
Poetry
AUDEN, W.H.
The Orators
New York: Random House, 1967
8vo, pp. 85. Original purple three-quarter boards, lettered in gilt to off-white spine. Printed dustwrapper, lettered in purple and black. Top... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
THORPE, Adam
Mornings In The Baltic
London: Secker & Warburg, 1988
8vo, pp. 86. Original stiff paper wrappers, lettered in black on front panel and spine. Stiff paper dustwrapper replicating design of inner wraps, with blurbs to rear panel.
First edition of the author's first book.
THOMAS, R.S.
Not That He Brought Flowers
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1968
8vo, pp. 45. Original cream three-quarter boards, lettered in black and brown to front panel, and gilt to brown spine. Illustrated... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
[illus, BASKIN, Leonard] HUGHES, Ted
Cave Birds
New York: Viking Press, 1978
Oblong 4to, pp. 63. Original black boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper.
First US edition.
HUGHES, Ted
Wodwo
London: Faber, 1967
8vo, pp. 184. Original grey three-quarter boards, lettered in gilt on red to spine. Printed, price-clipped dustwrapper.
First edition.
AUDEN, W.H.
Poems
New York: Random House, 1934
8vo, pp. 218. Original red boards, lettered in gilt to front panel and spine. Lacking the scarce dustwrapper.
First edition, one of... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
THOMAS, R.S.
Frequencies
London: Macmillan, 1978
8vo, pp. 52. Original blue boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Dustwrapper.
First edition, hardback issue.
A fine copy.
AUDEN, W.H.
City Without Walls
London: Faber, 1969
8vo, pp. 124. Original black boards, lettered in gilt to spine.
First edition.
A very nice copy.
AUDEN, W.H.
For The Time Being
London: Faber, 1944
8vo, pp. 124. Original orange boards, lettered in gilt to spine.
First UK edition, the US edition having appeared six months earlier.
HUGHES, Ted
Season Songs
London: Faber, 1976
8vo, pp. 75. Original turquoise, lettered in silver to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper.
First edition.
A fine copy.
[AUDEN, W.H.]
The Living Thoughts of Kierkegaard
New York: David McKay, 1952
Small 8vo, pp. 225. Original red boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated endpapers. No dustwrapper, as issued.
First edition,... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
AUDEN, W.H.
Nones
New York: Random House, 1951
8vo, pp. 81. Original grey three-quarter boards, lettered in gilt to front panel and in gilt on blue to spine. Printed... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
[BETJEMAN, John]
A Garland For The Laureate
Stratford-Upon-Avon: Celandine Press, 1981
Small 4to, unpaginated. Original marbled wrappers, title label lettered in red to front panel.
First edition. No. 166 of ... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
[trans. AUDEN, W.H., and KALLMAN, Chester]
The Magic Flute
New York: Random House, 1957
8vo, pp. 108. Original three-quarter pink and grey striped boards, lettered in mauve, blue, orange and silver to spine. Illustrated... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
AUDEN, W.H.
About The House
London: Faber, 1966
8vo, pp. 94. Original blue boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Errata slip.
First UK edition, preceded by the US edition which appeared six... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
AUDEN, W.H.
Look, Stranger!
London: Faber, 1936
8vo, pp. 68. Original grey boards, lettered in gilt to spine.
First edition.
Auden was less than impressed by Faber's choice of... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
AUDEN, W.H.
A Certain World
London: Faber, 1971
8vo, pp. 452. Original red boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Dustwrapper.
First UK edition, preceded by the US edition of the previous... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
HUGHES, Ted
Birthday Letters
London: Faber, 1998
8vo, pp. 198. Original pale blue boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper.
First edition.
A fine copy.
