THE BALLAD OF BARNABY [A Poem] (To Guitar Accompaniment) by W. H. Auden. Drawings by Edward Gorey / PART OF A HERO [A Poem] by Tennessee Williams

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  • [St. Louis, Missouri]: [No Publisher], 1983
By Williams, Tennessee
[St. Louis, Missouri]: [No Publisher], 1983. First edition thus (with two poems); broadside, printing two poems (issued in 1983): 'The Ballad of Barnaby' by W. H. Auden [on recto], illustrated by Edward Gorey (signed by Edward Gorey), and 'Part of a Hero' by Tennessee Williams [on verso]. A near fine copy. First edition thus (with two poems); broadside, printing two poems (issued in 1983): 'The Ballad of Barnaby' by W. H. Auden [on recto], illustrated by Edward Gorey (signed by Edward Gorey), and 'Part of a Hero' by Tennessee Williams [on verso]. Uncommon, printing 'Part of a Hero' by Tennessee Williams and 'The Ballad of Barnaby' by W. H. Auden.
OCLC also cites a broadside printing of the single poem 'The Ballad of Barnaby' by W. H. Auden, with illustration by Edward Gorey, and making no mention of the Tennessee Williams poem 'Part of a Hero'-- only stating that the W. H. Auden poem was 'Issued for W. H. Auden's memorial service at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, October 3, 1973' [cf. Gotham Book Mart. Edward Gorey booklist, spring/summer 1975, no. 184].

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