Search Results: Titles starting with U from Dorian Gallery

J.M. Dent, London, 1954 First edition, 5th (posthumous) printing. Binding: Hardcover, with jacket. Author signature card glued-in onto the title page. "Thank you, sincerely Dylan Thomas." Book Condition: Very Good, jacket, very good with slight chipping to top and bottom of the spine, mylar protector. A play for radio later adapted for the stage and screen follows an all-seeing narrator through a fictional Welsh village, he hears the dreams and innermost thoughts of the villagers as they sleep, and when they awake we see how this affects their waking lives.Under Milk Wood A Play for Voices by Dylan Thomas, with preface and musical settings by Daniel Jones. Book Description: Internally very good & clean, no name or inscription, the top edge of text block with shelflife, unmarked beige cloth boards. D/j unclipped good only with loss top/tail of spine & rubbing along edges. Now protected by clear cellophane sleeve. Hardback with dustjacket, 5" x 7 1/2", 101 pages, with preface, musical score, and… Read More

Martin Sixsmith An Unquiet Heart First UK Edition, 2nd printing 2019 A novel of the Russian Revolution and poet Sergei YeseninSigned by the author.Condition:Very good condition, clean unread copy. Rear bottom corner has a slight bump.About:1917. Russia is dying amid war, revolution and terror. The birth pains of the new world are a foretaste of the cruellest century. At their heart is Sergei Yesenin, 22, a poet, lover, wounded veteran, beautiful and afraid. Damaged by childhood abandonment, Sergei fears the world, drinks, brawls and womanises. He battles life's hurt with the charm of poetry and the drug of fame. But love is the validation he seeks. His search for meaning in dark times will lead him to passionate affairs with women and with men, until he discovers the one person who might change his life. Zinaida Raikh, exquisitely lovely, sensitive and gifted, offers Sergei the redemption he craves. But love is the devil, and the devil is fickle.This is the extraordinary tale of an extraordinary man.… Read More