Edith Sitwell — I Live Under a Black Sun

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1937. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this fictionalised biography of Jonathan Swift, the debut novel from British poet Edith Sitwell. The first edition of this work. Complete with the scarce original dust wrapper, unclipped and unpriced. 'I Live Under the Black Sun' is the debut novel from British poet and critic Edith Sitwell, being a novelised biography of Anglo-Irish writer Jonathan Swift. Though primarily a biographical fiction, it includes themes of mourning, melancholia, and political allegory. In the original cloth binding. With the original unclipped (unpriced) dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with only bumping to the spine head and tail. Dust wrapper has split and separated into two. Sunning and wear to the wrap, with heavy chipping to the spine. A few spots and marks to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Poor.