Thomas (Dylan) Under Milk Wood
£325
London, Dent, 1954.
First edition. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Dust-jacket, correctly priced 8s6d.
An attractive first edition of the famous ‘play for voices’ Under Milk Wood, by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, commissioned by the BBC and later adapted for the stage.
In stock
Ink name to front endpaper, a very good copy in very good jacket with just a bit of minor chipping to spine ends and corners and a couple of small closed tears.
Portrait of the author on lower panel of jacket.
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