Dylan Thomas; Vernon Watkins — A Collection of Works by Dylan Thomas

New York; London, New Directions; J. M. Dent and Sons; Stein and Day; Triton, 1946-1965. First edition. Cloth. Four smart first edition volumes of works from Welsh writer Dylan Thomas. Four volumes. First edition. Written by Dylan Marlais Thomas, a Welsh poet and writer who became widely popular in his lifetime; and remained so after his death. This set contains: The Selected Writings of Dylan Thomas, 1947. A collection of poems and stories, including titles such as: I see the boys of summer in their ruin, The Orchards, and The Peaches. Letters to Vernon Watkins, 1957. With a frontispiece. A wonderful collection of letters to Thomas' close friend Vernon Watkins, a Welsh poet and translator. Often considered to be as beautifully written as his poetry, these letters paint a vivid portrait of the poet and the man. Edited with an introduction from Watkins. The Beach of Falesa, 1963. First thus. Based on a novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, this is a tale of trading and taboo on a South Sea island and a group of men stripped to their most base passions. Rebecca's Daughters, 1965. First edition. Everyone knows that Rebecca wears a traditional Welsh women's costume, but "she" is a man. As are her three hundred "daughters". Now, they set out to ride the roads of the Turnpike Trusts, terrorising the gatekeepers and burning the hated toll-gates. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light wear and minor fading to the extremities. Original dust wrappers remain unclipped other than The Beach of Falesa which has been price-clipped. Wrappers are smart with light wear and the odd small closed tear to the extremities. Light sunning to the spines with the odd small mark. Sympathetic repairs to the internal side of The Selected Writings with tape to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with minor age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscriptions to the front endpapers of the odd volume. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.