The Prolific and The Devourer

The Ecco Press, 1996. Soft cover. Very Good. 101 pages plus 10-page intro. First Ecco Press paperback edition. Published posthumously, a collection of reflections and aphorisms written in 1939 - "an essential work for understanding the evolution of Auden's life and writing" (back cover). Introduction by Edward Mendelson. Mass-market-sized paperback with matte wraps, lightly soiled including by sticker… Read more about this item

HarperCollins Publishers, 1996. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Ecco, 1996-06-01. Paperback. Good.

Ecco, 1996-06-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

Norton & Company Limited, W. W. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hopewell, NJ: Ecco Press, 1993. Hardcover. x, 101p., preface, very good first trade edition stated in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj.

New York: Antaeus, 1981. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Hardcover issue of the magazine that is devoted to the Auden piece.

HarperCollins Publishers, 1996. Paperback. Like New. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

HarperCollins. New. Special order direct from the distributor

Antaeus, 1981. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. An issue of the literary magazine Antaeus containing a book of reflections by Auden as he transitioned from Marxism to Christianity. Fine in wrappers.

New York: The Ecco Press, 1981. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First trade edition. Introduction by Edward Mendelson. Small octavo. 101pp. Binding tiny bit cocked else fine in fine dust jacket. Advance copy with a sheet laid in (sheet is creased at both ends).

ANTAEUS. NY Summer 1981. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1981. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Near fine in fine dust jacket. (Hint of foxing at edges. ) The Auden piece comprises the entire issue. (B) .

New York: Antaeus/Ecco. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1981. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0912946946 . Hardcover version of the Antaeus literary magazine from Summer 1942. It is comprised almost entirely of an unpublished book by W. H. Auden - The Prolific and the Devourer. Auden began the book of alphorisms and reflections in the… Read more about this item

New York: Ecco, 1993. Paperback. pp. 101. Small 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good+.

HarperCollins, 1996-04-01. Paperback. Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes very good clean copy minor creasing

Antaeus, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Clean, tight copy. Faint wear to cover edges.

Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1981. Preface by Edward Mendelson. Pp. 102(last blank); cr. 8vo; qr. black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, black papered boards with publisher's device in blind on upper board; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; name in ink on upper free endpaper; The Ecco Press, Hopewell, NJ, 1981. First trade edition. *'A book of aphorisms and reflections… Read more about this item

Hopewell, NJ: Ecco, 1981. 101pp. Corners & ends of spine lightly rubbed; slight crease top front cover. . Later. Pb. VG-.

New York: Ecco, 1981 Fine/Fine. Large Octavo. 93 pages. Off-white cloth binding with black lettering and stamped decoration. Hardcover edition of literary magazine Antaeus (#42), edited by Daniel Halpern. The entire issue consists of the Auden work as well as an index to previous issues of the magazine. Auden wrote (and abandoned) this work in the summer of 1939..

ECCO. HOPEWELL 1993. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1993. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. First separate edition. UNCORRECTED PROOF. Near fine in plain tan printed wrappers. (Printed date inked-out & new pub. Date inserted. Faint trace of soiling on rear cover. ) .