W. H. Auden - The Platonic Blow - First Edition Art Inscribed by the author to

Inscribed by the author to the verso of the upper cover

Robert (born 1988)

One of five hundred copies printed

Maurice (1918-2009)

Vita (1892-1962)

W. H. Auden - The Platonic Blow - First Edition Art Inscribed by the author toAUDEN, W. H. (1907 1973). The Platonic Blow. New York, NY: Fuck You Press, 1965. FIRST EDITION, trade edition. Octavo (22 x 18cm), unpaginated [12]. Publisher's card wraps lettered in black to upper, stapled. Bookplate of T. Soco (?) facing the title page, clean within, some marks to covers. Very good. First written by Auden in around 1948 and circulated unpublished until 1965 when Ed Sanders acquired a copy and published it in his magazine Fuck You.