[Rarebooks] FS: W. H. Auden's First Appearance in Print

[Charles Agvent]

(AUDEN,  W.  H.).  PUBLIC SCHOOL  VERSE.  AN  ANTHOLOGY.
          VOLUME   IV  1923--1924.  London:   Heinemann  (1924).  First
          Edition.  Cloth-backed boards. Bloomfield & Mendelson B1: 500
          copies  printed. Auden's first appearance in print (his  name
          is given  as W. H. Arden) is the poem in this book, "Woods in
          Rain."  Laid in are three interesting contemporary  newspaper
          reviews  of the book provided by a clipping service, not  one
          of which  mentions  Auden's poem. Initials of original  owner
          on front  endpaper. Paper spine label chipped affecting date.
          Mild discoloration  to  boards  and   endpapers.  Near  Fine,
          issued without dustwrapper, and quite uncommon.       $450.00


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