Dylan Thomas Edited by Douglas Cleverdon (6 results)

Hardback book with protective box. Some damp staining on the back cover. 93pp. with illustrations. Play script.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 1st thus. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in a Slipcase. Book spine is a little faded. Slipcase is age-toned at opening with some marking to one side. Illustrated with lithographs by Ceri Richards. Introduction by Douglas Cleverdon 93 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. …

Hardcover. Condition: New. First Thus. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in green cloth to the upper board with leaf motif and burgundy cloth to the spine and lower board with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. A dust wrapper is not called for, this copy is encased in a robust light green paper covered slipcase. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. In 1954 Cleverdon produced Under Milk Wood, the premier of the Dylan Thomas dramatic poem; according to Jenny Abramsky it had taken seven years to persuade Thomas to write it. The original manuscript of the play was lost by Thomas in a London pub, a few weeks before his death in 1953. The alleged gift of the manuscript, to BBC producer Douglas Cleverdon, formed the subject of litigation in Thomas v Times Book Co (1966), which is a leading case on the meaning of gift in English property law. Ref FF 6. Ceri Richards (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near mint. Dust Jacket Condition: Near mint. Sixth Printing. Near mint book in clean, fresh purple cloth covers having gilt titles to spine; the light grey front board is patterned with purple leaves. Internally mint and free of inscriptions; printed on Elementa Wove paper at the Bath Press, Avon; very attractively illustrated. The blue slip case is mint. A most attractive copy. Ceri Richards [Lithographs] (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: slipcase Good. Folio Society Reprint. In this Folio Society Edition 3rd impression, of Under the Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas the boards are decorated with a block printed illustration and gilt lettering. the boards, and text block are square, tight and clean the slipcase is also tight and clean but has some wear to the ends and corners and top. Book price includes 2nd class postage in UK only. This book are photographed as proof against in-transit damage. Ceri Richards (illustrator). …

Lithographs by Ceri Richards Fine copy in slipcase.