Sitwell edith edward carrick (3 risultati)

LIMITED NUMBERED FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, aqua heavy cloth boards, black lettering & decorative rule to yellow title sticker at front board, illus title page, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (age appropriate wear & tear, light tanning to eps, owners signature in pencil to fep) enclosed in protective mylar & paper.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. 1st edition, limited to 290 copies. 1st edition, 1931, limited to 290 copies of which this is number 185. Good+ condition. 8vo., unpaginated with last signature unopened, with attractive woodcuts by Carrick. Overall uneven fading to covers, spine has some chips missing, interior is clean and unmarked. SIGNED by author on limitations page. Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell DBE (7 September 1887 - 9 December 1964) was a British poet and critic and the eldest of the three literary Sitwells. She reacted badly to her eccentric, unloving parents and lived much of her life with her governess. She never married but became passionately attached to Russian painter Pavel Tchelitchew, and her home was always open to London's poetic circle, to whom she was generous and helpful. Sitwell published poetry continuously from 1913, some of it abstract and set to music. With her dramatic style and exotic costumes, she was sometimes labelled a poseur, but her work was praised for its solid technique and painstaking craftsmanship. She was a recipient of the Benson Medal. - Wiki. Edward Carrick (illustratore). …

Wood engravings by Edward Carrick include color title page, 9.25 x 6", pale green patterned boards with front cover title label, unpaginated, covers heavily worn, spine sunned and spine cover heavily chipped, hinges loose, front and rear flys toned, contents good. Privately printed for Terence Fytton Armstrong; with last four lines of poem added in holograph. "SPECIAL EDITION" LIMITED TO JUST TEN COPIES LETTERED A-O (this copy 'O'), SIGNED BY EDITH SITWELL AND EDWARD CARRICK. VERY SCARCE INDEED.…