THOMAS DYLAN In Country Sleep

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A FAMOUS POEM'S STORY THOMAS, DYLAN. In Country Sleep. Author portrait photograph tipped to title-page as issued. 8vo, original blue-green boards lettered in red; offsetting to endpapers from laid-in clipping, pages 21 and 22 similarly discolored; dust jacket, darkened, mostly to spine panel and folds, small nick to head of spine panel, minor overall rubbing. New York: New Directions, 1952

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first edition, inscribed by thomas to "Bob Gibson / from / Dylan 1952." Laid-in is a clipped New York Times op-ed submission (Sept., 23, 1989) from dedicatee Gibson explaining the true genesis of Thomas's famous poem "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" (included in this collection). Gibson, who helped arrange a series of readings at the Roerich Museum in New York with Thomas, recounts a conversation the two of them had at the White Horse Tavern (where Thomas famously took his last drink), wherein Thomas said "that this poem was not about his father nearing death, but about his rapidly failing eyesight. 'Rage, rage against the dying of light' referred to his father's approacing blindness. However, Thomas repeated several times, 'Let people make of it as they please.'" Also included is a printed ticket ("Admission $1.80") for a 1952 reading by Thomas at The Master Theatre in New York City. A fascinating association copy.