"RAGE, RAGE AGAINST THE DYING OF THE LIGHT": FIRST TRADE EDITION OF DYLAN THOMAS' IN COUNTRY SLEEP
THOMAS, Dylan. In Country Sleep. (New York): New Directions, (1952). Slim octavo, original blue-green paper-covered boards, original dust jacket.
First trade edition, published only one year before Thomas' death.
Dylan Thomas' last collection of new poetry includes "Poem on His Birthday," "Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night," "Lament" and "In Country Sleep." Interviewed just before the book's publication, Thomas said, "I've never seen what a poem really looks like. But I keep trying" (Ferris, 274). He died the following year. With photographic portrait of Thomas mounted on title page. The first trade edition was published the same year as the signed limited first edition of only 100 copies. Rolph B15. Maud, 18.
A fine copy.