The Four Continents, Being More Discursions on Travel, Art and Life.
SITWELL, Osbert.
From Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since June 27, 1998
From Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since June 27, 1998
About this Item
First edition, inscribed by the author to Sacheverell and Georgia Sitwell; 8vo; (22.5 x 15 cm); 24 black-and-white photographic plates (including frontispiece), endpapers slightly browned, text clean and bright; publisher's smooth orange buckram, gilt lettering to spine, black topstain, slightly worn unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, overall a very good copy; [x], 282pp. Inscribed and dated by the author to his brother and sister-in-law in black ink to front free endpaper, 'For / dearest Sachie and Georgia / with love / from Osbert / July. 2. 1954'. The Four Continents contains a series of essays by Sitwell on his travels post Second World War in America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. This volume has been profusely illustrated with black-and-white photographic plates of great historic and cultural sights from across these four continents. Seller Inventory # 106116
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Four Continents, Being More Discursions ...
Publisher: London Macmillan and Co. Ltd
Publication Date: 1954
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: 1st Edition
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