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1946 New Directions first edition, first printing. First state binding in green cloth. 500 Fifth Avenue address in copyright notice. Condition of the book is Very Good. The binding is straight and sound. Inside pages are complete. Two leaves in the introduction section have had small corners removed (dog ears), else no internal damage that I found. The prior owner's first… Read more about this item

New Directions, 1946. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, signed by Dylan Thomas on the front free endpaper. Likely second issue with publisher's address of "333 Sixth Avenue" on copyright page instead of "500 Fifth Avenue," as New Directions moved to 333 Sixth Avenue after 1946 and by 1953. Bound in publisher's rose cloth with gilt spine… Read more about this item

(New York): A New Directions Book, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, first issue binding [Rolph B11; 4000 copies printed]. Introduction by John L. Sweeney. Green cloth with black and gilt spine title. Endpapers are quite tanned (as usual), with offset tanning on half-title page and final text leaf (as usual), rear cover of first-issue binding has… Read more about this item

New York: New Directions, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good +/good +. 6 x 8 in. Green cloth boards. No subsequent printing dates stated. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; no wear, covers extremely clean, a touch toned at edges. BInding tight and text unmarked. PO's initials on front pastedown. DJ is GOOD+ ; not price-clipped ($3.50) cleamn but spine is… Read more about this item

[New York]: New Directions, [1946]. First edition, later printing. Octavo. xiii, [1], 185 pp. Publisher's rose cloth with black spine label lettered in gilt. Light sunning to spine. Very good.With Caroline Newton's Blake bookplate.