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AUDEN, W.H. The Orators. London, [1932]. 8vo, original cloth; dust jacket, spine panel a little age-darkened, a little wear at edges. FIRST EDITION -- Poems. London, [1933]. 8vo, original cloth; dust jacket, spine panel a little age-darkened, a little wear at edges. Second edition -- Another Time. New York, [1940]. 8vo, original cloth; dust jacket, some chipping at edges, spine panel age-darkened. FIRST EDITION -- The Double Man. New York, [1941]. 8vo, original cloth; dust jacket, some chipping near head of spine panel. FIRST EDITION. Laid in is a typed note signed by Auden (Kirchstetten, 21 July 1972) and a front free endpaper (and half-title) from The Double Man, inscribed and signed by Auden -- The Age of Anxiety. New York, [1947]. 8vo, original cloth; dust jacket. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION -- The Age of Anxiety. London, [1948]. 8vo, original cloth; dust jacket. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION -- The Shield of Achilles. New York, [1951]. 8vo, original half cloth; dust jacket, defective. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY AUDEN TO MARGARET TRUMAN on the front free endpaper: "Mrs. Margaret Truman with best wishes from a fellow opera fan. W.H. Auden Feb. 8th 1956" ( recipient's signature a little rubbed ) -- Homage to Clio. New York, [1960]. 8vo, original cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION -- The City Without Walls. London, [1969]. 8vo, original cloth; dust jacket. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, SIGNED by Auden on the title-page -- AUDEN, W.H. and CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD. Journey to a War. New York, [1939]. 8vo, original cloth; dust jacket -- AUDEN, W.H. and LOUIS MacNEICE. Letters from Iceland. New York, [1937]. 8vo, original cloth; dust jacket. (12)