The Age Of Anxiety

by Auden, W H

The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue was first published in 1947 by Random House. This book is a long poem written in six parts, the story deals with man's quest to find substance and identity in a shifting and increasingly industrialized world. Set in a wartime bar in New York City, Auden centers around four characters - Quant, Malin, Rosetta, and Emble -  to explore and develop his themes.

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The first edition of The Age of Anxiety was published in New York by Random House in 1947. There were 3500 copies in the original printing. Original green boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Top edge red. 

First UK Edition published in London by Faber & Faber, 1948. Faber issued this first printing in the UK of 3,000 copies. Features yellow cloth with gilt lettering to the spine.

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by AUDEN, W. H

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New York: Random House, (1947). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a bright, Fine dustwrapper and increasingly uncommon thus. Bloomfield A29: 3500 copies printed, preceding the English edition. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and basis of Leonard Bernstein's "Symphony, no. 2," this book is one of Auden's finest accomplishments.
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London: Faber & Faber, (1948). First British Edition. Hardcover. Very mild foxing to the endpapers and slight soiling to the spine. Mild sunning to dustwrapper spine and the briefest of wear to the crown. Near Fine in Near Fine dustwrapper. Bloomfield & Mendelson A29b: 3000 copies printed, preceded by the American edition published the previous year which was… Read more about this item
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New York: Random House, (1947). First Edition. Hardcover. Owner name on front endpaper and copious but light pencil notes on rear endpaper. About Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with some darkening and soiling. Bloomfield & Mendelson A29: 3500 copies printed, precedes English edition. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and basis of Leonard Bernstein's "Symphony, no. 2," this… Read more about this item
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Random House, 1947. Hardcover. Good. 1947. Twelfth Printing. 138 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Stamp to front free endpaper. Light creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Small… Read more about this item
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The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue

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London: Faber and Faber, 1948. First U.K. Edition. First Impression, preceded by the American edition published the previous year. Octavo; yellow cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 126pp. Sunning to spine and upper board edges, with contemporary owners name to front endpaper; Very Good+. Dustjacket is price-clipped, spine-sunned, with wear along edges and a few tiny… Read more about this item
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The Age of Anxiety:  A Baroque Ecologue

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New York: Random House, 1947 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Green cloth, gilt on maroon titles on spine, [v], 138 pp. Slight shelf wear. Shipping weight 1 lb.. First Printing. . Near Fine/No dj. 19 X 12½ cm.
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Random House, 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Printing (so stated), one of 3500 copies. Small, slim 8vo.; [6], 138pp. Original teal cloth, the spine stamped in gilt within a red title block, top edge stained brown; in a red and cream typographic dust jacket lettered in black. A very good first edition book in a… Read more about this item
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THE AGE OF ANXIETY: A BAROQUE ECLOGUE

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Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2011. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A Fine, Collectible book. First annotated, critical edition, edited and with an introduction by Alan Jacobs. Bright, clean & tight copy. "When it was first published in 1947, THE AGE OF ANXIETY--W. H. Auden's last, longest, and most ambitious book-length poem--immediately struck a powerful chord, capturing… Read more about this item
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New York: Random House, 1947. Near Fine in a Very Good dustjacket. Fully bound in blue-green cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt and red. Red topstain. 138pps. Stated second printing. There is a mild bump to the lower front tip and a small closed tear at the bottom of page 138. Otherwise… Read more about this item
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LONDON, FABER, 1948, 1948. DUST JACKET FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. Hardcover.
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The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue (W. H. Auden: Critical Editions)

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NY: Random House, (1947).. First edition.. 138 pp. Previous owner’s inked name and date to the front free endpaper, else near fine in very good dust jacket with chipping to crown of spine with a tear, and chips to tips of flap folds. Winner of the 1948 Pulitzer Prize.
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The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue

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London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1948. Hardcover. VG- (DJ. missing; Light wear to cloth at extremities; Previous owner's name written inside front cover). Yellow cloth over boards; 126 pp.; No illustrations.
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NY: Random House, [1948].. First edition, fourth printing.. 138 pp. Very near fine in near fine dust jacket with a small stamp to the front flap and a one inch closed tear.
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The age of anxiety : a baroque eclogue

The age of anxiety : a baroque eclogue

by Auden, W.H. (Wystan Hugh) (1907-1973)

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London : Faber and Faber, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 126 pages ; 23cm. Subjects: English poetry, 20th century.
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New York: Random House, 1947. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Just about fine in very good dust jacket with toning and modest soil, several very small chips and tears, and two diagonal creases on the rear flap. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1948. The American edition precedes the English by a year.
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