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

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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.

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