Leftover Life to Kill [Dylan Thomas]
by Thomas, Caitlin (1913 - 1994)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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DeLand, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1957. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good.
The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve has staining on the white of the spine. 8vo; 21 cm.; 8.25 inches tall; 262 pages. First Edition, First Printing.. Caitlin Thomas was the wife of the poet and writer Dylan Thomas. Their marriage was a stormy affair, fueled by alcohol and infidelity, though the couple remained together until Dylan's death in 1953.
After her husband's death she wrote this book Leftover Life to Kill, an account of her self-exile to Italy. She paints a picture of a grieving widow seeking solace in distance, a younger lover, and alcohol.
The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve has staining on the white of the spine. 8vo; 21 cm.; 8.25 inches tall; 262 pages. First Edition, First Printing.. Caitlin Thomas was the wife of the poet and writer Dylan Thomas. Their marriage was a stormy affair, fueled by alcohol and infidelity, though the couple remained together until Dylan's death in 1953.
After her husband's death she wrote this book Leftover Life to Kill, an account of her self-exile to Italy. She paints a picture of a grieving widow seeking solace in distance, a younger lover, and alcohol.
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- Bookseller
- Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA] (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17983
- Title
- Leftover Life to Kill [Dylan Thomas]
- Author
- Thomas, Caitlin (1913 - 1994)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1957
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