About this title: Auden's poems are treasured for their wit and intelligence, their meticulous craftsmanship, and their deep feeling for social and moral issues as well as personal ones. In the words of Stephen Spender at Auden's memorial service in Oxford, "[T]hroughout the whole development of his poetry...his theme had been love: not Romantic love but love as ...
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Binding: Full-Leather
Publisher: The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
Date Published: 1980
Description: Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall There is light edge wear to the covers and spine which also has some soiling. It appears that the page preceding the half title page was removed. There is soiling to the rear end papers and some scratching to the gilt on the page edges. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Franklin Library, Franklin Center Pennsylvania
Date Published: 1978
Description: Hardback. No dust jacket, as issued. Bound in full leather, all edges gilt. Very Good+ with previous owner's embossed blindstamp on the lower right corner of title page. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Franklin Library, Franklin Center
Date Published: 1976
Description: Near Fine with no dust jacket. B001U1G6ZG. One corner mildly bumped, else Fine. Franklin Library Leatherbound Edition. Full leather binding. With silk Moire end papers; silk place ribbon, gilt page edges; gilt cover decorations etc. Former owner's Bookplate to a blank page. A Volume in the FIRST EDITION SOCIETY Series. 'Notes' pamphlet laid in. read more
Description: Good. 1945 Random House hard cover-19th printing-no dust jacket-note inside cover-slight staining to cover and page edge-otherwise binding strong contents clean-a fine collectible. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Franklin Library., Franklin Center. Pennsylvania
Date Published: 1980
Description: John Keely. Full leather binding with gilt lettering, edges and decorations, moire endpapers, ribbed spine. Fine without jacket as issued. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Modern Library
Date Published: 2007-02-06
ISBN-13:9780679643500ISBN:0679643508
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780679643500. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Modern Library
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780679643500ISBN:0679643508
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780571108336ISBN:0571108334
Description: Good. This is an EX LIBRARY copy with all the usual stamps/markings etc. This book is in GOOD overall condition. It shows signs of having been read and has general light wear to the cover, spine and pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Franklin Library
Date Published: 1978
Description: As New. Limited Edition. Edited by Edward Mendelson. Bound in publisher's original dark green leather with three raised bands on the spine. Title and decorations on spine and covers stamped in gilt. Bookmarker ribbon bound in. With the publisher's booklet present. Issued without dustjacket.; Tight, clean and crisp. The book is unread and looks New.; The Greatest Books of the Twentieth Century Series; 8vo; 737 pages. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: London: Faber and Faber, 1991. 0571142265
ISBN-13:9780571142262ISBN:0571142265
Description: Revised and reset edition. "This standard collected edition contains all the poems that W.H. Auden wished to preserve...The volume incorporates three poems referred to by Auden as 'posthumous poems', and others that he omitted from the Collected Shorter Poems of 1966, printed here in revised versions found among his papers. All his original verse that post-dates the last poems in the 1966 volume is included. " Pp.32/926. Pbk. VG. read more
Description: Good. 1945 Random House hard cover-19th printing-no dust jacket-note inside cover-slight staining to cover and page edge-otherwise binding strong contents clean-a fine collectible. read more
Description: Very good. 1945 Random House hard cover 7th printing-no dust jacket-minor wear to cover-owner's name inside cover-photo of auden inside cover-otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean-a fine solid tight copy-enjoy. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House, New York
Date Published: 1976`
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Brown cloth very slightly faded on edges, some edge foxing, jacket has some very light soil; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 696 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Franklin Library,, Franklin Center, PA:
Date Published: 1976.
Description: First edition, unspecified number published. Precedes Random House trade edition published the same year. Frontis portrait by Daniel Schwartz specially commissioned by the First Edition Society. Edited by Edward Mendelson. Part of the First Edition Society series. Full leather, moire endpapers, ribbon marker. Special 2-page message by Stephen Spender not found in other editions. Fine. read more
Edition: First
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House, New York
Date Published: (1976)
Description: First trade edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. This copy has two fine examples of the dustwrapper, presumably issued as a review copy. The outer dustwrapper is stamped "finished" on the verso. Scarce. read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Faber and Faber, Bx605
Date Published: 1976
ISBN-13:9780571108336ISBN:0571108334
Description: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0571108334. Hardcover. 8vo. Faber and Faber. 1976. 696 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ in excellent shape with no tears present, but clipped. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid, boards clean with no wear present. Photos sent upon request. Bx605; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 696 pages. read more
"There are many poems in here I have yet to mine, but this collection has kept me company on many cold nights when all I want to do is curl up with some words, some wine, and my own thoughts. Tough to beat."
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