Edith Sitwell — Poems New and Old

London, Faber and Faber, 1940. First edition. Hardback. A lovely first edition of Edith Sitwell's anthology of poems. First edition collection of Edith Sitwell's poetry from throughout her life and career.   Edith Sitwell was the eldest of the Sitwell siblings, sister to Sacheverell and Osbert Sitwell. Her poetry was known as dramatic with some of it being set to music. She suffered much critique as well as praise for her talent. Sitwell was rewarded the Benson Medal of the Royal Society of Literature and became a DBE in 1954.   Includes 31 poems and a bibliography, without the dust wrapper.   In publishers original binding. No dust wrapper. Externally very smart. A few spots and marks to the boards. The head and tail of the spine is only slightly bumped. Some slight spotting to the fore-edges. Ink inscription from prior owners in the recto of the first free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few spots to the free endpapers in particular. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .