COLLECTED POEMS

First edition, first printing. Original green cloth lettered in gilt to the spine, in dustwrapper. An excellent, very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. A touch of rubbing to spine tips and the merest bump to the upper corners. Complete with the dustwrapper (in its matte first state) with a very small abrasion (c. 4 x 2 mm) to the upper edge of the front panel and a touch of rubbing to spine tips and corners. Not price-clipped (£8.50 net to the front flap). An attractive copy.

This was the first appearance of the collection which remains the standard edition of the poet's work to this day. Faber have reissued the volume in various guises over the years, but this original green and white design remains the most striking and attractive. The volume collects the poems that Auden wished to preserve, in their final revised form.