Poems

by W. H Auden

$1,800 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books

First edition

London: Faber & Faber, 1930 . First edition, first printing of the poet's first published book. vi , 79 pp. Bound in publisher's blue printed wraps over cardstock covers. Very Good+ with slight slant to spine, light toning to spine and edges, rubbing at joints with minor bumping to corners. Slight soiling covers and minor foxing to textblock edges. Joints holding well, a nicer copy than usually found of this fragile

• Printing: first

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