A Certain World: A Commonplace Book
by Auden, W.H. (Wystan Hugh )
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670209945
- ISBN 13
- 9780670209941
- Seller
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Hagerstown, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
NY: Viking Press, 1970. First American Edition; dj w/lite wear only, unclipped price, in mylar; cream c w/red boards, black spine titles; 438 clean, unmarked pages/index. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo; 2.5 Pounds.
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
- Dorley House Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018176a
- Title
- A Certain World: A Commonplace Book
- Author
- Auden, W.H. (Wystan Hugh )
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0670209945
- ISBN 13
- 9780670209941
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- 8vo; 2.5 Pounds
- Keywords
- Literary Journals
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