Auden from Berthoff Books

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1981. Soft cover. Very Good. THIS BOOK IS IN ITALIAN. 267 pagine, a cura di Aurora Ciliberti, Introduzione di Marisa Bulgheroni. Italian translation of Auden's collection City without Walls and Other Poems. Trade paperback, light wear at crown, faint foxing-type marks to wraps, binding tight, pages unmarked.

Harcourt, Brace & World, 1961. Soft cover. Very Good. 234 pages, with bibliography, biographical note and notes on the text by the translator. Introduction by W.H. Auden. Harvest Book HB108. Trade paperback, crease to front cover at bottom corner, reading crease, light shelf ear, light smudges and foxing to wraps and top edge. Pages unmarked.

Faber and Faber, 1952. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 80 pages. Seventh impression of collection first published 1950. 12mo, cream boards with light foxing, red letters on front and spine, wear to board edges especially at crown and heel, light tan discoloration to end papers, in clipped DJ with spine sunned with some water-stain spots, sticker remnant on front panel, chips… Read more about this item

The Ecco Press, 1996. Soft cover. Very Good. 101 pages plus 10-page intro. First Ecco Press paperback edition. Published posthumously, a collection of reflections and aphorisms written in 1939 - "an essential work for understanding the evolution of Auden's life and writing" (back cover). Introduction by Edward Mendelson. Mass-market-sized paperback with matte wraps, lightly soiled including by sticker… Read more about this item

Random House, 1945. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 466 pages. Fourth printing. (Main image shows title page, second image - exterior.) The collection has sections "Poems" and "Songs and Other Musical Pieces", between them the prose poem "Letter to a Wound". 8vo, blue cloth much rubbed and worn at extremities including 1" tear along backstrip at crown, lettering entirely gone… Read more about this item

Random House, 1965. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 85 pages. First printing. Two sections: Thanksgiving for a Habitat; In and Out. 8vo, brown cloth with black cloth quarter, gilt lettering on spine, faded teal topstain, foxing to edges and end papers, tan stains to the latter, light foxing spots on many pages, bookstore sticker attached to ffep, in… Read more about this item

British Museum, 1974. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 48 unnumbered pages, 88 reproductions of lithographs inspired by Auden poems. Introduction and text by Moore. Frontispiece photos of poet and artist. 8-1/4" square museum catalogue, scant shelf wear (bump along bottom edge of back cover), light smudges to wraps, pages unmarked.

Faber & Faber, 1986. Soft cover. Very Good. 469 pages, with index of titles and first lines, plus 23-page preface by the editor. First paperback edition. Frontispiece photo of Auden. Trade paperback, reading crease, scant shelf wear, foxing to top edge, end papers and page margins age-toned. Pages unmarked.

Faber and Faber, 1933. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 89 pages. Second edition of Auden's second (and first commercially published) collection under the simple title "Poems"; note by Auden states that some poems printed in the first edition (1930) were omitted in this one and other pre-1931 poems substituted. Includes drama in verse Paid on Both Sides:… Read more about this item

Viking Press, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 407 pages, with index, reference notes. Discusses Auden's work up until 1939, when he moved to the USA. 8vo, brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine, tan flecked end papers, light wear to heel, sunned at crown, foxing to edges and some spots on a few pages, boards slightly bowed,… Read more about this item