ɐn ᵻdˈɪʃən wʌz pˈʌblɪʃt ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti sˈɛvən baɪ fˈæɹɑːɹ, stɹˈaʊs ænd dʒˈaɪɹuː wɪð ˌɪləstɹˈeɪʃənz baɪ mˈɔːɹɪs sˈɛndæk ænd ɐn ˈæftɚwˌɜːd baɪ dˈʌbəljˌuː. ˈeɪtʃ. ˈɔːdən.
An edition was published in 1967 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux with illustrations by Maurice Sendak and an Afterword by W. H. Auden.