Auden, W. H.
Rare books by W. H. Auden, including first editions and signed copies.
AUDEN, W. H., & Louis MacNeice.
Letters From Iceland. 1937
£2,750
First US edition, first printing. Inscribed on the half-title by Auden and Isherwood, "To Miss May Cameron with best wishes and thanks for our first American interview Wystan Auden...
Octavo. Original oatmeal cloth, title labels to upper board and spine printed in blue, top edge stained blue, map endpapers. Housed in a quarter blue morocco drop down... Read more
AUDEN, W. H.
W. H. Auden. A Selection. 1961
£2,250
First edition, first impression. From the library of Stephen Spender with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. With many corrections and deletions to the text by...
Octavo. Original green boards, device to upper board in blind, titles to spine in silver. A very good copy. Read more
BETJEMAN, John; Philip Larkin; W. H. Auden; Robert Graves; Seamus Heaney, et al.
Poem of the Month Club. 1970-77
£1,250
First edition of the complete collection of all four folios, each with 12 broadsides signed by the poet. Betjeman's poem has a hand-written correction by the poet. Poets published...
48 broadsides. Housed in the publisher's white half calf portfolio. Spine unusually bright and clean, all broadsides in excellent condition. Read more
AUDEN, W. H.
The Orators. 1932
£375
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Original black cloth, titles to spine gilt, top edge stained blue others untrimmed. With the dust jacket. Top edge faded, foxing to prelimanary and last... Read more
AUDEN, W. H.
Poems. 1930
£375
First edition, first impression. Auden's first regularly published book. Only 1000 copies printed.
Octavo. Original blue wrappers, titles to front wrapper in black, quadruple line rule to border in red. Contemporary ownership inscription to half-title. Wrappers... Read more
AUDEN, W. H.
The Orators 1932
£375
First Edition, First Impression. 1000 copies printed.
Octavo. Original black boards, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Near fine in cream dust jacket, chipped to the head of spine, nicked to corners. Read more
AUDEN, W. H.
The Orators 1932
£350
First Edition, First Impression.
Octavo. Original black cloth, titles to spine gilt, top edge stained blue others untrimmed. With the dust jacket. A fine copy in the rather frayed and rubbed, dust... Read more
AUDEN, W. H.
The Platonic Blow. 1965
£125
Probable first edition. As with most things in Ed Saunders's career, things are neither simple nor quite what they first seem. In the present instance all aspects confirm to the...
Octavo. Single quire, stapled. Original white wrappers printed in black. A fine copy. Read more
AUDEN, W. H.
The Platonic Blow. 1965
£100
Probable First Edition. As with most things in Ed Saunders's career, things are neither simple nor quite what they first seem. In the present instance all aspects confirm to the...
Octavo. Single quire, stapled. Original white wrappers printed in black. A fine copy. Read more
AUDEN, W. H.
Thank You, Fog. Last Poems. 1974
£95
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Original blue cloth backed grey boards, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. An excellent copy in the jacket with slightly toned spine panel. Read more
AUDEN, W. H.
Forewords and Afterwords. 1973
£85
First UK edition, first impression. Originally published in the UK in the same year.
Octavo. Original green cloth backed cream boards, titles to spine and upper board gilt. With the dust jacket. Marks to lower edges of boards and contents. An... Read more
AUDEN, W. H., & Chester Kallman.
Libretti and Other Dramatic Writings. 1939–1973. 1993
£80
First edition, first impression. From the library of Alan Ansen, poet and Auden's personal secretary, with Ansen's handwritten notes to the front free endpaper. Also includes an...
Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine gilt on black ground. With the dust jacket. A few light marks to edges. An excellent copy in the lightly rubbed jacket. Read more
AUDEN, W. H.
Poems 1928. Reproduced in Facsimile. 1973
£75
Fascimile edition of Auden's first printed work, based on a copy in the Durham University Library.
Duodecimo. Original red wrappers printed in black, with the white preface pamphlet in a green envelope printed in black. An excellent copy. Read more
AUDEN, W. H.
A Certain World. A Commonplace Book. 1971
£65
First UK edition, first impression. Originally published in the US in the previous year.
Octavo. Original red cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Very lightly rubbed at extremities. An excellent copy in the jacket with faded spine panel and... Read more
(AUDEN, W. H.) ANSEN, Alan.
The Table Talk of W. H. Auden. 1990
£45
First Canadian edition, first impression. From the library of Alan Ansen.
Octavo. Original grey cloth, titles to spine in black. With the dust jacket. An excellent copy in the very lightly rubbed jacket. Read more
(AUDEN, W. H.) ANSEN, Alan.
The Table Talk of W. H. Auden. 1990
£45
First Canadian edition, first impression. From the library of Alan Ansen.
Octavo. Original grey cloth, titles to spine in black. With the dust jacket. An excellent copy in the very lightly rubbed jacket. Read more
(AUDEN, W. H.) KALLMAN, Chester.
The Sense of Occasion. Poems. 1971
£45
First edition, first printing. From the library of Alan Ansen, poet and W. H. Auden's personal secretary.
Octavo. Original turquoise cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. An excellent copy in the price-clipped and lightly marked jacket. Read more
AUDEN, W. H.
The Elder Edda. A Selection. 1969
£45
First edition, first impression. From the library of Alan Ansen, poet and Auden's personal secretary.
Octavo. Original black cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. An excellent copy in the lightly rubbed and marked jacket. Read more
