Collected Longer Poems.

AUDEN, W. H.

Published by London: Faber and Faber, 1968

First edition, first impression, familiarly inscribed by Auden using his first name reserved for friends, "with love from Wystan" on the title page. This copy derives from the library of his close friend and fellow writer James Stern (1904-1993), though without his ownership mark. Auden was first introduced to James and Tania Stern by Christopher Isherwood, at the Café de Flore in Paris, January 1937, and he solidified the bond after moving to New York in 1939. They collaborated on several literary projects including a radio version of D. H. Lawrence's short story "The Rocking Horse Winner" in 1941, and a joint translation in 1944 of Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle. It was in this year that Auden dedicated his long poem The Sea and the Mirror (included in this edition, making it a quasi-dedication copy) to the Sterns. Stern was notable in his own right for several collections of short stories, and with his wife also published English translations of Kafka and Freud. Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles gilt to spine. With dust jacket. Dampstaining affecting cloth and crinkling the jacket, spine panel a little sunned, still a relatively smart copy, sound and clean within, good condition. Seller Inventory # 189319

Bibliographic Details

Title: Collected Longer Poems.
Publisher: London: Faber and Faber, 1968
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition