THE ORATORS. AN ENGLISH STUDY by AUDEN, W. H - (1932)

London: Faber (1966). 3rd edn, revised.. 8vo. 102 pp. Blue colth. A little light wear to edges else fine. White jacket is price clipped with some light rubbing and soiling..

Faber & Faber Limited. Good with no dust jacket. 1934. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY - customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. No d/j. Foxing to endpapers. PO name in ink on ffep. Red stain at back hinge between bfep and bep. Some wear to spine ends. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

New York: Random House, 1967. First American edition, printed from the third English edition, but the additions and revisions by Auden. 1 vols. 8vo. Violet boards, grey cloth spine. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. First American edition, printed from the third English edition, but the additions and revisions by Auden. 1 vols. 8vo.

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1934. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 9" by 5.5". None. The second edition of W. H. Auden's long poem, a popular Modernist work. The second, revised edition of this work.In the reginal unclipped dustwrapper.W. H. Auden's popular long poem written in prose and verse, a major contribution to English modernist poetry in the twentieth century.Bookseller's label to the front pastedown. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. A few light marks to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Dustwrapper is edgeworn, with some small closed tears and chips. Wraps are a little discoloured with some marks. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with some spots to the first and last few pages. Very Good Indeed

London: Faber & Faber, 1932. First edition. Black cloth; 8vo. Only 1000 copies printed. A Connolly 100 title. A good or better copy with foxing to the endpapers, but little elsewhere; lightly faded blue topstain. Later dust jacket circa 1941; spine toned with one short closed tear, price 7/6 intact. Overall about very good. Bloomfield A3a.

London: Faber & Faber, 1934. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Second edition and first revised edition. Large bookplate awarding the book Wellington College Latin Prose Prize to a pupil, light foxing on endpapers else a fine copy in a nice very good dust jacket, is slightly browned on spine, with small nicks and tears. *Connolly* 100 title.

London: Faber & Faber, 1932. First edition. Black cloth; 8vo. Bloomfield A3a; only 1000 copies printed. A Connolly 100 title. John Cheever's copy with his name "J W Cheever" in ink on the front free end paper. A good or better copy with foxing to the endpapers and prelims, but little elsewhere. Lacking the scarce dust jacket. Nice association between these contemporaries; two giants of 20C literature.

NY: Random House, 1967. First US edition, first prnt. Originally puiblished by Faber & Faber in 1932. Signed by Auden on the title page. Dustjacket with touched corners and minimal wear at spine ends. Tight, bright copy in Fine condition in a Very Good dustjacket with an archival cover. A Connolly 100 title.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Random House, (1967). First American Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Originally published by Faber & Faber in 1932, this edition is revised with a new foreword. This copy is SIGNED by the poet on the title page with an ink stroke through his printed name.