[Signed] [First Edition] PORTRAIT OF A FRIEND WATKINS, Gwen. [Hardcover]

"First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo.pp. 226. Signed by the author on the title page:" Gwen Watkins 7 July 1986. " Original publisher's binding in black, lettered gilt at spine. Soft blue endpapers. Dust jacket in glossy black, lettered blue and white with b/w photographs of Dylan Thomas. Frontispiece photograph of Thomas ". a bulging apple among poets." Black and white photographs illustrate the text. Biography. An analysis of the friendship that existed between the poet Vernon Watkins, and Dylan Thomas; an important, poignant and challenging account of the lives of both poets. . Loosely inserted newspaper clipping, 1986, South Wales evening post,'Tributes paid to a genius', remembering poet Vernon Watkins "The programme featured a selection of readings on the theme of The Muse and the Poet by Vernon's widow Gwen and writer John Ackerman."/Gwen Watkins (1923-2025) was a British codebreaker and author. During World War II, she worked at Bletchley Park de-coding traffic between German airfields. While at Bletchley, she met the poet Vernon Watkins. They were both engaged in breaking the Luftwaffe AuKa tactical codes in Block F (A). Gwen was at first billeted at Stony Stratford but later moved to RAF Church Green at Bletchley. They were both Flight Sergeants stationed at Bletchley from June 1942 until May 1945. Watkins was the author of several books, including Dylan Thomas: Portrait of a Friend (1983), Dickens in Search of Himself (1987), and Cracking the Luftwaffe Codes: The Secrets of Bletchley Park (2006)" Very good indeed in very good indeed dust jacket. No other inscriptions, names or notes.

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