ON A PROJECT FOR A BOOK. Autograph Letter Signed ("Dylan Thomas"), 3 pp rectos only, 8vo, Carmarthenshire, January 6, 1953, on blue paper, to E[rnest] F. Bozman, multiple staple holes including one in text, few little smudges. Thomas writes to a would-be editor interested in his early years. He gives a precis of his broadcasts and stories and their air dates or publication history and how to obtain them. He concludes: "This wd, I realise, be a hotchpotch of a book, but the separate items cd be introduced, in some way, so as to make them cohere into a kind of oblique autobiography: a growing up told (a) in stories written while growing up, and, (b) in memories of childhood written when grown up." See illustration.
ON A PROJECT FOR A BOOK. Autograph Letter Signed ("Dylan Thomas"), 3 pp rectos only, 8vo, Carmarthenshire, January 6, 1953, on blue paper, to E[rnest] F. Bozman, multiple staple holes including one in text, few little smudges. Thomas writes to a would-be editor interested in his early years. He gives a precis of his broadcasts and stories and their air dates or publication history and how to obtain them. He concludes: "This wd, I realise, be a hotchpotch of a book, but the separate items cd be introduced, in some way, so as to make them cohere into a kind of oblique autobiography: a growing up told (a) in stories written while growing up, and, (b) in memories of childhood written when grown up." See illustration.
Try LotSearch and its premium features for 7 days - without any costs!
Be notified automatically about new items in upcoming auctions.
Create an alert
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
