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Robert Graves, W. H. Auden, Pier Paolo Pasolini’. Botteghe Oscure Quaderno XII. , 1953.

Price: US$40.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Botteghe Oscure Quaderno XII Arnoldo Mondadori Editore Roma MCMLIII, 533 [2] pages in wraps in very good condition. First appearances of Robert Graves’ “The Devil is a Protestant,” W. H. Auden’s “Delia,”Pier Paolo Pasolini’s poem “Picasso,” and about 40 other pieces,

Seller: South Willington Book Cartel, WILLINGTON, CT, U.S.A.

AUDEN, W.H. and KALLMAN. Chester. Delia, or, A Masque of Night. Botteghe Oscure, Rome, 1953.

Price: US$900.00 + shipping

Description: 51pp. Original printed wrappers. Rome: Botteghe Oscure, XII, 1953. This libretto for music that was never composed, was originally published in the periodical Botteghe Oscure. It is one of a very few copies with a new title page, binding & pagination that was given to the authors for their personal use. Presentation from Chester (Kallman) - "allegro con brio e andante con amore." Kallman has made two holograph corrections in the text, one indicating "here a page is missing" ! Overall light soil, and a tiny nick on the upper front cover near the spine, otherwise fine. -- Bloomfield C418. Scarce.

Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.

AUDEN, W.H. and Chester Kallman. Delia or A Masque of Night. Botteghe Oscure, Rome, 1953.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition. Wrappers. A trifle age-toned, still easily fine. Very scarce.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.