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AUDEN, W.H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 & KALLMAN, Chester, ...
THE RAKE'S PROGRESS : OPERA IN THREE ACTS. MUSIC BY IGOR STAWINSKY. LIBRETTO BY W. H. AUDEN AND CHESTER KALLMAN.
London : Boosey & Hawkes, 1951. First edition: the first issue, with the original (2/6) price on the title-page. The text of the Auden and Kallman libretto. Post 8vo. 60pp. Original yellow wraps, printed on upper wrap in black; wraps heavily spotted; staples rusting; some internal marks and slight creases; a serviceable if not particularly appealing copy. A duplicate from the collection of the late Barry Bloomfield, Auden's bibliographer. Bloomfield & Mendelson A33a.
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- ordernr.: 19755
- bookseller: Ash Rare Books (GREAT BRITAIN)
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