Auden, W.H.. The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue. Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1948.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: Yellow cloth over boards; 126 pp.; No illustrations. VG- (DJ. missing; Light wear to cloth at extremities; Previous owner's name written inside front cover)
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
AUDEN, W H. The Age of Anxiety A Baroque Eclogue. Faber & Faber, London, 1948.
Price: US$44.81 + shipping
Description: A bright firm book, evidently seldom read, with slight browning and a touch of rippling to the front board , couple of refs on rep in faint ink ; dj (protected, unclipped) is bright with some sunning to the spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: LONGLAND BOOKS, Totteridge, LDN, United Kingdom
W. H. Auden. The Age of Anxiety. Faber & Faber Ltd, London, 1948.
Price: US$51.21 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Lovely first edition of this great work. Bind and cover in great condition, with almost no discolouring or foxing to pages. Laminated Faber jacket. Light water mark at bottom of front and rear cover.
Seller: The Calder Bookshop & Theatre, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$54.70 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 126 pages ; 23cm. Subjects: English poetry, 20th century. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$70.00 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 126 pages ; 23cm. Subjects: English poetry, 20th century. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
AUDEN, W.H.. The Age of Anxiety. Faber & Faber, London, 1948.
Price: US$70.80 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Yellow cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Top edges lightly soiled. Rippling to the cloth at the lower left front board. Pages browning as usual, with some faint foxing to the endpages. Dustjacket has some wear to the outer extremities and some darkening to the spine panel.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Auden, W.H. The Age Of Anxiety. A Baroque Eclogue.. Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1948.
Price: US$89.62 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A Very Good + copy, neat name to ffep in a Very Good + Not Price Clipped Dust Wrapper. First Edition, First Issue.
Seller: Fountain Books (Steve Moody), Eastleigh, United Kingdom
Auden, W. H.. The Age Of Anxiety. A Baroque Eclogue.. Faber and Faber, 1948.
Price: US$96.02 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first issue. Yellow cloth binding with gold titles, bright with light staining mark to back panel and some spots of foxing (see photo), top right corner of front board a little bumped, with all other corners of boards sharp. Dust-wrapper price clipped, spine a little sunned, light staining mark to back panel (see photo) but otherwise clean and bright, no nicks, chips or tears. Held in protective archival mylar sleeve. Neat ownership inscription, some spots of foxing to endpapers.
Seller: Polyanthus Books, London, United Kingdom
W.H. AUDEN. THE AGE OF ANXIETY A BAROQUE ECLOGUE. FABER AND FABER LIMITED, LONDON, 1948.
Price: US$102.42 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: MR Auden's new long poem , A dialoque between a woman and three men : The content of the poem like his previous two volumes . will arouse endless diiscussion and argument. 8vo.126 pages , previous owners signature on front free .generally the inside of the volume is very good. The boards are yellow the front and rear have slightly faded foxing , Back free has offsetting front free has previous owners signature, Jacket is unclipped but is slightly faded ,spine is sunned .
Seller: Highstreet Books ABA ILAB, Honiton, United Kingdom
AUDEN, W.H.. The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue. Faber and Faber, London, 1948.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Description: First Impression, preceded by the American edition published the previous year. Octavo; yellow cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 126pp. Sunning to spine and upper board edges, with contemporary owners name to front endpaper; Very Good+. Dustjacket is price-clipped, spine-sunned, with wear along edges and a few tiny tears; Very Good+. A long poem taking the form of a dialogue between a woman and three men in a bar and an apartment on New York's West Side. Printed in a small run of 3,000 copies. BLOOMFIELD & MENDELSON A29b.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
AUDEN, W.H.. The Age Of Anxiety : A Baroque Eclogue. Faber, London, 1948.
Price: US$121.63 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 126. Original yellow boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Contemporary ownership signature to ffep., otherwise a near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper, spine a little faded and with a little wear to spine head. First UK edition, preceded by the US edition issued the previous year. Auden was awarded the Pulitzer prize for this work in 1948. Bloomfield and Mendelson A-29b.
Seller: Neil Pearson Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Auden, W. H.. The Age Of Anxiety. A Baroque Eclogue.. Faber and Faber, 1948.
Price: US$121.63 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first issue. Yellow cloth binding with gold titles, all bright and clean, top right corner of front board bumped, with all other corners of boards sharp. Dust-wrapper not price clipped, spine a little sunned but otherwise clean and bright, no nicks, chips or tears. Held in protective archival mylar sleeve.
Seller: Polyanthus Books, London, United Kingdom
AUDEN, W.H.. AGE OF ANXIETY: A BAROQUE ECLOGUE. LONDON, FABER, 1948, 1948.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: DUST JACKET FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Auden, W.H.. The Age of Anxiety. A Baroque Eclogue.. Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1948.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Impression. A Fine copy in yellow cloth (spine very slightly mellowed), in a Near Fine green paper dustwrapper, not price-clipped (small wear to crown of spine panel). 126pp. Text and endpapers clean and unmarked. Q17549
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
AUDEN, W. H. The Age of Anxiety. A Baroque Eclogue. Faber, 1948.
Price: US$128.03 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 126 pages. Lemon yellow cloth gilt lettering. A near fine copy which seats square in the binding.
Seller: Roger Collicott Books, Widecombe in the Moor, DEVON, United Kingdom
Auden, W.H.. The Age of Anxiety. A Baroque Eclogue. Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1948.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First English edition, one of 3000 copies, preceded a year earlier by the American edition. 126 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bloomfield & Mendelson A29b First English edition, one of 3000 copies, preceded a year earlier by the American edition.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Auden, W.H.. The Age of Anxiety. A Baroque Eclogue.. Faber and Faber, London, 1948.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Impression. A Fine copy in cream lemon cloth, in a Fine dull grey-green dustwrapper printed in black, not price-clipped. 126pp. Impressive copy. Q05983
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
AUDEN, W. H. THE AGE OF ANXIETY. Faber & Faber (1948), London, 1948.
Price: US$187.50 + shipping
Description: Bloomfield & Mendelson A29b: 3000 copies printed, preceded by the American edition published the previous year which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Very mild foxing to the endpapers and slight soiling to the spine. Mild sunning to dustwrapper spine and the briefest of wear to the crown. Near Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Auden, W.H.. The Age of Anxiety. Faber & Faber, Ltd., 1948.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Faber & Faber, London, 1948. First U.K. Edition. First U.K. Edition. A Baroque Eclogue. Signed by Auden on the title-page. First English edition, first printing, with "First published in mcmxlviii by Faber & Faber Limited" and no mention of a further printing on the copyright page. This was preceded by the American edition (3500 copies) in July 1947. Very fine in a fine price-clipped dj. Excellent condition. Not ex-library. No tears, markings, owner's names, or tears. Pages bright and clean. Comes with near fine unclipped dust-jacket showing (8s.6d.net)
Seller: Bell's Books, Mason, TX, U.S.A.
Auden, W.H.. The Age of Anxiety. A Baroque Eclogue. Faber & Faber, London, 1948.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: DJ in archival cover. Association copy gift inscription from Auden's lover. First English edition, first printing, with "First published in mcmxlviii by Faber & Faber Limited" and no mention of a further printing on the copyright page.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
AUDEN, W. H.. The Age of Anxiety. A Baroque Eclogue. Faber & Faber (1948), London, 1948.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, original yellow cloth, dust jacket. Yellow cloth lightly soiled, otherwise a very good copy. Yellow cloth lightly soiled, otherwise a very good copy. First English edition. Signed "Wystan Auden" on the title-page. Bloomfield & Mendelson A29b.
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books, LLC, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.