Collected Poems by Dylan Thomas [FIRST EDITION / 1957]

FIRST EDITION / 16TH PRINTING [1957] NEW DIRECTIONS

Book itself is excellent; cloth cover is clean and like new.  Inscription written on liner page inside cover.   

Dust jacket has some tanning and tearing along edges of spine. 

Since its initial publication in 1953, this book has become the definitive edition of the poet’s work. Thomas wrote “Prologue” addressed to “my readers, the strangers” — an introduction in verse that was the last poem he would ever write. Also included are classics such as “And Death Shall Have No Dominion,” “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night,” and “Fern Hill” that have influenced generations of artists from Bob Dylan (who changed his last name from Zimmerman in honor of the poet), to John Lennon (The Beatles included Thomas’ portrait on the cover of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band); this collection even appears in the film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road when it is retrieved from the rubble of a bookshelf.