Various; Edith Sitwell [ed.] — Wheels 1920 (Fifth Cycle)

London, Duckworth, 1928. Hardback. An early edition of this varied interwar annual poetry anthology, edited by Dame Edith Sitwell. A smart volume of this annual poetry collection. A collection of poetic works edited by British poet and critic Dame Edith Sitwell, the eldest of the three literary Sitwells, who were prominent figures in contemporary poetic circles. Bound in publisher's original pictorial boards, with illustrated endpapers. An early edition copy, of the 1928 re-issue. Containing an anthology of verse from a variety of writers, the Wheels titles were published annually from 1916 to 1921. Featuring works by Edith Sitwell, Osbert Sitwell, Aldous Huxley, Alan Porter, Leah McTavish Cohen, Geoffrey Cookson, William Kean Seymour, Sacheverell Sitwell, John J Adams, and Sherard Vines. Edith Sitwell's poems within include The Toilette of Myrrhine, Eight More Bucolic Poems - The Five Musicians, King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid, The Higher Sensualism, and Falsetto Song. Bound in original pictorial boards. Externally, generally smart. Mild rubbing and bumping to extremities. Mild fading to spine. Moderate marks to boards. Moderate sunning to spine label. Moderate mark to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean, with the odd minor infrequent spot. Very slight cockling throughout. Light, scattered spotting to text block edges. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .