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Facades: Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell
by Pearson, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG++/VG++
- ISBN 10
- 0333254759
- ISBN 13
- 9780333254752
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st.* Date: 1978.* Pub: Macmillan.* Binding and cover condition: Light brown textured cloth covered boards with gilt title to mid brown spine label and no title to face. No bumps, minor rubs, minimal shelf wear to head and tail of spine. No other visible faults. VG++* Jacket condition: B/w photo-illustrated dust wrapper. Not price clipped showing a shelf price of £9.95.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning. Strong toning and spotting to top edge, but no other visible faults. VG+* Illustrations: 20 pp. b/w photos within text throughout.* Pages: 507 pp. text. xxix pp. sources, references, index & blank pages at rear.* Description: Pearson's book Facades was the first full-scale detailed biography of the Sitwell siblings Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell. It was published in 1978 and details their literary successes, their impact on society during the 1920's and 1930's, their friendships, including those with Ezra Pound, Elliott, Aldous Huxley, and Dylan Thomas, their standing as distinguished literary figures during and after the Second World War, the difficulties of their personal lives and the disagreements between the three of them in old age.* A NEAR VG++ copy of the 1st./1st. with some minor faults and darkened top edge reducing it to VG+. Dust jacket now in clear un-attached protective wrapper.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9187
- Title
- Facades: Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell
- Author
- Pearson, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+/VG++/VG++
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0333254759
- ISBN 13
- 9780333254752
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London UK. 538
- Date Published
- 1978-01-01
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