New Poems

Norfolk CT: New Directions, 1943. 1st edition, original printed purple paperwraps (as issued). Specially inscribed and signed by Dylan Thomas on the half title page. The inscription reads: "for Elmer Borklund / from / Dylan Thomas. / Chicago 1950," in black fountain pen ink. Elmer Borklund was a Chicago based academic, literary critic, and author. Published by James Laughlin… Read more about this item

Norfolk, CT: Poets of the Year/New Directions, 1943. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good+/Very Good. Octavo. A very good+ copy in price clipped purple printed dust jacket over plain wrappers. Owner name half-title page. Dust jacket with mild chips and fading.

New York: New Directions, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. (One of 1000 copies in cloth issue.) Unpaginated. Purple cloth with black lettering. Very Good in a chipped and sunned but unclipped dust jacket. Cloth worn along top and bottom edges. Some foxing. Jacket missing some small pieces at spine, a few pieces of archival mending… Read more about this item

Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1943. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, hardcover issue. Front board a bit foxed, and sunned at the spine, very good or better in modestly sunned very good dust jacket. One of 1500 copies in wrappers in The Poets of the Year series.

Norfolk, Conn.:: New Directions,, [1943].. First edition.. original purple wrappers.. A few very slight marks to the wrappers, which are not faded.. 8vo,.

Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1943. First edition. Card covers in purple jacket; 8vo. [32 pp.] Rolph B7. Poet of the Month series, one of 1500 in paper. Unevenly faded, price-clipped as issued (paper price of 50c at bottom intact), else very good, clean with little wear. Designed at the Elm Tree Press, Woodstock, VT, according to Rolph first printed… Read more about this item

Norfolk (CT): New Directions, 1943 Unpaginated. Spine edge of both wraps have many creases. Top tip and spine head are bumped. Wraps are toned along the edges. Pages are toning along the edges. Jacket is in 2 pieces split at spine and sunfaded. Top edge of jacket is chipped. . Soft Cover. Good/Poor Jacket.

Norfolk: New Directions, 1943. First Edition. . Soft cover. Good/Good. Part of New Directions "The Poets of the Year Series". Plain white wraps with a lavender, softcover dustjacket. Previous owner name neatly written on the flyleaf. Light dampstain to bottom right of the book. Jacket edges tanned. Corner clipped but price remains. (box 182)

CT: New Directions, 1943. Paperback. Very good/good. 6 x 9 in. Paper wraps. Condition is VERY GOOD ; minor wear, covers very clean. Binding tight and text unmarked, paper a bit toned. DJ is GOOD ; split at the spine with a large open tear to rear, clean but partially sunned. Poet. Stax.

8vo, beige staple bound pamphlet in a violet dust wrapper, unpaginated. New Directions Poet of the Month series, first and only trade pamphlet edition. Dust jacket unclipped (50c mark to front fold), showing mild chipping, creasing toning to edges, pamphlet wrappers age toned. Ownership signatures to front flyleaf blotted in pen. Binding firm, text clean. Prints 17 poems, a collectible… Read more about this item

Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1943. Unpaginated Part of the Poets of the Year Series 1943 [browning, fragility; dj separated at spine fold] - saddle-stapled softcover with dust jacket. Wrappers. Very Good/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.