Selected Poems

W. H. Auden

Vintage Books (Random House), March, 1979. First edition, first printing.

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Book: Very Good
Our ref: RCB-644a0789f36e

What we checked, and where to see itRCB-644a0789f36e · 9 photographs of this copy

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"A VINTAGE ORIGINAL, March 1979" stated on copyright page

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Number line "13579B86420" present — lowest digit indicates first printing

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ISBN 0-394-72506-9

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Vintage V-506 on spine

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Edited by Edward Mendelson, published New York

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Flaws, each one named

Heavy uniform tanning/browning to page block edges

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Toning of interior pages throughout

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Crease/soft vertical fold to rear cover

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Light edge and corner wear to covers

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Small surface scuffs near top edge of front cover

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This copy

First edition

What a true first shows: This 'New Edition' Selected Poems, edited by Edward Mendelson, was first published by Vintage as a paperback original in March 1979. That is the true first of this edition/selection.

Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.