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Auction archive: Lot number 354

Ɵ SITWELL, EDITH. (1887 - 1964). SIX WORKS: FIRST EDITIONS, 1916-1950

Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$269 - US$404
Price realised:
£280
ca. US$377
Auction archive: Lot number 354

Ɵ SITWELL, EDITH. (1887 - 1964). SIX WORKS: FIRST EDITIONS, 1916-1950

Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$269 - US$404
Price realised:
£280
ca. US$377
Beschreibung:

Ɵ SITWELL, Edith. (1887 - 1964). Six Works: first editions, 1916-1950. comprises: Street Songs. Author's Presentation copy to Sacheverell Sitwell. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1942. first edition, 8vo. (222 x 145mm), publisher's emerald green cloth, gilt lettered to spine, inscribed in black ink by the author to her youngest brother, Sacheverell Sitwell, and dated on front free e/p., 'For / my darling Sachie / with very best love from / Edit / 27 January, 1942', half-title, dedicated to Osbert Sitwell, 34pp; Troy Park. Duckworth, London, 1925. first edition, 8vo., (190 x 132mm), original black cloth, lettered in orange to front and spine, dustwrapper unclipped, lettered in black, price 5/- to spine, bookseller's printed label to front pastedown, A.H. Spencer, Melbourne, (Australia), half-title, 104pp, further within clear protective wrapper; Five Variations on a Theme. Duckworth, London, 1933. first edition, 8vo., (203 x 135mm), original grey mottled paper boards, lettered in red to front and spine, within matching dustwrapper, clipped, half-title, 1000 copies printed at the Chapel Press, Andover, Hants, 38pp; Planet and Glow-Worm. A Book for the Sleepless. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1944. first edition, 8vo., (198 x 133mm), publisher's navy-blue cloth, gilt lettered to spine, half-title, dedicated to Violet Gordon-Woodhouse, Edith's Preface, Renishaw, 1943, 82pp; A Book of the Winter. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1950. first edition, 8vo., (195 x 135mm), publisher's maroon cloth, gilt lettered to spine, half-title, dedicated to Alice Bouverie, 86pp: SITWELL, Edith. (1887 - 1964). SITWELL, Osbert. (1892 - 1969). Twentieth Century Harlequinade And Other Poems. Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, 1916. first edition, 500 copies printed, 8vo., (190 x 150mm), original pink, thinly sewn paper wrappers, lettered in black to front, priced one shilling, edges untrimmed, 27pp. Edith Sitwell's second publication, includes seven of the author's poems and three by Osbert Sitwell, the title of the collection taken from Osbert Sitwell's second war poem, 27pp., within a clear protective sleeve with NPG. printed label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. b31 / 2.62; Provenance: Edith Sitwell's Library.(Qty. 6).

Auction archive: Lot number 354
Auction:
Datum:
16 Nov 2021 - 17 Nov 2021
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

Ɵ SITWELL, Edith. (1887 - 1964). Six Works: first editions, 1916-1950. comprises: Street Songs. Author's Presentation copy to Sacheverell Sitwell. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1942. first edition, 8vo. (222 x 145mm), publisher's emerald green cloth, gilt lettered to spine, inscribed in black ink by the author to her youngest brother, Sacheverell Sitwell, and dated on front free e/p., 'For / my darling Sachie / with very best love from / Edit / 27 January, 1942', half-title, dedicated to Osbert Sitwell, 34pp; Troy Park. Duckworth, London, 1925. first edition, 8vo., (190 x 132mm), original black cloth, lettered in orange to front and spine, dustwrapper unclipped, lettered in black, price 5/- to spine, bookseller's printed label to front pastedown, A.H. Spencer, Melbourne, (Australia), half-title, 104pp, further within clear protective wrapper; Five Variations on a Theme. Duckworth, London, 1933. first edition, 8vo., (203 x 135mm), original grey mottled paper boards, lettered in red to front and spine, within matching dustwrapper, clipped, half-title, 1000 copies printed at the Chapel Press, Andover, Hants, 38pp; Planet and Glow-Worm. A Book for the Sleepless. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1944. first edition, 8vo., (198 x 133mm), publisher's navy-blue cloth, gilt lettered to spine, half-title, dedicated to Violet Gordon-Woodhouse, Edith's Preface, Renishaw, 1943, 82pp; A Book of the Winter. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1950. first edition, 8vo., (195 x 135mm), publisher's maroon cloth, gilt lettered to spine, half-title, dedicated to Alice Bouverie, 86pp: SITWELL, Edith. (1887 - 1964). SITWELL, Osbert. (1892 - 1969). Twentieth Century Harlequinade And Other Poems. Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, 1916. first edition, 500 copies printed, 8vo., (190 x 150mm), original pink, thinly sewn paper wrappers, lettered in black to front, priced one shilling, edges untrimmed, 27pp. Edith Sitwell's second publication, includes seven of the author's poems and three by Osbert Sitwell, the title of the collection taken from Osbert Sitwell's second war poem, 27pp., within a clear protective sleeve with NPG. printed label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. b31 / 2.62; Provenance: Edith Sitwell's Library.(Qty. 6).

Auction archive: Lot number 354
Auction:
Datum:
16 Nov 2021 - 17 Nov 2021
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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