Leftover Life to Kill by Thomas, Caitlin

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Co, 1957. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" tall. In pictorial jacket over black cloth, 8vo, 262pp. (browning and fading to jacket, toning to page edges and endpapers, bookplate to inside cover).

Putnam, 1957. Hardcover. Good Condition/Poor. 240 pages. Light wear, pages yellowed; missing the front flyleaf; a good solid book. The dust jacket is torn in pieces, missing pieces, some stains. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 208643. .

First Edition. No jacket. Slight shelf lean. Pages unmarked.

Little, Brown & Co, 1957. First Edition. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. No dust jacket. Black cloth spine with salmon pink cloth boards. Minor wear, has a good binding. Name and place are written on the front free endpaper- no other marks or notations. First Edition stated.

Putnam, 1957. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1957. First Edition. 239 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over purple cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate tanning to spine. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge-wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Browning tape repairs. Front flap detached but present. Moderate tanning to spine.

London: Putnam, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First edition. 239 [1]pp. Binding slightly cocked, light bumping at the foot of the spine, very good in a good only dust jacket with the rear flap detached (but present), and a sunned spine. Dylan Thomas's widow writes of her self-exile in Italy.

Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press / Little, Brown and Company, 1957. Hardcover. Very Good. Later printing. Light wear, textblock edges lightly soiled, very good or better, with a panel of the dust jacket laid in.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1957. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear.  Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve has staining on the white of the spine. 8vo; 21 cm.; 8.25 inches tall; 262 pages. First Edition, First Printing.. Caitlin Thomas was the wife of the poet and writer Dylan Thomas. Their marriage was a stormy affair, fueled by alcohol and infidelity, though the couple remained together until Dylan's death in 1953. After her husband's death she wrote this book Leftover Life to Kill, an account of her self-exile to Italy. She paints a picture of a grieving widow seeking solace in distance, a younger lover, and alcohol.

Boston: Atlantic Monthly/Little, Brown, (1957).. First US edition.. 262 pp. Very near fine in very good plus dust jacket with sunned spine and light overall edgewear.

London: Ace / Harborough, 1959. Book. Very Good. Mass Market Paperback. First Ace Books Edition. VG, Edgewear, crease, foxing, browning/NO DUST JACKET. "A candid self-searching story by the widow of the poet Dylan Thomas". Ace H240. Cover illustration by Vernon. Expanded condition report/scan on request..