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Thomas, Dylan. Twenty-five poems - 2nd impression 1936. J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, London, 1936.
Price: US$57.75 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: vii, [i], 47, [1] pages. On the rear of the title page it states - First published 1936, Reprinted 1936. In the original cloth binding. Some wear and discolouring to the spine and corners. No dustwrapper. Ink owner's initials to the front free end paper. End papers are lightly browned.
Seller: Stephen Rench, Shipston on Stour, United Kingdom
Thomas, Dylan. Twenty-Five Poems - Thomas, Dylan. London: J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., 1936.
Price: US$199.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition, later printing. Hardcover, no jacket. "Dent" missing from spine. Half-title and title pages have small open tears. Some pencil marks throughout. Binding firm. Exterior somewhat soiled, shelfworn. Reliable customer service. Photos available. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available! (Heavy books & sets may require extra shipping charges.)
Seller: Big Star Books, Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.
THOMAS, Dylan. Twenty-five poems. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. [1936], London, 1936.
Price: US$320.82 + shipping
Description: vii, [1], 47pp, [1]. Original publisher's grey paper boards, lettered in navy, printed paper dustwrapper. Light shelf-wear, edge-wear to dustwrapper. Browning to endpapers, near contemporary inked gift inscription to recto of FFEP: 'Christopher, / On his influenza. / 26.1.37'. The second published collection of poems by Dylan Thomas, this copy from the library of celebrated poet and playwright Christopher Fry (1907-2005). Size: 8vo
Seller: Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
Dylan Thomas. Twenty-Five Poems. J. M. Dent & Sons, London, 1936.
Price: US$384.98 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 1st printing (1936). 47pp. Printed at the Temple Press, Letchworth. Original grey paper covered boards with dark blue titles to spine. Near Fine copy, some light rubbing to spine, no dust jacket
Seller: Object Relations, IOBA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$385.72 + shipping
Description: . 16mo. pp. 48. . Ottimo (Fine). Firma di appartenenza alla prima pagina bianca. Prima edizione (First Edition). . Secondo libro dell'Autore.
Seller: Studio Bibliografico Marini, ROMA, RM, Italy
Price: US$385.72 + shipping
Description: . 16mo. pp. 48. . Molto buono (Very Good). Firma di appartenenza anonima alla prima pagina bianca (Anonymous signature on the first blank page). Prima edizione (First Edition). . Secondo libro dell'Autore
Seller: Studio Bibliografico Marini, ROMA, RM, Italy
Price: US$449.14 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: FIRST EDITION, vii + 47pp, bound in original grey boards, blue lettering to spine, no dust wrapper, light foxing to endpapers and edges, small damp stain to bottom of front board, slight softening to corners and wear to head and foot of spine, spine darkened, red mark on 2 pages, otherwise very good, Provenance: ownership signature dated December 1936 on first free endpaper, Printed by The Temple Press, Letchworth, for J. M. Dent & Sons, London, 1936. * the book is better than the description implies!
Seller: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, United Kingdom
Thomas, Dylan. TWENTY-FIVE POEMS. , 1936.
Price: US$475.00 + shipping
Description: ["another unprocurable"] London: J. M. Dent & Sons, (1936). Original grey boards, with dust jacket. First Edition of Thomas's second book, which consisted of only 730 copies. His only earlier book had been EIGHTEEN POEMS, a 1934 issue of 250 copies by the Sunday Referee & Parton Bookshop. After the variously toned but never indifferent reception accorded to EIGHTEEN POEMS, Thomas's name began to appear regularly in a number of literary journals. But Victor Neuberg [poetry editor of the Sunday Referee] felt that the opportunities provided by that book and the auguries of 'promise' which it had elicited from the critics should not be left too long in mid air, and early in 1936 he suggested that Thomas might collect together what poems he had written over the past year with a view to preparing a second book. Within a few days Thomas handed him a sheaf of twenty-one poems. Neuberg, having read and been impressed by them, advised making up the number to a round twenty-five. The additional four were quickly supplied. [Rolph] Both books (EIGHTEEN and TWENTY-FIVE) were chosen by Cyril Connolly to constitute one of the 100 Key Books of the Modern Movement: "These first poems (very uneven) shattered for those who discovered them the whole revolutionary optimism of the Thirties." (Connolly labels TWENTY-FIVE POEMS "another unprocurable".) This is a fine copy of this fragile book (one small spot on the rear board); included is the grey printed dust jacket in near-fine condition (the same rear-panel spot; a tiny bit of wear at the corners; the front turn-in is price-clipped, but since the book carries the small label of a Johannesburg bookseller founded in 1927, this clipping may have been done prior to export). Rolph B3; Maud p. 4; Connolly Modern Movement #78b.
Seller: Sumner & Stillman [ABAA], Yarmouth, ME, U.S.A.
Thomas, Dylan. Twenty-Five Poems. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London, 1936.
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Printing with "First Published 1936" on the copyright page, one of 750 copies. Hardcover, bound in gray boards, top edge blue, with dust jacket. The jacket is price clipped, corners rubbed, crease front panel. The endpapers lightly foxed. Thomas's second book of poems
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
THOMAS, Dylan. Twenty-Five Poems. J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd (1936), London, 1936.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, original gray boards, dust jacket. Top-edges of the first eight leaves a bit crimped, otherwise a fine copy. Top-edges of the first eight leaves a bit crimped, otherwise a fine copy First edition. Only 730 copies of this first impression were printed. Rolph B3; Connolly 100, 78b. Thomas' second book includes twenty-four poems plus the ten sonnet sequence beginning with "Altarwise by owl-light in the halfway-house". The other poems include "A grief ago," "The hand that signed the paper felled a city," "Should lanterns shine, the holy face," "I have longed to move away," "And death shall have no dominion".
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books, LLC, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Thomas, Dylan. Twenty-Five Poems. J.M. Dent & Sons - London, UK, 1936.
Price: US$1700.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1936. First Edition. 47pp. Hardcover: NEAR FINE. Dust Wrapper: FINE. Hardcover has some bumping on bottom of spine and modest foxing; a small pencil mark on verso of endpaper. In the rare, first issued dust wrapper with the publisher's 2/6 net price present on the front flap. Included is a publishers bookmark from the period promoting "Everymans Library". Thomas' second book, which consisted of only 730 copies. It includes twenty-four poems plus the ten sonnet sequence beginning with "Altarwise by owl-light in the halfway-house". Other poems include "A grief ago," "The hand that signed the paper felled a city," "Should lanterns shine, the holy face," "I have longed to move away," and "And death shall have no Dominion".
Seller: Bynx, LLC, Orlando, FL, U.S.A.
Thomas, Dylan. Twenty-Five Poems. J.M. Dent & Sons, London, 1936.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. An attractive dustjacket that is rich in color with minor wear to the edges. The book is in great shape. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with slight wear to the edges. The pages are clean with slight wear. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a lovely copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION with the original dustjacket.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Thomas, Dylan. Twenty-Five Poems. J.M. Dent & Sons LTD. London, 1936.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing with the words "First Published 1936" printed on the copyright page. A superb copy. This ORIGINAL First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's 2/6 net printed price present on the front flap. The book is in excellent shape. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION in collector's condition. We buy Dylan Thomas First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
THOMAS, Dylan.. Twenty-Five Poems.. London J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1936.
Price: US$2722.50 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression; 8vo; publisher's grey boards, titles to spine in blue, with the dust jacket, mild partial toning to the endpapers; an exceptional copy in the somewhat tanned and very lightly rubbed dust jacket. A lovely copy of Thomas's second collection. Uncommon in this condition.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Thomas, Dylan. Twenty-Five Poems. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, London, 1936.
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Second printing of the first edition. Signed by Dylan Thomas on the front free endpaper; front free endpaper also browned from a clipping formerly laid in. Bound in publisher's gray paper-covered boards with spine lettered in dark blue. Covers rubbed at corners and spine ends, lightly toned at spine ends. Previous owner name and address to front paste down. In a Good unclipped dust jacket with small chips at the spine ends, a large split at the bottom of the front spine joint, and a smaller split to the front flap fold.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.