Engraver's copy with the addition of French text written in red ink together with annotations. Written (in pencil) on the back cover is the verse for W. H. Auden's 'Fish in the unruffled lakes'.
1 manuscript; 13 pages [1r-13r]
Printed from engraved plates; black ink with annotations in red ink, pencil and red crayon; 25.2 x 31.5 cm; plate/catalogue number 'H. 14824'; stamped on page 1r with 'Boosey & Hawkes Ltd Music Publishers' stamp. See Title Page of Collected Volume.
'VOLUME I / ON THIS ISLAND / Words by / W. H. Auden / Music by / BENJAMIN BRITTEN / PRICE 5/- NET / WINTHROP ROGERS / EDITION'.
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