W. H. Auden's Oxford Book of Light Verse by W. H. Auden

by W. H. Auden

Oxford University Press, 1979, ISBN 0198813317, hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, age toned pages, a little foxing, dustjacket shows a little edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, a little chipping with a few small tears (see photographs)

“Hailed when it was first published in 1938 as ‘one of the liveliest and most original anthologies ever compiled’, W. H. Auden’s Oxford Book of Light Verse has remained popular ever since.
Auden took ‘light verse’ to include all verse which is popular in its form and easily understood, verse which is neither deeply emotional nor obscure.  Consequently in this famous collection, nursery rhymes, folk songs, blues ballads, and popular verse all rub shoulders with the likes of Herrick, Pope, Burns, Byron and Lawrence…”