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Ɵ PRESENTATION COPIES: INSCRIBED TO EDITH SITWELL & GEORGIA SITWELL. 3 vols., first editions, 1953-1955. comprises: THOMAS, Dylan. (1914 - 1953). Quite Early One Morning, inscribed to Edith Sitwell from Alberto de Lacerda, London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1954. first edition, 8vo., (188 x 130mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, Inscribed and dated by Alberto de Lacerda in blue ink to Edith Sitwell on front free e/p., 'To my dear Edith, / with love / from / Alberto / London, Nov. 6-1954', half-title, preface by Aneirin Talfan Davies, Welsh Region B.B.C., 181pp. Carlos Alberto Portugal Correia de Lacerda (1928-2007) was a Portuguese poet, freelance journalist, and friend of Dame Edith Sitwell. He began working as a radio presenter for the B.B.C. in 1951 and settled in London; RUSSELL, Peter. Arabic Andalusian Casidas. inscribed to Edith Sitwell from Alberto de Lacerda, The Pound Press, 1953. 8vo., (190 x 130mm), first edition, limited edition, no. 58 of 475 numbered copies, original grey paper boards, black lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, inscribed and dated by Alberto de Lacerda to his friend Edith Sitwell in blue ink to front free e/p., 'To my dear Edith / with love / from / Alberto / London, Aug, 1954', half-title, red and black text to title page, translated by Joan Penelope Cope, Preface by Roy Campbell, 58pp; LACERDA, Alberto de. (1928 - 2007). 77 Poems. Author's Presentation copy to Georgia Sitwell. London: George Allen & Unwin, 1955. first edition, 8vo., (203 x 137mm), publisher's yellow cloth, red lettering to spine, inscribed and dated by the author in black ink to Georgia Sitwell on front free e/p., 'For my dear Georgia / with love / from her friend / Alberto / London, 1955', text in English and Portuguese, Translation by author and Arthur Waley, with preface by Waley, 85pp., 2pp. adverts. at end; Provenance: The Library of Dame Edith Sitwell.