THE COLLECTED POEMS OF EDITH SITWELL
by Sitwell, Edith
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Collectible-Very Good+/No Dust Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London & Boston: Gerald Duckworth & Co. And Houghton Mifflin Co., 1930. 278 pages. Poetry by the flamboyant avant-garde poet Dame Edith Sitwell. This is the limited edition--#9 of only 320 copies SIGNED by Sitwell (200 for sale in England; 100 for sale in America). This title is number 67 on Cyril Connelly's list of the 100 Key Books in the Modern Movement in literature. The book is clean and tight with some tanning along the untrimmed deckled fore-edge of the textblock; previous owner's bookplate and neat signature on the front endpapers. The slipcase is not present. Still an appropriate copy for the serious collector.. SIGNED. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good+/No Dust Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Yellow Cloth Covered Boards.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 039628
- Title
- THE COLLECTED POEMS OF EDITH SITWELL
- Author
- Sitwell, Edith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Collectible-Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- Limited First Edition
- Publisher
- Gerald Duckworth & Co. And Houghton Mifflin Co.
- Place of Publication
- London & Boston
- Date Published
- 1930
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary First Editions; Poetry; Autographs and Signed Books;
Terms of Sale
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
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About the Seller
Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Biblio member since 2004
Williamsburg, Virginia
About Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art
Our office, located in historic Williamsburg, Virginia, is open by appointment or by chance. We are antiquarian booksellers who buy and sell carefully selected books for collectors and researchers in many genre. We also sell important autographs and photographs as well as original art, including wood engravings by Winslow Homer and J. J. Lankes; lithographs by Miró, Matisse, Calder, Wengenroth, and others; and works from the American Etching Revival. You can reach us by telephone: (757)378-5400; or by email: twbooks1@cox.net.
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