A Certain World: A Commonplace Book
by Auden, W. H
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket of spine toned.
- ISBN 10
- 0670209945
- ISBN 13
- 9780670209941
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Viking. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket of spine toned.. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670209945 . viii, 438pp, index. White and red cloth binding. Red top stain. A compilation of Auden's favorite literary passages on topics from Accidie and Anaesthesia to Writing and the End of the World. A sharp copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
Synopsis
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."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49209
- Title
- A Certain World: A Commonplace Book
- Author
- Auden, W. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket of spine toned.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670209945
- ISBN 13
- 9780670209941
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- 0670209945, Literary Memoir, W. H. Auden
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Memoir; Literary Biography;
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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