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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 2nd Edition, Book Club Edition. "Dylan Thomas, a Biography" by Paul Ferris, was published in 1977 in hardcover format. This is a book club edition, issued the same year. The previous owner had saved a number of clipping of book reviews concerning Dylan Thomas, and we have kept them with the book. The dust-jacket (parts of which had been trimmed and saved) contains the following write-up : "Few poets have excited such extremes of admiration and hostility as Dylan Thomas, the Welshman who was perhaps the greatest lyric poet of our century [the twentieth]. Thomas persisted to the end in fostering an image of the poet as an intense and decadent individual. He lived in poverty despite his considerable income and shocked his public with his love affairs and drinking, while demanding recognition as an artist. But whenever this difficult man read his works, he was accepted on his own terms — his audiences were enthralled." "Paul Ferris's authoritative biography is based on a wealth of previously unpublished material (including two poems) gathered by the author in more than two hundred interviews and extensive research in Britain and America. In his beautifully written narrative Mr. Ferris gives us new insights into Thomas's childhood and adolescence, his arrival on the London literary scene, his marriage to Caitlin Macnamara, his wartime career as a film writer, his visits to the United States, his death. This work has been hailed in England as the definitive biography, a gold mine for scholars as well as for the general reader." TITLE : Dylan Thomas - a Biography AUTHOR : Paul Ferris IMPRINT : Dial Press PLACE : New York DATE : (1977) EDITION : Issued by a book club during the first year of publication. STATUS : Hardcover OP. SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES : Small assortment of newspaper clippings containing critical reviews was pressed at the rear of the book - these remain, contained in a clear mylar bag. PHYSICAL DETAILS : Trade hardcover ; contains 25 reproductions of photographs in black-and-white; contains Acknowledgements, an Introduction, Postscript, Appendix, Notes, Bibliography, Index; 5 7/8" x 8 7/8"; quarter bound dark green cloth spine and green cloth-covered boards; lettering and decorative embellishment on spine stamped in silver gilt; greenish-gray end-papers CONDITION - VERY GOOD - This is a previously owned book which remains clean and attractive, with the following particulars noted (ISSUED BY A BOOK CLUB) : EXTERIOR : Slight compression to spine extremities; a touch of shelf rub to the bottom edges of the boards - else the exterior is clean and bright with near-negligible signs of handling. The text-block edges are clear of marking. BINDING : The book has been read and thus is not as tight as when issued, however the whole remains solid, with no detached or loose leaves INTERIOR : The front paste-down has a heraldic bookplates; on the front free end-paper is a joint ownership signature with date (1984) - else the interior is free of marking and has no marginalia or writing. DUST-JACKET : Sans. The flaps of the dust-jacket were separated, clipped to size, and kept, as well as the rear panel.…

Soft cover. Etat : New. Etat de la jaquette : New. 1st Edition. RARE Advanced Reading Copy-Uncorrected Proof-Not For Sale. 1st Edition-Per ABE Books-not stated. 1st Printing-Full # Line. New Unread copy. Trade paperback format. BEAUTIFUL copy of Book & Cover. COLLECTOR'S COPY.