W. H. Auden — About the House
London, Faber and Faber, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A lovely first edition, first impression of this collection of W. H. Auden's poetry, containing his first use of the haiku. The first edition, first impression of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. An errata slip is tipped in to the acknowledgements page. A collection of poems by the influential poet W. H. Auden (1907-1973), including a sequence of poems about the various rooms in his house in Austria, and his first use of the haiku. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for very light offsetting to the end papers. Dust wrapper is in lovely condition, with light sunning to the spine of the wrap. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Fine.
