W. H Auden
86 copies for sale · $20–$4,000 · 49 first editions · 6 signed
Notable copies for sale
The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$4,000
The Enchafed Flood: Or the Romantic Iconography of the Sea, Three Critical Essays on the R (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$900
Broadside: Natural Linguistics for Peter Salus Signed (first edition, signed) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$300
Collected Longer Poems (first edition, signed) — Bauer Rare Books$35
Collected Shorter Poems; 1927-1957 (first edition, signed) — Bauer Rare Books$30
The Dance of Death (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$2,500
Poems (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$1,800
The Platonic Bow (first edition) — Riverrun Books & Manuscripts$750
Autograph letter signed W.H. Auden , 1 p, to N. John Hall (signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$450
Litany and Anthem for S. Matthew's Day: Written for the Church Of S. Matthew, Northampton (first edition) — Between the Covers$300
THE ORATORS: An English Study (first edition) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$250
The Platonic Blow (first edition) — Riverrun Books & Manuscripts$225
Works on the market
CITY WITHOUT WALLS, ; And Other Poems5 copies · €22–€200
Thank You, Fog: Last Poems4 copies · $60–$125
The Orators: An English Study3 copies · $30–$200
COLLECTED SHORTER POEMS 1927-19573 copies · $35–$89
About the House2 copies · $125–$300
Collected Longer Poems2 copies · $100–$150
The Dance Of Death2 copies · $75–$150
Nones2 copies · £125–£135
SECONDARY WORLDS; The T. S. Eliot Memorial Lectures Delivered At Eliot College in the Univ2 copies · $98–$125
The Gobble Poem snatched from the notebooks of W. H. Auden & now believed to be in the Mor2 copies · $75–$100
Epistle to a Godson & Other Poems2 copies · $20–$50
Mountains2 copies · $20–$25
The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue1 copy · $4,000
The Dance of Death1 copy · $2,500
Poems1 copy · $1,800
The Enchafed Flood: Or the Romantic Iconography of the Sea, Three Critical Essays on the R1 copy · $900
The Platonic Bow1 copy · $750
For the Time Being1 copy · $375
Market context
53 copies of W. H Auden's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $64 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
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