New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition, 1948, hardcover with maroon cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 186pp., not illustrated. Book VG+ with hint of shelfwear to boards and spine ends, binding tight, text clean and unmarked but toned throughout. DJ good with edgewear.....
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Maroon cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, not illustrated. Book has mild wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, text clean and unmarked but toned throughout. DJ has toning, edgewear that includes some small tears.
London: Faber and Faber, 1969. First printing. Hardcover. Cloth in dust jacket, clean and unmarked text, near fine copy in near fine dust jacket, light discoloration and edgewear to the dust jacket.
New York: Random House, 1969. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1969. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 356 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy in Very Good dust jacket, a couple of dog-eared pages, a bit of discoloration to the rear cover, light soiling or age-toning to the dust jacket.....
New York: Random House, 1951. First printing. Hardcover. Cloth in dust jacket, clean unmarked text, very good in good dust jacket, previous owner's ink signature on the front flyleaf, light soiling or discoloration to the outer pages and the page-edges, some soiling to the dust jacket, wear to the dust.....
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New York: Random House, 1937. Hardcover. First American edition. Brown cloth in dust jacket, signed by Auden on the titlepage, clean unmarked text, very good copy in good dust jacket, previous owner's old signature and date on the front flyleaf, small old sticker-ghost on the front flyleaf as well, minor.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1934. Reprint. Hardcover. Reprint of the second edition, 1934. Cloth hardcover, 89 pp., clean unmarked text, Good copy, a bit of foxing or age-toning to the outer pages and page-edges, some age-toning to the covers, rubbing and wear to the edges of the covers including some.....
London: Faber and Faber, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. c.1940. Hardcover. Paper backed boards. 12mo. 80pp. Fine in Near Fine dustjacket. Small pen mark to front panel of dustjacket, spine mildly darkened.
New York: Random House, 1938. First printing. Hardcover. Cloth in dust jacket, very good copy, owner's name on verso of first blank, jacket very good with some edgewear and shallow chipping, light soil and darkening.
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1956. First printing. Hardcover. Cloth in dust jacket, very good in good dust jacket, gift inscription on the front flyleaf, previous owner's notation on the verso of the half-titlepage, titlepage with a blindstamp, light discoloration to the endpapers and page-edges, wear to the edges of.....
New York: Harpers, 1950. Paperback. 11 x 8.25, wraps, very good, light wear and soil to covers, text very good, bit toned. With a story by Faulkner, poem by Auden and much else.
New York: The Nation, 1939. Wraps. 11.5 x 8.5 inches, softcover, pulpy paper, good or better copy, some tanning, light wear, corner chip. With Menninger on Freud, Auden's "Democracy is Hard" -- his review of Barzun "On Human Freedom" -- plus Murray Ross, "The CIO Loses Hollywood," Freda Kirchwey on.....
New York: Prose, 1970. First printing. Paperback. First number of this important literary journal. Wraps, good, some soil to covers, heavy spotting to rear cover, contents clean.
London: Faber and Faber, 1936. Hardcover. First printing in second print dust jacket (no other printings listed on copyright page, "Second Impression" stated on the dust jacket's front flap). Red cloth in dust jacket, clean unmarked text, good in fair dust jacket, some soiling to the page-edges, fraying to the.....
New York: Random House, 1935. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1935. Cloth hardcover, 161 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, bookplate on the front pastedown, age-toning to the pages, a bit of wear to the tips of the covers, no dust jacket.
New York: Random House, 1938. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1938. Cloth hardcover with dust jacket, 120 pp., clean unmarked text, Very Good copy in Good dust jacket, owner's signature in ink on the front flyleaf, age-toning or discoloration to the pages and the page-edges, soil and discoloration to the.....
London: Faber & Faber, 1938. Hardcover. Second impression (stated on the front flap of the dust jacket). Cloth in dust jacket, clean unmarked text, good in good dust jacket, clipping pasted onto the front pastedown, bookplate and owner's signature on the front flyleaf, soiling to the outer pages, some soiling.....
New York: Random House, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1938, hardcover with beige cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 120pp., not illustrated. Book VG+ with mild toning to boards and wear to corners, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. DJ fair with flap hinges cracking, rubbing and toning, edgewear.....
New York: Pantheon Books / Random House, 1971. First printing. Hardcover. Cloth in dust jacket, clean unmarked text, very good copy in fair dust jacket, owner's signature on poet John A. Taylor on the front flyleaf, some soiling and discoloration to the dust jacket, wear to the dust jacket including.....
London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1936. First Printing. Hardcover. Cloth in dust jacket, near fine copy and rare thus, many pages uncut and unopened. With the first printing of one of Orwell's most important essays, "Shooting and Elephant," plus work by Ralph Bates, Silone, Vassili Grossman, "Alfred: A Cabaret Sketch" by.....
Paperback. Wraps, very good, light wear. With Auden's poem "Previous Me."
NY: New York: Harpers, 1968-1971. Wraps. 3 issues. Softcover, very good. "The Steps of the Pentagon" takes up most of the first issue. It chronicles Mailer's participation in the October 21, 1967, anti-Vietnam War march on the Pentagon, where he was arrested. The narrative, written in the third person, explores.....
Cleveland, OH: Bits Press, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. c.1985. Hardcover. Light blue cloth. 8vo. 279pp. Fine in Very Good+ dustjacket. Light wear to dustjacket, mild tanning. Contents unmarked. With note taped in from X. J. Kennedy to Margaret McElderry: "Dear Margaret - Here's, just for fun and to.....