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Auction archive: Lot number 105

Nine works by W. H. Auden

Estimate
US$200 - US$300
Price realised:
US$120
Auction archive: Lot number 105

Nine works by W. H. Auden

Estimate
US$200 - US$300
Price realised:
US$120
Beschreibung:

Nine volumes. Includes: Auden, W[ystan] H[ugh]. City Without Walls, and Other Poems. New York: Random House, (1969). 8vo, quarter maroon cloth with yellow cloth boards, gilt lettering. First American edition. Not in Bloomfield and Mendelson (see A63a). Fine copy in a very good unclipped dust jacket. Auden, W[ystan] H[ugh]. The Enchafed Flood, or The Romantic Iconography of the Sea. London: Faber & Faber, 1951. 8vo, bright blue cloth, gilt lettering. First English edition. Bloomfield and Mendelson A31b. Fine copy in good unclipped dust jacket, slightly worn on spine. Auden, Wystan Hugh. The Dance of Death. London: Faber & Faber, (1933). 8vo, green paper boards, black lettering. First edition. NCBEL IV, 209. A play written for the Group Theatre, founded by Auden's friend Robert Medley Edges slightly rubbed, limited pencil notations on two pages; good copy. Edges of dust jacket slightly creased, otherwise in good condition. [Auden, W[ystan] H[ugh], Contributor, Isherwood, Christoper and John Lehmann, Editors. New Writing . . .New Series I: Autumn 1938. London: The Hogarth Press, 1938. 8vo, original yellow cloth, blue lettering. First edition. Other contributors to this edition of the twice yearly publication include V.S. Pritchett and Stephen Spender. A fine copy in a good slightly dust soiled jacket. Auden, Wystan Hugh. City Without Walls and Other Poems. London: Faber & Faber, 1969. 8vo, black cloth, gilt lettering. First edition. Fine copy in very good dust jacket. Auden, Wystan Hugh and Christopher Isherwood. On The Frontier: A Melodrama in Three Acts. New York: Random House, (1938). 8vo, beige cloth, red lettering. First American edition. Bloomfield and Mendelson A18b. Fine copy; edges of dust jacket slightly chipped, otherwise very good. Auden, W. H. About the House. London: Faber and Faber, 1966. First Edition, second impression. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Auden, W. H. New Year Letter. London: Faber and Faber, 1965. First Edition, second impression. 8vo, red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Near fine in fine dust jacket. Auden W. H. Selected Poems. London: Faber and Faber, 1938. 12mo, red cloth, gilt lettering. First edition. Bloomfield and Mendelson A17; NCBEL IV, 208. Spine slightly dust soiled otherwise very good. Dust jacket creased across center, spine dust soiled, unclipped; very good.

Auction archive: Lot number 105
Auction:
Datum:
24 Jan 2019
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Nine volumes. Includes: Auden, W[ystan] H[ugh]. City Without Walls, and Other Poems. New York: Random House, (1969). 8vo, quarter maroon cloth with yellow cloth boards, gilt lettering. First American edition. Not in Bloomfield and Mendelson (see A63a). Fine copy in a very good unclipped dust jacket. Auden, W[ystan] H[ugh]. The Enchafed Flood, or The Romantic Iconography of the Sea. London: Faber & Faber, 1951. 8vo, bright blue cloth, gilt lettering. First English edition. Bloomfield and Mendelson A31b. Fine copy in good unclipped dust jacket, slightly worn on spine. Auden, Wystan Hugh. The Dance of Death. London: Faber & Faber, (1933). 8vo, green paper boards, black lettering. First edition. NCBEL IV, 209. A play written for the Group Theatre, founded by Auden's friend Robert Medley Edges slightly rubbed, limited pencil notations on two pages; good copy. Edges of dust jacket slightly creased, otherwise in good condition. [Auden, W[ystan] H[ugh], Contributor, Isherwood, Christoper and John Lehmann, Editors. New Writing . . .New Series I: Autumn 1938. London: The Hogarth Press, 1938. 8vo, original yellow cloth, blue lettering. First edition. Other contributors to this edition of the twice yearly publication include V.S. Pritchett and Stephen Spender. A fine copy in a good slightly dust soiled jacket. Auden, Wystan Hugh. City Without Walls and Other Poems. London: Faber & Faber, 1969. 8vo, black cloth, gilt lettering. First edition. Fine copy in very good dust jacket. Auden, Wystan Hugh and Christopher Isherwood. On The Frontier: A Melodrama in Three Acts. New York: Random House, (1938). 8vo, beige cloth, red lettering. First American edition. Bloomfield and Mendelson A18b. Fine copy; edges of dust jacket slightly chipped, otherwise very good. Auden, W. H. About the House. London: Faber and Faber, 1966. First Edition, second impression. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Auden, W. H. New Year Letter. London: Faber and Faber, 1965. First Edition, second impression. 8vo, red cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Near fine in fine dust jacket. Auden W. H. Selected Poems. London: Faber and Faber, 1938. 12mo, red cloth, gilt lettering. First edition. Bloomfield and Mendelson A17; NCBEL IV, 208. Spine slightly dust soiled otherwise very good. Dust jacket creased across center, spine dust soiled, unclipped; very good.

Auction archive: Lot number 105
Auction:
Datum:
24 Jan 2019
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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