Sitwell, Edith

Wheels 1920 (Fifth Cycle)

Various; Edith Sitwell [ed.] · 1928 · Rooke Books

£165.00 (€197.78 | $217.99 | ¥34,810)

London, Duckworth, 1928. Hardback. An early edition of this varied interwar annual poetry anthology, edited by Dame Edith Sitwell. A smart volume of this annual poetry collection. A collection of poetic works edited by British poet and critic Dame Edith Sitwell, the eldest of ...

A Notebook on William Shakespeare

Edith Sitwell · 1948 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1948. First edition. Cloth. A series of essays and notes on the plays of Shakespeare, from British poet and critic, Edith Sitwell. The first edition. With the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. Containing essays on King Lear, Mac...

The Shadow of Cain

Edith Sitwell · 1947 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, John Lehmann, 1947. First edition. Hardback. A first edition copy of this work of poetry written by Edith Sitwell. A lovely example of this work of poetry by Edith Sitwell. In the publisher's original binding, this handsome volume is held in the original unclipped...

Collected Poems

Edith Sitwell · 1957 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1957. Cloth. A very smart poetry collection by writer and critic Edith Sitwell, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. A very smart collection. Bound in the original publisher's blue cloth.  Together with the original unclipped dust wrapper...

I Live Under a Black Sun

Edith Sitwell · 1937 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.70 | $297.26 | ¥47,468)

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1937. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fictionalised biography of Jonathan Swift, the debut novel from British poet Edith Sitwell. The first edition of this work. Complete with the scarce original dust wrapper, unclipped and unprice...

Gold Coast Customs and Other Poems

Edith Sitwell · 1929 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, Duckworth, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A neat first edition of Sitwell's poem on the nature of humans, in the original dust wrapper. First edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece. A collection of poetry including 'Gold Coast Customs' - a poem pondering ...

The Shadow of Cain

Edith Sitwell · 1947 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, John Lehmann, 1947. First edition. Hardback. A lovely copy of this poetry book by Edith Sitwell, written during the war. The first edition in its unclipped dust wrapper. A lovely copy of this poetry book by Edith Sitwell, the eldest of the three literary Sitwells. One ...

Fanfare for Elizabeth

Edith Sitwell · 1946 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1946. First edition. Cloth. Edith Sitwell's novel of the childhood of Elizabeth I with four black and white illustrations and in original unclipped dustwrapper. First edition. Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell DBE (1887 - 1964) was a British poet an...

Green Song and Other Poems

Edith Sitwell · 1944 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1944. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this collection of poetry from Edith Sitwell. Including Green Song, One Day in Spring, Invocation and more. Edith Sitwell was the sister of Osbert and Sacheverll Sitwell. Together they edited 'Whee...

Five Variations on a Theme

Edith Sitwell · 1933 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Duckworth, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Edith Sitwell's poetry anthology Five Variations on a Theme. Edith Sitwell was a British poet and critic, eldest of the three literary Sitwells. First edition. Sitwell published poetry continuously from 191...

Maiden Voyage

Denton Welch; Edith Sitwell [Editor] · 1946 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.27 | ¥12,658)

London, Routledge, 1946. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated early edition of Maiden Voyage, Welch's lyrical and introspective coming-of-age novel set between England and Shanghai. In the publisher's original cloth binding.This is a scarce, second printing of this work....

The Canticle of the Rose: Poems 1917-1949 & a Book of the Winter

Edith Sitwell · 1949 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

New York, Vanguard, 1949-1951. Cloth. Two smart US edition of these collections of poetry from British writer Edith Sitwell. Two volumes. Written by Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell, a British poet and critic who was the eldest of the three literary Sitwells and a recipient of the Be...

Aspects of Modern Poetry

Edith Sitwell · 1934 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Duckworth, 1934. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this critique of late 19th century and early 20th century poetry, signed by the author Edith Sitwell. A first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Inscribed by the author to ...

Gold Coast Customs

Edith Sitwell · 1929 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Duckworth, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A beautiful first edition of Edith Sitwell's thought provoking poem on the nature on humans, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this work. In the original unclipped dustwrapper. 'Gold Coast Custo...

English Eccentrics

Edith Sitwell · 1994 · Rooke Books

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

London, The Folio Society, 1994. Cloth. A reprinted anthology of poems by Edith Sitwell with illustrations by Roland Pym. A reprinted illustrated edition of this anthology of poems by Edith Sitwell. Edith Sitwell was the eldest of the Sitwell siblings, sister to Sacheverell an...

Fanfare for Elizabeth

Edith Sitwell · 1946 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1946. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this historical, semi-fictional work on Elizabeth I. This is one of two books written by Sitwell on Elizabeth I, with her later work titled 'The Queens and the Hive&apos. Illustrated, with four ful...

Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope; Edith Sitwell · 1930 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.14 | ¥26,371)

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1930. Cloth. A limited edition of this critical study, re-evaluating the form and precision of Alexander Pope's poetry, signed by the author, Edith Sitwell. In the publisher's original yellow cloth, housed in a vibrant green paper cov...

The Canticle of the Rose: Selected Poems & Collected Poems

Edith Sitwell · 1950 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,645)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1950-1957. First edition. Cloth. Two smart copies of these collections of poetry from British writer Edith Sitwell. Two volumes. Written by Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell, a British poet and critic who was the eldest of the three literary Sitwells...

Gold Coast Customs

Edith Sitwell · 1929 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

London, Duckworth, 1929. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this thought provoking poem on the nature on humans from Edith Sitwell. First edition. With a frontispiece. A poem pondering the artificiality of human behaviour, and what lays beneath. Written by Edith Si...

Gold Coast Customs and Other Poems

Edith Sitwell · 1929 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

London, Duckwork, 1929. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this book of poetry by Edith Sitwell, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Illustrated with a frontispiece by Pavel T...