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Author: Auden, W.H.
Title: A selection of W.H. Auden ephemera
Place Published: Various places
Publisher:
Date Published: Various dates
Description:

Comprises:

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  Duplicate manuscript of Auden's 1969 poetry collection, City Without Walls, 33x22 cm (13x8½") xeroxed sheets with type on one side only, stapled at the top. Signed and inscribed by Auden in blue pen on the cover sheet: "With best wishes from W.H. Auden - August 1969." Holograph pencil marks in Auden's hand are scattered throughout the manuscript as well.


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  A copy of Life Magazine (January 30, 1970) with a 4 page article by Webster Schott, titled: "W.H. Auden: Chief Poet of the Age of Anxiety." Also present are 3 original full page photos from the magazine shoot, 35.5x27.5 cm (14x11"), plus 9 sheets of contact photos taken by photographer Harry Redl. (Schott and his wife are in many of the photographs). With the original Life packaging. 

 

A selection of unique W.H. Auden ephemera, including a signed manuscript and many unpublished images.
Webster Schott was a reviewer for New Directions, the NY Times, and numerous other publications and was one of the founders of the ACLU in Kansas City.  He was good friends with such authors as Evan S. Connell, James Laughlin, W.H. Auden, and especially William Carlos Williams.

Photographs and contact sheets with some edgewear; light wear to magazine wrappers; manuscript with some edgewear and mild toning; all pieces very good or better.