18 Poems

London: The Sunday Referee / Parton Press. VG: in very good condition with poor dust jacket. 1934. First Edition. Black hardback cloth cover. 190mm x 140mm (7" x 6"). 36pp. Second issue. Dylan Thomas' first collection of poetry published in December 1934. Includes the poem 'The Force That Through the Green Fuse'. .

Thomas, Dylan. 18 POEMS. London, Fortune Press, [1934]. 2nd edition of the author's first book. 1st issue of the 1942 Knole Press edition printed for Fortune. Purple cloth lettered in gilt on the spine. Dust jacket. Dust jacket lightly soiled and worn at the head and heal but otherwise in very good condition. Rolph B.2.

First edition, first impression, signed by the author to the title page. One of 500 copies; the present example belonging to the second 250 copies with a round spine, as opposed to the flat spine used for the first 250. Likely signed for Norman Ungar, a collector based in New York and a friend and sometime patron of Thomas. Original black… Read more about this item

8vo, black textured cloth with upside down gilt titles, 32pp. Orange dust wrapper with red titles, price of 6s to front flap, publisher's list to rear panel. The first state of the second 'bootleg' edition of the author's first book, published by The Fortune Press in 1942. Title page states 'Fortune Press, London S.W.1', copyright states First Published in 1934,… Read more about this item

London: The Fortune Press, 1934 [1942]. [Poetry] FORTUNE PRESS EDITION, First Issue. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.32. 'Knole Park Press' imprint at rear, with 'nor' to p.12 and 'world' to p.23. Blue / grey cloth with gilt titles to rounded spine. With the yellow dust-jacket, priced at 6s. Hinges starting. Rubbing and bumping to board edges and corners. Gilt… Read more about this item

UK: Fortune Press, 1942. Second Edition . Cloth. Very Good ++/Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. New Edition 1942. The second edition of Thomas's first collection of poetry, originally published in 1934. This edition is dated 1934 but appeared in 1942. Includes his famous "The force that through the green fuse drives the… Read more about this item

London: The Fortune Press, 1942. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Second edition. Green cloth gilt. About fine in price-clipped else very near fine dust jacket. Author's first book. *Connolly 100*.

London:: The Fortune Press,, [1942].. Second Fortune Press edition; first printing; first issue with the Knole Park Press imprint.. publisher's red buckram in dust jacket.. Old signature in green ink on front free endpaper; a little foxing to endsheets; some very faint light spotting to cloth; in a jacket with light use at edges and overall dust-soiling.. 8vo,.… Read more about this item

London: The Fortune Press. Very Good. 1934. Second Edition. Hardcover. Boards a bit sunned. Endpapers foxed. Else a handsome copy ; 8vo; 32 pages .

London: The Fortune Press c. 1942. Small 8vo. 32 pp. A Fortune Press 'bootleg' edition. Purple patterned boards, paper dust jacket, not price clipped. Uncut. Loss and tear to tail of spine of dust jacket. Lightly chipped at extremities. Spine and edges of book are lightly sunned and there are a few marks to the bottom edge of the prelims.… Read more about this item

London:: The Sunday Referee and the Parton Bookshop,, [1934; actually published 2/21/36].. First edition, second issue; one of 250 copies. publisher's black cloth in dust jacket.. There are a few spots of foxing to the endsheets at front and back, and jacket flaps; tiniest possible areas of sunning at two corners; but a very attractive copy in a jacket… Read more about this item

London:: The Fortune Press,, [1934].. First Fortune Press edition.. publisher's boards with olive cloth spine, in dust jacket.. 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.. 8vo,.

London:: The Sunday Referee and The Parton Bookshop,, [1934 (but actually published 2/21/36)]. First edition, second issue; one of 250 copies.. publisher's black cloth in dust jacket.. A few spots of foxing to leaves at the beginning at end; tiny rubbed areas at the tips of the spine; in a lightly foxed and tanned jacket with one coin-sized chip… Read more about this item

London: The Fortune Press, 1934. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 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… Read more about this item

Fortune Press, 1942. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Presentable, clean, tight and sound copy. Publisher's cloth and gilt binding. Dust jacket is generally very good, not price clipped, tiny amount of chipping at edges, rubbed around spine and darkening. No inscriptions. Rolph B2e. 32 pages. Size approx. 9" by 6" . Quantity… Read more about this item

London: The Fortune Press, [not after 1947].*. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. Second edition, later issue. Slim 8vo. (22 x 14.5 cm). pp. 31+[1]. Publisher's original turquoise cloth, spine lettered in gilt, in the original unclipped yellow dust-jacket lettered in red. Iscribed on the f.f.e.p.: "Con affetto Toni[?] Londra - 14 gen 47", continued beneath with… Read more about this item

London: The Fortune Press, 1934. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 6". None. The second edition of Dylan Thomas' first published poetical anthology, including the poem which made him famous. The second edition, with the Knole Park Press imprint.'18 Poems' is the first anthology of poems by Dylan Thomas to be published.This anthology contains the Sunday Referee prize-winning poem… Read more about this item

London:: The Fortune Press,, [1934; actually 1942].. Second edition, with the Knole Park Press imprint.. publisher's rose boards in dust jacket.. Slightest of creasing to boards at extremities; otherwise fine in an unchipped jacket with some minor dust-soiling, mostly to the rear panel. . 8vo,. Rolph B2-e.

London:: The Fortune Press,, [1934; actually 1942].. Second edition, with the Knole Park Press imprint.. publisher's rose boards in dust jacket.. A fine copy in a price-clipped jacket with a few light creases.. 8vo,. Rolph B2-e.

The Fortune Press, 1942. 2nd. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. Second edition. 1942, with green cloth, in jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding still strong. An owner's name inside, under the jacket flap. There is some loss to the jacket which has caused sunning to the cloth. Jacket also fairly sunned. Reliable customer service. Photos available. We ship daily. Expedited… Read more about this item