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A Certain World: A Commonplace Book
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A Certain World: A Commonplace Book Hardcover - 1970

by W. H. Auden


About this book

A Certain World is an anthology of alphabetically arranged passages and quotations, valued by Auden from other authors . Auden described this work as the closest he would ever come to writing an autobiography. It was, he wrote, "a map of my planet."

First Edition Identification

First published in New York by Viking Press, 1970. Original yellow stiff paper wrappers, lettered in black on the front panel. Projected publication dates and prices inked to front.

The first Uk edition of A Certain World was published by Faber and Faber, London, 1971. Octavo, original red cloth with titles to spine in gilt.

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  • Title A Certain World: A Commonplace Book
  • Author W. H. Auden
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 438
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher The Viking Press, New York
  • Date 1970
  • ISBN 9780670209941
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