AUDEN, W. H. For the Time Being. N. Y.: Random House (1944). First edition, preceding the English edition. One of 1700 copies. Bloomfield & Mendelson A26a. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. Some light offsetting to endpapers, bookseller's label on back paste-down, spine a bit discolored, otherwise a fine copy in slightly dust-soiled jacket.