[Rarebooks] FS: W. H. Auden INSCRIBED to his secretary who was the model for Rollo Greb in Kerouac's ON THE ROAD

[Charles Agvent]

One of MANY fine W. H. AUDEN items in our inventory including 
manuscripts and signed books.  All can be seen at 
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[AUDEN, W. H.] ISHERWOOD, Christopher. LIONS AND SHADOWS. AN EDUCATION 
IN THE TWENTIES. Norfolk, CT: New Directions, (1947). First Edition. 
Dustwrapper illustration by E. McKnight Kauffer. This copy is INSCRIBED 
and SIGNED on the half-title page by one of the subjects of this 
literary autobiography, W. H. Auden--"Alan/with love/from/Wystan/Xmas 
1947"-- to Beat writer Alan Ansen who worked as Auden's secretary and 
research assistant in 1948-49 and who was the model for Rollo Greb in 
Jack Kerouac's ON THE ROAD and AJ in William Burroughs's NAKED LUNCH. 
Spine tips sunned and bumped. Still Near Fine in a soiled, Near Fine 
dustwrapper. (#014607)        $1,500.00

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