Dylan Thomas — Twenty Years a-Growing

London, J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd , 1964. First edition. Cloth. An excellent set comprising the proof copy and first edition of Dylan Thomas" tender film script based on Maurice O"Sullivan"s autobiography. Includes the scarce uncorrected proof copy of the work, as well as the first edition. With the publisher"s original clipped dust wrapper to the first edition. Proof copy in the publisher"s pink wraps. "Twenty Years A-Growing" is an unfinished film script based on the beloved autobiography of the same name by Irish writer Maurice O"Sullivan. It portrays his childhood on the lonely Blasket Islands in the extreme south-west corner of Ireland, with this script adaptation bearing O"Sullivan as its narrator. First edition in the original cloth binding, with the original clipped dust wrapper. Proof copy in the publisher"s pink wraps. Externally, both works are excellent, with only sunning to the spine of the proof copy. Dust wrapper is also excellent, with minor handling marks to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.