About the House
London: Faber and Faber, 1965. First Printing. Hardcover. First Printing, one of 4000 copies. Tall, slim 8vo: 94pp. with errata slip tipped in facing page 7. Publisher's pale blue linen cloth, spine stamped in gold; price-clipped typographic dust jacket printed in black, olive green and purple. About Fine (owner's name to fly-leaf) and apparently unread; about Fine jacket (trivial nicks to spine panel ends, very lightly dust-soiled back panel). Bloomfield & Mendelson A49b. Fine- / Fine-. Item #BB1772
Late collection of 28 poems, many about the rooms of Auden's Vienna house, preceded by the American edition published six months earlier. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).
Price: $64.00