
Price: US$386.71 + shipping
Description: 31 (1) pp. Original half cloth without dust jacket. First Edition. - Binding partially faded. Uncut. Exlibris. Front inner hinge broken. Gewicht (Gramm): 160
Seller: Müller & Gräff e.K., Stuttgart, Germany
Thomas, Dylan. 18 Poems. The Fortune Press, London, 1934.
Price: US$515.31 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bound in green cloth with gilt titles to spine, this 1934 hardcover First Edition is VG in VG wrapper (unclipped). 32pp with 18 Poems beginning with "I see the boys of summer in their ruin". Odd, scattered and isolated foxing spots to text. Some fading of boards towards edges, two corners lightly bumped: wrapper faded/browned towards edges, but unclipped. Spine of wrapper faded and browned; lettering just visible. Small chip to bottom of wrapper spine. Top edge of front panel has minor chip/creases. Small close tear to top of back panel (1cm): slight crease at same spot. In total close VG
Seller: Camilla's Bookshop, Eastbourne, SX, United Kingdom
Thomas, Dylan. 18 POEMS. The Fortune Press, London, 1934.
Price: US$517.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 32 pages in very good, clean condition; edges a little yellowed. Small inscription on the ffep. Black hardcovers with gilt spine titles. Corners and head of spine lightly bumped, light scuffing on the edges. Brown DJ with red titles. Spine faded, chipped, stained and almost detached. Small tears and chips on corners and edges, large chip along the top edge and head of spine. Not price clipped. VG/FAIR
Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Price: US$1128.49 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: A. Works by the Author: 1. 18 Poems. London: The Fortune Press, 1934. First Edition thus, First Printing. Reissue of 1942 in green boards with gilt titles on spine. A near fine copy in a similar dustwrapper, which is sunned to the spine. 2. Twenty-Five Poems. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1936. First Edition, Fourth Printing (1944). A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. 3. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog. London: Guild Books, 1948. First Edition thus, First Printing. A near fine copy in original printed wrappers. 4. Collected Poems 1934-1952. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Boards soiled, else a fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. 5. Under Milk Wood. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1954. First Edition, Eighth Printing 1956. A near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper, which is sunned to the spine. 6. Me and My Bike (Foreword by Sydney Box, Illustrated by Leonora Box). London: Triton Publishing Co. Ltd., 1965. First Edition, Second Printing (1966). Boards discoloured, else a near fine copy in like dustwrapper. B. Works on the Author: 1. Henry Treece Dylan Thomas. London: Lindsay Drummond Ltd., 1949. First Edition, First Printing. A near fine copy in a near fine, but sunned dustwrapper. 2. Henry Treece, Henry. Dylan Thomas. London: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1949. First Edition, Second Printing (Revised and reset, 1956). A near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. 3. John Malcolm Brinnin. Dylan Thomas in America. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1956. First Edition, Second Printing (1956). A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. 4. E. W. Tedlock (Editor). Dylan Thomas: The Legend and the Poet. London: Heinemann, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Bottom corners bumped and front edge foxed, else near fine in near fine dustwrapper. 5. Dent & Sons Ltd. Books by and about Dylan Thomas. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1965. A catalogue and order form from Dent - one sheet printed on both sides and folded twice - for the books by and about Dylan Thomas. In very good condition. 6. Constantine Fitzgibbon. The Life of Dylan Thomas. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1965. First Edition, First Printing. A very good Uncorrected Proof Copy in original wrappers, which have been bound into an amateurishly made dustwrapper. Please note that due to size and weight we will have to charge additional postage.
Seller: Yves G. Rittener - YGRbookS, Zürich, Switzerland