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Collected Poems
by Auden, W. H
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library. As New with No dust jacket as issued. 1976. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Leather. Stated first limited edition, first printing. Publisher's full red leather, spine in four compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering or decoration in each compartment, intricate gilt decoration on both covers, brown moire silk endpapers, printed on archival paper, silk ribbon marker bound in, Smyth sewn, and with concealed muslin joints. Illustrated with full-page full-color frontispiece portrait of Auden by Daniel Schwartz.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW.. The First Edition Society Series. Frontispiece Portrait. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. (vi), 696 pp .
Synopsis
The collection is a compilation of all of Auden’s personal works that he wished to preserve. It includes three poems referred to by Auden as posthumous poems, and others that he omitted from the Collected Shorter Poems of 1966. Auden's work "ranges from the political to the religious, from the urbane to the pastoral, from the mandarin to the invigoratingly plain-spoken." His intention was to display his perceptions of life and concerns, and to challenge the traditional and modern to coexist.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28847
- Title
- Collected Poems
- Author
- Auden, W. H
- Illustrator
- Daniel Schwartz
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- New
- Edition
- Stated First Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, PA
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Poetry, W. H. Auden, Franklin Library, First Edition, Limited Edition, Anthology, Monograph
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Round Table Books, LLC
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Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
Round Table Books, LLC lists rare, beautiful and interesting books. All books are described accurately, packed carefully and shipped promptly. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Any book may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.
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