Search Results: the collected poems of edith sitwell by edith sitwell

Duckworth, 1930. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1930. No Edition Remarks. 278 pages. No dust jacket. Fully bound in blue leather. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Pages remain intact. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. Small splits to spine ends. Notable peeling leather to spine and edges. Some marks and scratches to boards.

Duckworth, 1931. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1931. Reprinted. 278 pages. Dust jacket over black cloth with gilt lettering. Light foxing and tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking and mild staining to gutters causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Clipped dust jacket is in two pieces with moderate rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.

Vanguard Press, 1968. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

UsedVeryGood. There is a signature or handwriting on the inside front cover. Pages are clean! The dust jacket has minor damage or small tear. Fast Shipping - Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!

NY:: Vanguard Press,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1954. Hardcover. First edition thus. Previous owner's name on front paste-down, else very good in a very good (edge worn with a chip at the base of the spine, both corners of front flap are clipped) dust jacket. ; 442 pages .

Vanguard Press. hardcover. Very Good. 5x0x7. Hardcover. Very Good / Acceptable Mylar-protected, price clipped dust jacket. Free of any markings and no writings inside. Clear Text. Minor shelf-wear. Paper loss on jacket: bottom half of spine is gone. Paper loss on top edge of jacket. Drawings on inside of jacket that are not visible with Mylar.

NY: The Vanguard Press, (1954). First edition; 8vo.; black cloth covered boards; 1,442 pages; inscribed: "To MissFlorence Waterbury with admiration fro Edith Sitwell; a very good, clean, tight, copy in a rubbed and chipped dust jacket with the $6.50 price intact.

Vanguard Press, 1968-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1968 Vanguard Press hard cover - 1st edition 1st printing - there is a signature of Sitwell on 2nd blank page but she died in 1964 so I find it unlikely that she signed it - owner's name on top closed page edge - minor wear to edge of dust jacket (now in mylar cover) minor staining to page edge - price clipped - otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - enjoy

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1954. Book. Very Good. Original Cloth. Association Copy. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black cloth, lettered in gilt. Slight shelf wear, text block edges a bit toned by age. Dust jacket shows mild rubbing to corners and spine extremities, small U-shaped tear along lower spine panel, top corner of front flap clipped (with $6.50 price intact on bottom corner, so not exactly "price-clipped"). l,442 pp. Presumed 1st, with no additional printings indicated. Poet John Ciardi's copy, with his signature on front flyleaf and his internal notations to several poems, on pp. 134-135, 169-171, extensive notations to "Three Poems of the Atomic Age" (pp. 364-372), 377, 408-414, perhaps a few that we missed, also a note in his hand on Twayne Publishers letterhead that may have been the start of a review: "Dame Edith will reward the most patient reader with a querelous [sic] sort of grace, but he will have to fuss his way… Read More

Vanguard Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in acceptable condition. First edition. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

London: Duckworth, 1930. 1st. h/b. Near fine, 1st edition, Errata slip present, clipped d/j (vg), black boards, tilt spine titling bright, text block firm, pages tight and crisp. Some sunning on endpapers, neat owner's inscription on ffep.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell DBE was born on 7 September 1887 in Scarborough in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Edith was the oldest child and only daughter of her wildly eccentric and unloving parents. Her father, believing she had a spinal deformation, imposed upon her a ÔcureÕ which involved locking her into an iron frame. In 1913 Edith began to publish her poetry, her first was in the Daily Mirror; The Drowned Suns. Unconventional at best as a person her poems reflect this with her exotic costumes and dramatic style all hung on a six foot frame: many adored her, others thought her a poseur. In 1914, the 26-year-old Edith moved to a small, down at heel flat in Bayswater, which she shared with Helen Rootham, her governess since 1903.… Read More

London: Duckworth. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1930. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Limited edition, no. 33 of 320 copies, on handmade paper, number and signed by the author. With frontispiece by Pavel Tchelitehew. Errata slip bound-in before preface. Cloth has light soiling, lightly bumped corners at top. Some foxing on fornt endpapers; goft inscription on front endpaper. ; Signed by Author .

NY.: Vanguard Press, (c1954). Black cloth. Endpapers very lightly foxed, covers & text clean/tight: Near Fine/in priced clipped VG- dj. 8vo.. Fifoot EA 49a. 1st Edition, precedes English Edition. Stamped signature on flyleaf. No 1/2 title page as called for Fifoot.

London: Gerald Duckworth and Co., 1930. Book. Near VG Plus. Hardcover. Signed by the Poet. 1st Edition. Book has minor wear thus nearly very good plus. Glassine wrapper has large chips and toning. Slipcase is poor. Signed by Sitwell #302 of 320 copies. .

London: Duckworth, 1930.  278pp., errata slip tipped-in at copyright page. First trade edition. Very good in publisher's cloth binding and the printed dust jacket in fine condition. Some mottling to covers, offsetting to endpapers, ownership signature of "A.F. Elliott." A notable copy for its dust jacket being in absolutely lovely condition. Connolly 100, entry 67.

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.

London: Gerald Duckworth & Co., 1930. Ltd. Ed.. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Pavel Tchelitchew. Hardcover, pale yellow buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, printed on handmade paper, frontispiece illustration by Pavel Tchelitchew with tissue guard. SIGNED BY SITWELL on the copyright page. #241 of 320 copies. 278 pages, clean, bright copy, errata slip tipped in. No dj or slipcase. Record # 384706

UK: Duckworth, 1930. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Very Good ++. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Edition 1930. The book, which has an errata slip pasted in, must have been a review copy as the book has been signed and dated '1929', and the publisher's date is 1930. The inscription reads: "Hester Gatty 1929". Gatty was the maiden name of Hester Sassoon, Siegfried Sassoon's wife. From the Library of Siegfried Sassoon and Sold by Sotheby's in 1991. Book is very good++ and bright. Contents good. Part of a large library of Sassoon's books More images can be taken upon request. Ref 18083

Not Stated : Duckworth, 1930. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8" by 5". None . Lovely first impression of the collected poems by Edith Sitwell enclosed in its unclipped dust wrapper. First edition, first impression of this work. Complete with errata slip. The collected poems of Edith Sitwell, British poet and critic, eldest of the three literary Sitwell. Her work was often abstract and set to music, but praised by critics for its skilful technique. This volume contains numerous lasting poetry such as 'The Sleeping Beauty' as well as songs and elegies. Complete with unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, light bumping to head and tail of spine. Dust wrapper very smart with minor shelf wear only, unclipped. Internally, firmly bound. Spotting to fore edge, affecting only the odd leaf, pages otherwise bright and clean. Near Fine

(London): Duckworth, 1930. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition, trade issue. Octavo. 278pp., with errata leaf tipped-in at copyright page. Black cloth stamped in gold. Owner's small bookplate on front pastedown, else a near fine copy in slightly rubbed and toned very good or better dust jacket. *Connolly 100* title (#67). A nicer copy than usual.