Spring by Sitwell Edith, Signed (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. London: Privately printed for Terrence Fytton Armstrong, 1931. Limited edition of 290 copies, of which this is number 136. Signed by Sitwell on the limitation page. Hardcover, paper covered boards. Constructed with Charles I. handmade paper and including three wood engravings by Edward Carrick. Volume in good+condition with wear to spine and edges, three spots of soiling to back cover and one on front cover along top edge. Joints cracked, bottom front hinge separated. Photograph of Sitwell affixed to recto of FFEP opposite half-title page, last signature uncut.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Fair Condition. Signed, limited edition. Loose cover. 1931. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Edward Carrick (illustrator). 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.

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!

SITWELL, Edith. In Spring. Wood Engravings by Edward Carrick. Orig. paper boards, decorative paper label to upper board. London: Printed Privately for Terence Fytton Armstrong, 1931. First edition. Fifoot EA21b. One of 250 copies signed by the author and illustrator, this being no. 61. Armstrong is better known by his pseudonym as John Gawsworth (1912-1970) and was a minor (but exceedingly eccentric) London poet. In 1931, he privately published four seasonally-themed poems; the other poets include W. H. Davies (winter), Edmund Blunden (summer), and Herbert Palmer (fall). Boards sunned, else very good. Signed.

Condition: Old folds. 1 page typed and signed by the author and witnessed by Edward Craig (son of Gordon Craig). 4to. In Spring was published in a limited signed edition of 300 copies with wood engravings by Edward Carrick. 1 page typed and signed by the author and witnessed by Edward Craig (son of Gordon Craig). 4to. Signed.