W. H. Auden — City without Walls

London, Faber & Faber, 1969. First edition. Hardback. The first U.K. edition of this anthology of shorter poems and a translation of Bertolt Brecht's 'Mutter Courage' by W. H. Auden, with the original dust wrapper. The first U.K. edition, second impression of the work. With the original unclipped dust wrapper.W. H. Auden remains a highly acclaimed Anglophone poet; active during the twentieth century, he is responsible for the composition of several popular poems including 'Funeral Works', also referred to as 'Stop All the Clocks', 'September 1, 1939', 'The Age of Anxiety', and 'Horae Canonicae&apos. City Without Walls is an anthology which features several of Auden's famous shorter poems such as 'Amor Loci', 'The Horatians', Ode to Terminus' and 'Partition', in addition to a handful of his earlier poems, and his translation of Bertolt Brecht's 'Mutter Courage&apos. In the original publisher's binding with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart with light offsetting to the rear first free endpaper. Some minor marks to the wrapper, heaviest to the front and rear. Toning to the wrap's spine. Internally, firmly bound with exceptionally bright, clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.