Osbert Sitwell — Noble Essences or Courteous Revelations
London, Macmillan & Co. 1950. First edition. Cloth. Fifth and final volume in Osbert Sitwell's acclaimed autobiography, the first edition complete with original dust wrapper. First edition of this autobiographical volume by Osbert Sitwell, volume five and final of his extensive autobiography Left Hand, Right Hand! and a book of character, with accounts on Sir Edmund Gosse, Ronald Firbank, Wilfred Owen, Gabriele D'Annunzio, and Rex Whistler among others. Complete with price clipped dust wrapper designed by H. Cowdell. Featuring black and white full page plates. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, lightly bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities, faint minor damp marks to head and tail of spine. Dust wrapper price clipped, sound with chipping to extremities of wraps and spine, light sunning to spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.
