Osbert Sitwell — The Man Who Lost Himself
London, Duckworth, 1929 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Osbert Sitwell's experimental 1929 novel, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression of the work. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.Osbert Sitwell was an English author, critic, and journalist and one of the three literary Sitwell siblings.The Man Who Lost Himself is an experimental novel by Osbert Sitwell which recounts the life and death of an imagined author named Tristram Orlander. In the publisher's original cloth backed paper covered boards, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with a touch of shelf wear to back strip tail. Small losses of paper to dust wrapper back strip head and tail. Back strip and wrap perimeters age toned. Tide mark to tail of back strip and front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Good.
