Dyer's Hand and Other Essays
by Auden, W H
The Dyer’s Hand and Other Essays written by W.H. Auden contains a collection of essays, reviews, and lectures written between 1950 and 1962. The book portrays insight of Auden's’ teachings as a professor of poetry at the University of Oxford, characterized by his aphorisms and notes. Many of these pieces were not previously published and were first released in this collection. One of the more famously recorded pieces in the book was his inaugural lecture, “Making, Knowing and Judging”. The book was dedicated to Auden’s tutor at Oxford, Nevil Coghill.
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Random House published the First Printing, First Edition in New York, 1962. The hardcover is characterized by teal cloth over boards, with gilt lettering to the spine. First edition dust jacket is cream-colored with red lettering.
Faber and Faber published a First Edition in London, 1963-1964. Teal cloth over boards, with gilt lettering to the spine. Cream-colored dust jacket and red lettering.
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Faber and Faber published a limited edition paperback in the U.S., 1975. It features a cream cover and red lettering.
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DYERS HAND & OTHER ESSAYS
by Auden, W H
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New York: Random House. Hardcover. 1962. 1st Edition. 8vo 527pp . Very Good in Very Good DJ. One bottom corner lightly bumped. DJ lightly soiled and spine shows some browning. In this book Auden has assembled, edited and arranged the best of his prose writing, including the famous lectures he delivered as Oxford Professor of Poetry . Item Price
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New York: Random House, 1962. First edition, stated first printing. 1962. Turquise cloth, top edge tinted black, 528 pages, with dustjacket. Very good condition with a trace of subtle light spotting to covers, good hinges, firm text block, clean pages, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is not priceclipped [7.50] and has 11/62 at lower edge of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Faber, London, 1963. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition (first printing), issued a year after the American edition, and including a few corrections from that earlier issue. 8vo. vii, 527pp. Green cloth lettered and ruled in gold at the spine. Some quite light toning to the endpapers. A very good copy in very good price-clipped dust wrapper,… Read more about this item Item Price
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