Letters From Iceland by W.H. Auden / Louis MacNeice - 1937

Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.: Paragon House. Tight and square trade paperback. Pictorial wraps. Slight curl and wear to top front corner of wrap. Pages are clean and bright throughout. Stated first paperback edition. Illustrated. "In 1937, two young English poets, W.H. Auden and Louis MacNeice, embarked on a trip to Iceland. This is the record of their impressions in prose and verse, illustrated with Auden's photographs, of what back then was still considered a Northern frontier." . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1990.

Faber & Faber,, 1937T. hardcover. Very Good. **1st Edition** **HARDBACK** Faber; no dust jacket; tape repair to spine

London: Faber and Faber, 1937. Light tanning, crease down spine, pastedowns foxed, gutters cracked, content clean and bright.. First Edition. Cloth. Good Minus/No Jacket. 8vo.

Faber & Faber, London, 1937.. /Dust Jacket Included. 1937. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 268pp, photo illustrations, folding map, owner's name on endpaper, edges browning, text clean and sound, green cloth, Very Good condition in frayed and browning dustwrapper, not price-clipped, some old taped repairs to rear .

W. H. Auden and Louis MacNeice, 2002-01-11. Paperback. Good. Clean cover and text. Tight, square binding. Page edges are yellowing. 1985 Faber and Faber reissue.

London: Faber & Faber 1937. 8vo. First Edition. 268 pp. Green cloth with red lettering to spine within illustrated jacket, not price clipped. Jacket is slightly worn at edge, with a little loss to both head and tail. Otherwise all in near fine condition. With 58 illustrations, including photographs of the authors in spectacular Icelandic landscapes, 6 diagrams and graphs, and a fold-out map of Iceland. A travel book written in prose and verse, largely through a series of letters. With a few pieces of original Faber & Faber material, such as a card for sending off for more books, and an advertisement for a W. H. Auden play. . Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 1937.

New York: Random House. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1937. Later Printing. Hardcover. Spine has light wear to the upper end, slight wear to the lower end, and is browned. Spine label has some tiny spots and is browned. Covers have browning to the edges. ; Inscribed on the half-title page "For Ruth- at last! But also alas! Because the Island gone. Winar" [W. H. Auden's nickname] .

London: Faber and Faber. 1937. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author, W. H. Auden. Original green cloth with red and grey lettering to the spine, in the dustwrapper, the front panel illustrated with a half-tone landscape photograph. With 51 illustrations, six diagrams and fold-out map. Upper edge with the publisher's blue topstain. A near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth and lettering sharp, the contents clean throughout. Light toning to extremities of the cloth where light has seeped beneath the wrapper.2 A touch rubbed and pushed to the lower spine tip. Very light (barely visible) spotting to the fore-edge of the page block. In the better than usual example of the dustwrapper, the red lettering on the spine a little faded, rubbed and nicked to spine tips and corners, the laminate toned as usual. Not price-clipped (9s. net to the front flap). A particularly sharp and bright example. Neatly signed by Auden in black ink to the centre… Read More