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London: J. M. Dent and Sons, 1936. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. This is a signed and jacketed first edition, second printing, of the second published collection by the poet Dylan Marlais Thomas (1914–1953). The author signed this copy “Dylan Thomas” in black ink on the upper half-title page just below his printed name. This second printing was issued in 1936, the same year as the first. Condition is very good plus in a very good dust jacket. The fragile, gray paper-covered binding is clean and tight. Trivial wear is confined to the spine ends and corners and there is a slight forward lean. The dust jacket is unclipped, retaining the original upper front flap price. Minor loss is confined to the spine ends – not affecting the spine print – and flap fold corners, the spine mildly scuffed and toned. The dust jacket is protected beneath a clear, removable, archival cover. In 1931, at the age of sixteen, Thomas left school in his native Swansea to work for a local…

Twenty-Five Poems is a 1936 poetry collection by Dylan Thomas, his second published volume of poetry.