Edith Sitwell — Fanfare for Elizabeth

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 full page plates of Elizabeth, her mother, Catherine Howard and King Henry VIII and his children. With original unclipped dustwrapper. Edith Sitwell was the eldest of the three literary Sitwells. She was known for her poetry and literary criticism. She claimed to write her prose works simply for money and they were extremely successful. In a full cloth binding held in original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, excellent. Very minor shelfwear. Dustwrapper is generally smart, with some sunning and heavy handling marks. Loss to tail of spine and some minor chipping to the head of spine as well as to extremities. Some offsetting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright with some spots to the first few pages and clean throughout. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Good.