Rustic Elegies

Rustic Elegies by Edith Sitwell. Hardback, 1927, first edition, published by Duckworth, 96 pages. Measures 7 1/2" x 5". No dust jacket. Dark blue cloth binding with red lettering on spine and front board. A little fading to spine lettering. Rubbing and scuffing to outer hinges, slight tearing. Discoloured patch to front board. Some scuffing. Signs of shelf-wear. Slightly bumped and torn… Read more about this item

Cover is tight but spine is missing. Former owner's name, otherwise clean interior. Pictures on request

NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good with no dust jacket; Spine faded, owner name on front pastedown.. 1927. First American Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth. Woodcut portrait of Sitwell as frontispiece by William F. Matthews. ; 69 pages .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. Hardcover. Good. First American edition. Green cloth, gilt-stamped spine title. Chip on title page, spine ends and corners rubbed and bumped, thus good only, lacking the dustwrapper. Poetry.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. Hardcover. Near Fine. First American edition. Green cloth, gilt-stamped spine title. Contemporary owner's name penned neatly on front fly, else near fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Poetry.

London: Duckworth, 1927. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Short tears on the spine ends, worn corners, and some spotting else very good.

[London] Duckworth, 1927., 1927. First edition. Small 8vo. Frontispiece portrait of Edith Sitwell by Cecil Beaton. Dust jacket (unclipped; a bit soiled; tiny chips). Very good. No signatures. Small Foyles bookplate on the front pastedown. Fifoot, EA15. 1,500 copies printed.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Duckworth, 1927 First printing of the first edition, one of 1,500 copies. Rubbing along the fore-edge of back cover, light rubbing to extremities, and a tiny bump to upper outer edge, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with faint toning to spine of jacket and a tiny crease to upper outer edge, else fine. An excellent copy.

Duckworth, 1927. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1927. No Edition Remarks. 95 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Brown cloth boards with lettering. Black and white pictorial frontispiece. Ex-library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. More pronounced to half title page and… Read more about this item

Duckworth, 1931. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1931. The New Library Edition. 94 pages. Orange jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are mildly foxed & tanned throughout. Heavier to text block edges. Text is clear. Binding is firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with bumping to corners. Light crushing to spine. Gilt lettering remains bright and clear. Unclipped jacket. Panels… Read more about this item

London: Duckwortgh, 1927. First. hardcover. fine/good. Frontispiece portrait by Cecil Beaton. Small 8vo, black cloth, lettered in red; 2 bookplates. London: Duckworth, 1927. First Edition.<br/><br/> Presentation copy, signed in full - "Adam Stokes/ with great admiration".<br/><br/>

London: Duckworth, 1927., 1927.. Very good. - Octavo, black cloth titled in red on the front cover and spine, in a pictorial dust wrapper. The dust jacket is soiled & lightly chipped. 94 & [1] pages plus the colophon. Very good in a good dust wrapper. First edition.From the library of the great English educator Michael Ernest Sadler… Read more about this item

NY: Knopf, 1927. First American edn. William F. Matthews. 8vo, pp. 69. Frontis portrait by William F. Matthews. Green cloth. Cover little worn at corners and ends of spine, o/w a VG tight copy. One of 950 copies printed. Fifoot EA15b.

Duckworth, 1927.. 96pp. Small 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper. Slightly worn at edges. A very good copy.. First edition.

London : Duckworth, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original titled-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 94 pages : portrait (frontispiece) ; 19 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Elegy on dead fashion -- The hambone and… Read more about this item

London: Duckworth, 1927. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition.. 94pp + 1pp notes; Slight shelf-wear else a bright copy; Previous owner's signature to ff.e.p.; Size: 12mo.

London: Duckworth, 1927. First edition (ie first impression), hardback. 12mo (19cm by 12cm), 95pp. Portrait frontispiece. Original black cloth, titling printed in red on the front board and the spine. Light rubbing of the boards, bookplate to the front free endpaper, else this book is in very good condition.

NY: Knopf, 1927. in green woven cloth that shows some fading to spine and slight edgewear. Still a tight, clean copy of the first edition of this book of poetry by the noted author. Previous owner's neat name on ffep.. VG+.

London: Duckworth, 1931. cloth, dust jacket. 12mo. cloth, dust jacket. 94, (2), 15 pages. First issued in New Readers Library, 1931. First New Readers Library edition (first published, Duckworth, 1927). Endpapers partially darkened, scattered foxing, blue boards marked on the front cover, lightly soiled orange dust jacket.

London: Duckworth, 1931. Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, First Printing of this New Readers Library edition (first edition was in 1927), 94 pages plus one page of Notes, plus a 15-page catalogue of other titles; elegant little book in royal blue covers with very bright and clear gilt lettering to spine, very… Read more about this item