One of 268 copies.

THOMAS, Dylan; John PIPER [Illus.] ~ Deaths and Entrances. With an ALS from the designer.

LIMITED EDITION. Gregynog Press, Newtown: 1983.

Folio, bound under the direction of James Brockman in green morocco-backed patterned cloth boards, lettered vertically in gilt to backstrip; housed in the original publisher's cloth-covered slipcase; with frontis and a further 7 double-page illustrations in full colour by John Piper; THE BOOK fine, the slipcase with a little rubbing. Limited edition, one of just 268 copies of which this copy No. 109 bound under the direction of James Brockman. Designed by Eric Gee, with a notecard from the Press and a letter from Gee to a Mr Brickman, on Gregynog headed notepaper, in which he apologises for not being able to provide one of the specially lettered editions, which "were sold within seven days of our announcement of publication". Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea in 1914, and over his relatively short career he developed a reputation for his writing, poetry, and latterly drinking. It was his radio recordings for the BBC in 1940 which brought him wider fame, and he later travelled to America, where news of his poetry quickly spread. Dylan was raised billingual, speaking both Welsh and English, and began writing poetry whilst he was still in school. Deaths and Entrances The book is here beautifully accompanied by eight illustrations in sweeping full colour by John Piper, who Walford Davies, the ... writes in his introduction that A beautiful production from the Press.

BINDING: Hardcover
CONDITION: Fine