Lot 4423
Auden, W. H. Autograph Letter Signed "Wystan" on the letter and "W.H. Auden" on the envelope, Oxford, England, Jan. 22 (1973), one page, 9 x 7 in. To Richard Eberhart, poet-in-residence at Dartmouth. In part: "…I'm so glad everything at the Poetry Society quietened down….when I was asked if I would stand for President, I had no idea that you were. When I heard, of course I immediately withdrew….The colleges are nice, but Oxford City is sheer hell. Compared with New York, it is four times as crowded, and the traffic noise is at least six times louder. Written in black ink; with envelope. Auden died in September in Vienna.
Estimated Value $400 - 600.
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