Edith Sitwell — Gold Coast Customs
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 Customs' is a poem pondering the artificiality of human behaviour, and what lays beneath. Illustrated with a frontispiece. Written by Edith Sitwell, a noted British poet, and the eldest of the three literary Sitwells. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Light fading to the spine, and some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Prior owner's ink inscription to the rear pastedown. Dustwrapper is discoloured with some marks, particularly to the spine. Minor edge wear to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Near Fine.
