The Orators

New York: Random House, 1967. First American Edition. Hardcover. VG-/VG- clean/tight; light rubbing but art school ex-lib. with usual marks.. Magenta boards/beige spine. Beige/magenta dj with magenta/black lettering. Mylar cover. viii, 85, [1] with no illustrations. "A brilliant experiment in poetry and prose, The Orators is not a collection but a single work on the central theme of… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1966. Third edition. Loose Sheets. Very Good. 8vo. Loose galley sheets for the third edition of Auden's first major work. Very good condition. 102 pp.

This is W.H. Auden's second published work, 'The Orators,' authored by the leading modernist poet and thinker. It is steeped in the tradition of modernism, showcasing all the hallmark features of modernist literature, including experiments in voice, poetic form, and subjective experience. It holds significant importance as a contributor to modernist poetry. The composition weaves together prose and interlocking verses,… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1934. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". None. A smart second edition of Auden's long modernist poem in prose and verse. Second edition. A long poem in prose and verse considered a major contribution to modernist poetry in the English language. The work is divided… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, [1967]. First Separate American Edition. Octavo (21.75cm.); original linen-backed boards in red and tan dust jacket, black topstain; [2],viii,85pp. Some wear to jacket extremities, including small loss at top edge of rear panel, very shallow tape repair to verso, else Fine in Near Very Good jacket. Long poem first published in Great Britain in 1932.… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1946. Hardcover in good condition, with dust jacket in acceptable condition. Second reprint of the second edition, 1946. Jacket is sunned and worn, with the spine, frontside torn almost all the way through. Edges are also creased and torn. Boards' extremities are lightly bumped. Previous owner's name penned to FEP; minor foxing on endpapers. Age-related… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Bump on foredge, very good or better lacking the dust jacket. Poet Donald Justice's copy with his ownership Signature. Laid in is an autograph note from "Mark" returing the book to Justice who had "loaned it to me in Iowa City, of course." We think it's possible… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1967. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Small smudge on front board else about fine in very good or better dust jacket with a short tear and a couple of tiny spots on the front wrap.

New York: Random House, 1967 First American Edition (stated) in original $4.00-priced dust jacket, no markings, NOT ex-lib, navy (or black) topstain unfaded, magenta papered boards with gilt-stamped oatmeal linen shelfback are sharp-cornered and immaculate, jacket is a touch darkened at the spine, slight offsetting to endpapers, else Fine unread copy, originally published in England in 1932; 8vo; (viii) 85pp.… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1966. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof of the third edition. Printed green wrappers. Near fine with modest age-toning.

New York: Random House, 1967. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition (revised and with a new foreword from the much earlier English edition). Fine in just about fine dustwrapper with a tiny rubbed spot. A *Connolly 100* title.

London: Faber and Faber, 1966. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. Third Edition. 102pp. Offsetting to endpapers, else a very good hardback in a lightly rubbed jacket that has a small triangualr chip to the top of the front panel and some minor loss to the head of the spine.

First Edition. Pages clean with no pen inscriptions or annotations. The previous owner has stuck in with book glue two articals as shown in photos. The one inside front cover is about Auden and The Orators the one inside the back cover is regarding other poets published by faber and faber 1909 - 1925. There is foxing on front and… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1967. Hardcover. Near fine/very good. First American Edition. Cloth-backed boards in dust jacket, clean unmarked text, near fine copy in very good dust jacket, off-setting to the endpapers, some soiling or discoloration to the dust jacket, edgewear to the dust jacket including minor creasing and light tearing.

RANDOM HOUSE, 1967. First Thus. Hardcover. USED Good/Good Jacket. Stated first American edition. Signed by author on title page. Text clean, binding tight; spotting to page-edges and to jacket. Jacket in mylar wrap and not clipped. Edgewear to jacket.

London: Faber and Faber, 1966. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof of the third edition. Printed green wrappers. Name carefully erased from the front wrap, else near fine with modest age-toning.

New York:: Random House,, [1967].. First separate American edition.. publisher's cloth-backed boards in dust jacket.. A fine copy in a fin dust jacket.. 8vo,.

London: Faber & Faber, Limited, 1934 Book. Good Minus. Hardcover. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black cloth on boards. Three tiny worm holes in inner margin of cover and first 20 pp. Book I, The Initiates. Address for a Prize Day. Argument. Statement. Letter to a Wound. Book II, Journal of an Airman. Book III, Six… Read more about this item

Faber & Faber, 1932. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Faber & Faber 1932, first edition. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text.

London: Faber & Faber, 1944. Hardcover without jacket. Second reprint of the second edition, 1946. Spine is faded, with one minor mark; boards' extremities are lightly bumped. Small label on front pastedown; minor foxing on endpapers. Age-related marks on very few page edges within. Binding is sound; all text is clear. TS. Hardcover. Good. Used.