Hernia Whittlebot [Noel Coward] — Chelsea Buns

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1924. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of a poetry anthology poking fun at the avant-garde movement, created by the brilliant Noel Coward. The first edition of the poetry anthology Chelsea Buns, written by the prolific playwright Noel Coward under the pseudonym of Hernia Whittlebot. In the publisher's original quarter cloth, with floral paper boards. Contains a frontispiece of an avant-garde portrait of Miss Whittlebot. An amusing work characteristic of Coward's brilliant wit, this anthology pokes fun at the avant-garde movement which was flourishing in the early twentieth century, writing as the up-and-coming, yet fictional, French poet Hernia Whittlebot. Poems include Contours, Silly Boy, and Guava Jelly among many others playing on modernist themes. In the publisher's original quarter cloth, with floral paper boards. Externally, mostly smart, with fading to paper board extremities, and slight browning to the title label. Slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Offsetting to free end papers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with slight age toning. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .