Mountains. / By W. H. Auden ; [illustrated by Edward Bawden.]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Contributor:

Bawden, Edward, 1903-1989.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

English Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Ariel poems. New series

Language:

English

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered leaves. : illustrations (part color) ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Faber & Faber, 24 Russell Square, MCMLIV [1954]

Notes:

Contains three lithographs: a t.p. depicting a pinnacle surmounted by a rock round which are a river and trees, a colored lithograph of an easel and mountains and lithograph of vampire flying over railway track which vanishes into the mountain.

The outside of the end leaves is colored light greenish yellow and lettered across the front in black. The pamphlet is issued in a strong pink envelope lettered in black: 'An Ariel Poem--Mountains by W.H. Auden; illustrated by Edward Bawden.' Price 2/- net.--Cf. Bloomfield.

Published 16 October 1954 in an edition of 10,000 copies. A remainder of 4,400 copies was sold to W. Heffer & Sons in June 1971."

Cited in:

Bloomfield & Mendelson. W.H. Auden (2nd ed.), A34

OCLC:

676091