"A book should serve as the axe for the frozen sea within us."
— Franz Kafka
18 Poems.
London: The Fortune Press, 1934 [1942]. [Poetry] FORTUNE PRESS EDITION, First Issue. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.32. 'Knole Park Press' imprint at rear, with 'nor' to p.12 and 'world' to p.23. Blue / grey cloth with gilt titles to rounded spine. With the yellow dust-jacket, priced at 6s. Hinges starting. Rubbing and bumping to board edges and corners. Gilt largely worn from spine. Jacket heavily rubbed and worn to edges; spine toned and rubbed. Losses to head and tail of spine; some further chips and closed tears. Very good. Thomas' first poetry collection, including 'The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower.' Originally published in a very small edition by Sunday Referee & Parton Bookshop in 1934, the book was confusingly re-issued a number of times over the following decade without any edition statements on the copyright page, in a number of variant bindings. Item #56026
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