Forewords & Afterwords

New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Beige cloth over boards, backed in contrasting black cloth; gilt titles; blue publisher's top-stain; dustjacket; 529pp. A fine, unmarked copy but for a small spot of fading to top-stain. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $12.95 on front flap), mildly dusted but still crisp and unworn, very Near Fine. A substantial collection of Auden's reviews, mainly for the New York Review of Books and The New Yorker.