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Dylan Thomas, John Petts (illust.). The Laugharne Poems. The Old Stile Press, 2003.

Price: US$194.93 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Print run limited to 250 of which this is number 65. Cloth slipcase with slight fraying to edges. Image of Dylan Thomas inset to front of slipcase. Book: green leather spine sunned and therefore discoloured; decorative boards unmarked. Binding firm. No markings or inscriptions. Contents very bright and with no faults. Printed on heavy 175gsm paper at The old Stile Press and bound by The Fine Bindery. Preface by Lynn Hughes. Seventeen poems by Thomas including three pieces from Under Milk Wood. Further details available on request. (Ua5)

Seller: Morning Mist Books and Maps, Cirencester, United Kingdom

Thomas, Dylan. images: Petts, John. The Laugharne Poems. The Old Stile Press Ltd., 2003.

Price: US$324.89 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: There are many places which claim Dylan Thomas as 'theirs' -- whether it is the village in which he grew up, the London cafés and pubs that he frequented, New York where he was idolised but Laugharne, overlooking the estuary of the Towy, is where he and his family lived and where many of his best and best-loved poems were worked on lovingly, painstakingly. There he crystallised into complex language, form and metre the profound effect, on his whole being, of the land with its surrounding seas that is Wales. It is these poems that we now present, fifty years after his death. The seventeen titles will immediately evoke the ringing tones of the poet reading aloud Fern Hill, Over Sir John's Hill, Poem on his birthday, Poem in October, Do not go gentle into that good night, After the funeral; even a moving extract from the radio play Under Milk Wood, which irreverently and yet so movingly brought to life the characters he saw around him. In this volume the often long, reverberant lines are given space to breathe not turned round or hard up against the margins and they are placed alongside wood-engraved images by John Petts.An artist of considerable versatility who worked in many media, but who especially loved the engraved line together with type, John Petts drew and engraved images inspired in his turn by the land and sea of Wales birds soar, waves arch over the shore, bays curve between headlands, hands clasp protectively. These John Petts drew out of the poems he loved but not until now have most of them been seen. The collection had been made some fifteen years ago by Lynn Hughes, and it was he who suggested to us that together we might create a book from the poems and John Petts' blocks that had been completed, some preparatory drawings and a number of earlier blocks, all to celebrate this anniversary. Lynn has also written a Preface to the book full of rich atmosphere. While seeking permission to use the Petts blocks we discovered that Kusha, Anna and Catrin Petts were delighted with the idea that they might colour the engravings for a special edition just as John would often have done. The binding includes an image (derived from a photograph) of the poet looking out over the Laugharne estuary, the cloth of the slipcase, the leather spine and the printed paper sides are all sea colours while the surging wave is an enlarged version of one of the engravings within.

Seller: The Old Stile Press Ltd, Abertillery, United Kingdom

Thomas, Dylan. The Laugharne Poems : One Of 26 Lettered Copies Bound In Full Morocco With Hand Coloured Illustrations. Old Stile Press, Llandogo, 2003.

Price: US$1949.32 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: The First UK printing of this special edition published by the Old Stile Press, Llandogo in 2003. This is letter 'L' of 26 copies on Somerset Book paper and bound by the Fine Bindery in the publisher's original sea blue morocco with silver stamping to the spine. Signed by Kusha, Anna, and Catrin Petts, who hand-coloured the images in this special issue. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Some light toning to the cover edges. Free from inscriptions and internally clean. Housed in the near fine publisher's clamshell case with pasted-on cover label as issued. Poems by Dylan Thomas with wood engravings and drawings by John Petts. The book was produced to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the poet's death. The publisher's flyers for the book are loosely laid in. A very handsome production and now very scarce with such attributes. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

Seller: Ashton Rare Books ABA : PBFA : ILAB, Market Harborough, United Kingdom