THE SELECTED WRITINGS OF SYDNEY SMITH

New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1956. First Edition. Orange cloth in dust jacket; large 8vo. (vii, xx) 396 pp. Edited with an introduction by Auden of this first comprehensive collection of the letters and essays of the English parson, Whig, "the most famous wit of his generation" (1771-1845). A near fine copy in a dust jacket moderately chipped at the crown and foot and toned spine, else complete and easily very good.