Gardeners and Astronomers

London: Macmillan & Co , 1953. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 5.5". None . First edition, first impression of this charming collection of poems by Edith Sitwell, a smart copy. Edith Sitwell's poetry anthology, containing poems which reflect the author's assurance of the spiritual patters behind the materiality of the atomic age. Concerning themes of… Read more about this item

New York: Vanguard Press, 1953. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine-/Fine-. First Edition, American issue, one of only 2500 copies, published the same month (November) as the London edition, which had a print run of 4000. Demy 8vo (234 x 151mm): 60,[2]pp, with six full-page black and white illustrations (including frontispiece). Publisher's half-bound lime-green cloth, spine lettered in silver, violet… Read more about this item

Macdonald, UK, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Book Size: Slim 8vo (8 to 9 inches). Item Type: Book. Binding tight, spine fine. Previous owner's name in ink. Moderate marks and wear to book and jacket. Now protected in non-adhesive plastic wrap..

Volume of poetry by Edith Sitwell. Book in Good condition with a Fair dust jacket. Binding still tight, with some staining along the edges. DJ price clipped. DJ with browning, wear and chips missing. See photos for better idea of condition, email me with any questions.

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1953. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Tall octavo. Illustrated in black and white. Cloth spine with papercovered boards. Institutional bookplate on front pastedown gifted by Dr. Annie Parks McCombs (see below). Light bumping on bottom edge of boards, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light toning and rubbing… Read more about this item

New York: The Vanguard Press, 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition by one of Britain's most prominent and celebrated women poets throughout four decades. Among the notable admirers of Sitwell's work were W. B. Yeats, Stephen Spender, Marianne Moore and Siegfried Sassoon. Described by Cyril Connolly as an 'alternative to Bloomsbury',… Read more about this item

First Edition; 8vo; pp. viii, 46; notes, original red cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, fine copy. London, MacMillan, Co. Ltd., 1953.

London: MacMillan. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ has a few small edge tears and a browned spine. Two photos of Sitwell, clipped from periodicals, taped to the front endpapers. .

London: Macmillan, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/price-clipped dj. 8vo, 45 pages, red cloth; faded edges of dj w. fore-edge break; inscription [Fifoot EA 48]

London: MacMillan. 1953. 1st ed., pp.viii, 46, some off-setting to eps, orig cl bds in price clipped and frayed d.j., very good condition 1st edition. cloth boards in d.j..

NY: Vanguard, 1953. First American edn. 8vo, pp. 60. A nice copy, but in chipped and torn dj. Fifoot EA48b. Only 2,500 copies of this edition were printed while 4,500 copies the English edition were produced- both were issued in November.

London: MacMillan & Co LTD, 1953. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Octavo. A clean, unmarked and unclipped copy in a Brodart jacket cover.

London: Macmillan & co, 1953. First edition (ie first impression), hardback. 8vo (22cm by 14cm), vii, 46pp. Original red cloth, dustwrapper. Light browning of the endpapers, else the book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is in good condition (a little rubbed, edges chipped). The dustwrapper has now been put in a mylar cover to… Read more about this item

New York: Vanguard Press, 1953 61 pages, some wear/ soiling to dust jacket.

London, Macmillan, 1953.. 46pp.8vo. Original cloth in worn dustwrapper. Offsetting to endpapers. Name on ffe, article and portrait of author pasted to verso of ffe and htp. Small mark on title-page. Some notation in pencil otherwise a good reading copy. . First edition.

London: MacMillan & Co Ltd, 1953. 46 pages, clean and clear. White endpapers. Red cloth cover with gilt titles on the spine. Faded spine. Beige DJ with blue and purple titles and decoration. Light wear along the edges. VG+/VG+.

London, Macmillan, 1953.. viii+46pp. 8vo. Original cloth. Some off-setting to endpapers. A very good copy of the first edition.

London, Macmillan, 1953.. 46pp.8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper. Name on ffe, a very god tight copy.. First edition.

London, Macmillan, 1953. First Edition. First edition. Fourteen poems. Hard Cover. vii, 46 pages. VG in red cloth; dj good+, slightly soiled. Stock#101455.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1953. first British edition; 46 pp., Hardcover, fine in a very good dust jacket. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.