Dylan Thomas — 18 Poems

London, The Sunday Referee and The Parton Bookshop, 1934. First edition. Cloth. A lovely and scarce first impression of Dylan Thomas" debut collection of poetry, of which only 250 copies were produced. The first edition, first issue, published in a small edition of 250 copies. With relevant issue points present, including a flat spine, untrimmed fore edges and lack of Parton Press advertisement leaf facing title page. One of 250 first issue copies produced out of a total of 500. In the publisher"s original cloth binding. Welsh poet Dylan Thomas" first collection of poems, published a month after his twentieth birthday and sponsored by Sunday Referee for winning their "Poet"s Corner Prize" in April 1934. The work introduced Thomas" distinctive style and tone, exploring dark themes of love, death and birth, religious symbolism and employed sexual connotations. The poem, The force that through the green fuse drives the flower, is known as the poem that "made Thomas famous", and also appears in the book. In the original cloth binding, with gilt text to the spine. Externally, excellent, with only minor signs of shelf wear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with faint marks left by tape to the endpapers and a contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper, dated 1935. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .