Laubbaum Sprache by Thomas: Signed (4 results)

Cloth. Condition: Fine. A scarce signed limited edition copy of this poetry collection in both English and German by Welsh writer R.S. Thomas. A limited edition copy, with this being no.74 of 140 bound in half linen, and signed by the author. Signed by R.S. Thomas to the limitation page. In the publisher's original half black cloth binding. With text in both German and English. A poetry collection by Welshpoet andAnglican priest Ronald Stuart Thomas, who was noted fornationalism, spirituality and dislike of theanglicisation of Wales. Including poems such as 'Armistice', 'The Coming', and 'Island'. In the publisher's original half cloth binding.Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Author's signature to limitation page. Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). signed by author. book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. English text and parallel German translation. Title-page in brown and black, this number 64 of 150 (1000) copies signed by the author, all printed in Monotype Bodoni at the Stamperia Valdonega. Half linen with brown paper-covered sides, black endpapers, gilt spine titling, acetate dust-jacket. A fine copy. Signed by Author(s).…

First edition. Large octavo. 82 pages. Printed by Martino Mardersteig at the Stamperia Valdonega, Verona. Quarter black cloth, brown paper boards. The poems are presented in English with the German translations opposite.Number 83 of 150 copies, specially bound, signed by the author. This is the last limited edition to which Thomas put his signature.Fine. No dustwrapper issued.…

82. [6]pp. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, specially bound, signed issue, limited to 10 numbered copies (I-X), bound in full leather, signed by R. S. Thomas. 82. [6]pp. Very nicely printed by Martino Mardersteig, at the Stamperia Valdonega, Verona. This specially bound edition, in full brown morocco, is limited to ten numbered copies, signed by R. S. Thomas. R[onald] S[tuart] Thomas (1913 - 2000), Welsh poet and Anglican priest, "was noted for his nationalism, spirituality and deep dislike of the anglicisation of Wales. John Betjeman, in his 1955 introduction to Song at the Year's Turning, the first collection of Thomas's poetry to be produced by a major publisher, predicted that Thomas would be remembered long after he himself was forgotten. M. Wynn Thomas said: 'He was the Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn of Wales because he was such a troubler of the Welsh conscience. He was one of the major English language and European poets of the 20th century'. Almost all of Thomas's work concerns the Welsh landscape and the Welsh people, themes with both political and spiritual subtext." [Wikipedia]. WH/9/Justin/7 A fine copy, in publisher's unprinted cream-colored cardboard slipcase box (numbered in pencil, by the publisher). The slipcase has few spots of very faint dust soiling, else near fine First edition, specially bound, signed issue, limited to 10 numbered copies (I-X), bound in full leather, signed by R. S. Thomas. Signed.…