{"product_id":"to-2026-112","title":"The Shield of Achilles (SIGNED)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAUDEN, W. H.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Shield of Achilles.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING.\u003c\/strong\u003e New York: Random House, 1955.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned by Auden on the title page in his characteristic manner — the printed \"W. H. Auden\" struck through, his ink signature beneath. Octavo. 84 pp. Tan cloth spine over blue paper-covered boards, in the publisher's dust jacket (priced $3.00). Near fine, with a previous-owner name, sunning to the board edges, and offsetting from a news clipping at pages 52–53; in a very good dust jacket with age toning, some wear to the extremities, and a small loss at the spine head affecting the \"Th\" of the title.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the central books of Auden's American years, gathering verse written between 1951 and 1954 and dedicated to Lincoln and Fidelma Kirstein. The collection is in three parts: the \u003cem\u003eBucolics\u003c\/em\u003e sequence on the elements of landscape (Winds, Woods, Mountains, Lakes, Islands, Plains, Streams); a middle group titled \u003cem\u003eIn Sunshine and In Shade\u003c\/em\u003e, which carries the title poem itself; and the \u003cem\u003eHorae Canonicae\u003c\/em\u003e sequence, Auden's reworking of the canonical hours of monastic prayer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU\u003c\/strong\u003e TO-2026-112\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Auden, W.H.","offers":[{"title":"Near Fine","offer_id":46459954856097,"sku":"TO-2026-112","price":425.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0729\/7001\/0785\/files\/TO-2026-112_01.jpg?v=1784602734","url":"https:\/\/twoorangesbooks.com\/products\/to-2026-112","provider":"Two Oranges Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}