The Age of Anxiety, W. H. Auden - First Edition, 1st Printing - 1947

First Edition, First Printing of The Age of Anxiety by W.H. Auden in beautiful condition!

Stated 'First Printing' on copyright page. The first edition of The Age of Anxiety was published in New York by Random House in 1947. There were 3,500 copies in the original printing. The first edition has green boards, lettered in gilt on spine.

Small closed tear on front dust jacket near spine. Very minor edge wear. Not price clipped. Book itself has name plate on front inside cover under dust jacket. No markings or inscriptions.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and basis of Leonard Bernstein's "Symphony, no. 2," this book is one of Auden's most accomplished works.

Dust jacket is protected by removable mylar cover.