THOMAS, Dylan.. In Country Sleep.. New Directions, [New York], 1952.

Price: US$7500.00 + shipping

Description: 34 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth in slipcase with printed paper label. First edition; No. 68 of 100 copies signed by Dylan Thomas. A fine copy in a bright, fresh slipcase which is missing a 3/4" section of the top, and is partially cracked at one bottom joint.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

Thomas, Dylan. In Country Sleep.. New Directions, New York, 1952.

Price: US$9800.00 + shipping

Description: Signed limited edition, one of 100 copies of this collection of poems, including the first book appearance of "Do not go gentle into that good night," published the year before his death, Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Dylan Thomas. Fine in a fine slipcase. An exceptional example. Dylan Thomas’ last collection of new poetry includes “Poem on His Birthday,” “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night,” “Lament” and “In Country Sleep.” Interviewed just before the book’s publication, Thomas said, “I’ve never seen what a poem really looks like. But I keep trying” (Ferris, 274). He died the following year.

Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.

Thomas, Dylan. In Country Sleep. New Directions, New York, 1952.

Price: US$10000.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 1st trade edition (there was also a limited edition of 100 copies), inscribed by Thomas. Original greenish-blue boards, corners lightly pressed, else fine, in a jacket with minimal wear to the extremities and some general toning, else very good. Custom ¼ morocco slip case. Thomas's most famous single poem "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" (pp. 18-19), first appears in this book.

Seller: Biblioctopus, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.

Thomas, Dylan. In Country Sleep.. New Directions, New York, 1952.

Price: US$12500.00 + shipping

Description: First edition of this collection of poems, including the first book appearance of "Do not go gentle into that good night." Octavo, original cloth. Signed and dated by the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, "Dylan Thomas 1952." Fine in a very good dust jacket. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. Rare and desirable signed as Thomas passed away one year after the publication. Dylan Thomas’ last collection of new poetry includes “Poem on His Birthday,” “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night,” “Lament” and “In Country Sleep.” Interviewed just before the book’s publication, Thomas said, “I’ve never seen what a poem really looks like. But I keep trying” (Ferris, 274). He died the following year.

Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.