
THOMAS (DYLAN) The Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse, SIGNED BY DYLAN THOMAS ("Dylan Thomas") in blue ink above the potted biography of the poet on p.224, Harmondsworth, Penguin Books, 1951
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THOMAS (DYLAN)
Footnotes
Dylan Thomas's signature appears next to the biographical and introductory matter about himself, written by the anthology's editor Kenneth Allott, which was followed by the inclusion of four of the poet's poems (including "A Grief Ago", and "Poem in October").
Provenance: Signed by Dylan Thomas, for the vendor's grandfather Rev. R. Brian Higham (1932-2019). Whilst attending teacher training at Trinity College in Carmarthen he attended a poetry reading given in the town by Thomas in 1952, at which the book was signed. The vendor remembers his grandfather telling him that "Dylan Thomas was a little worse for wear on the night, and that he had to be brought in by someone..., late having been drinking in one of the pubs near the college". This was most probably the Boar's Head, Dylan writing in an unpublished letter, dated October 1952, that he did not "know what time I'll be getting to Carmarthen so I wonder if anyone could pick me up at the Boar's Head at about 6.30. That would give us time for a surreptitious drink before going on the College" (quoted on the Dylan Thomas Centre website).