SOME POEMS

London: Faber and Faber. 1940. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Publisher's original peach-coloured paper covered boards lettered in blue to upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout, without inscriptions, stamps or spotting. Complete with the near fine original dustwrapper which remains without loss or tears, with just a couple of small marks and a little toning to spine and extremities. Not price-clipped and correctly priced 2/6 net to the front flap. A particularly attractive example. One of a series of introductory volumes published by Faber and Faber under the banner of Sesame Books. Others volumes in the series featured T. S Eliot, Louis Macneice, and Stephen Spender. This selection includes poems previously published in Auden's 'Poems', 'The Orators', 'The Dog Beneath the Skin', 'The Ascent of F6', 'Look Stranger!', 'Letters from Iceland', and 'Journey to a War'. 3550 copies of the first impression were printed (Bloomfield & Mendelson A23). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.