xiii, 67 pp. Original blue paper boards, printed in light blue, with the dust jacket. Top edge of boards a little sunned, jacket spine tanned (as usually seen) with some light soiling. Volume 49 of the Yale Series of Younger Poets, chosen and with an introduction by W.H. Auden. According to Bloomfield and Mendelson's bibliography of Auden, 511 copies were printed. The rare debut volume by a major American poet. Seller Inventory # 2021

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Title: A Mask for Janus

Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven

Publication Date: 1952

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: First edition.

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