Stephen Spender
75 copies for sale · $20–$9,000 · 45 first editions · 9 signed
Notable copies for sale
Cyril Connolly: A Memoir Limited Edition, with Signed bookplate laid in (first edition, signed) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$125
First line : Ladies and gentlemen, you know... (first edition, signed) — Between the Covers$450
STEPHEN SPENDER JOURNALS, 1939-1983; Signed Franklin Library (first edition, signed) — Rare Book Cellar$273
Journals 1939-1983 (first edition, signed) — Good Books in the Woods$28
Archive of 68 ALSs and TLSs addressed to his translator Shozo Tokunaga (signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$9,000
RUINS AND VISIONS (first edition, signed) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$100
Francis Bacon (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$300
Forward from liberalism (first edition) — Rulon-Miller Books$50
The New Realism. A Discussion (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$50
Life and the Poet (first edition) — Between the Covers$50
THE THIRTIES AND AFTER; Poetry, Politics, People, 1933's-1970's (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$48
SELECTED POEMS (first edition) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$45
Works on the market
HOCKNEY'S ALPHABET3 copies · $2,900–$7,500
POEMS3 copies · $20–$600
LOVE HATE RELATIONS; English and American Sensibilities3 copies · $21–$47
RUINS AND VISIONS2 copies · $35–$100
The Edge of Being2 copies · £55–£75
The Generous Days2 copies · $40–$75
W. H. AUDEN: A TRIBUTE2 copies · $48–$73
WORLD WITHIN WORLD2 copies · $35–$38
Collected Poems 1928-19532 copies · $30–$35
Generous Days2 copies · $30–$35
The Temple2 copies · $20
First line : Ladies and gentlemen, you know...1 copy · $450
Francis Bacon1 copy · $300
JOURNALS 1939-1983; Franklin Library Signed1 copy · $273
Herbert List Junge Manner HC 1988 Photography1 copy · $117
The Burning Cactus1 copy · $100
Vienna1 copy · $100
Market context
38 copies of Stephen Spender's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $41 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
Spiritual Exercises, one of 125 copies, signed presentation inscription from the author an (forum, 2026-07-02)£110
Vienna, 1st edition, 1934 (dominic winter, 2026-07-01)£240
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