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Auden (Wystan Hugh, 1907-1973). Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Wystan Auden’, Kirchstetten (Westbahn), Hinterholz #6, Austria, 20 April [1967], to Anthony Rossiter 'Many thanks for the [R. D.] Laing book which I thought excellent. Hope you will not dislike the enclosed', a little creasing, on personal stationery in blue ballpoint pen, 1 page, 4to, together with the aforementioned original typed poem by Auden, 'Prologue at Sixty', sellotape adhesion mark at head of first page not affecting legibility, 2 pages (back-to-back), small narrow folio, plus a two-page carbon copy of a different fair typed copy of the same poem, dated by Rossiter 'April 20th 1967' at head, folio, with the accompanying envelope (Quantity: 3) 'Prologue at Sixty' was first published in New York Review of Books, 18 May 1967, later appearing in Auden's collection, City without Walls and Other Poems (Faber, 1969). Provenance: From the family, by direct descent. For further information please see https://www.anthonyrossiter.co.uk