Edith Sitwell — Five Variations on a Theme
London, Duckworth , 1933. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this short collection of poems from Edith Sitwell First edition. Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell DBE (7 September 1887 Â 9 December 1964) was a British poet and critic, eldest of the three literary Sitwells. Edith published poetry continuously from 1913, some of it abstract and set to music. With her dramatic style and exotic costumes, she was sometimes labelled a poseur, but her work was also praised for its solid technique and painstaking craftsmanship. In paper-covered boards with an unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart. Minor shelfwear to the boards. Very light edgewear to the dustwapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with just the odd spot to the textblock edge. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .
