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Sacred and Profane Love

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Sacred and Profane Love

by Sitwell, Sacheverell

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  • Hardcover
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Good, 1st edition, missing d/j, pink clothbound boards fair but with some spotting and fading, silver spine titling (on red hear
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London: Faber & Faber, 1940. 1st. hardback. Good, 1st edition, missing d/j, pink clothbound boards fair but with some spotting and fading, silver spine titling (on red heart) faded; guttering weak, otherwise text block firm, untrimmed pages good but with occasional pencil markings and typed note glued to p303. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Sir Sacheverell Reresby Sitwell, 6th Baronet CH (1897 - 1988) was an English writer, best known as an art critic, music critic (his books on Mozart, Liszt, and Domenico Scarlatti are still consulted), and writer on architecture, particularly the baroque. Dame Edith Sitwell and Sir Osbert Sitwell were his older siblings. He described this book as a banquet of the five senses and hopes in this statement of his theme to have achieved a work of literature. And with 8 full-page plates + 16 small engravings in the text The full-page illustrations include two of William Blake's Surinam engravings.

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Bookseller
Inklings & Yarnspinners GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
IYC88133
Title
Sacred and Profane Love
Author
Sitwell, Sacheverell
Format/Binding
Hardback
Book Condition
Used - Good, 1st edition, missing d/j, pink clothbound boards fair but with some spotting and fading, silver spine titling (on red hear
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1st
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1940
Pages
317
Weight
0.00 lbs
Keywords
culture, arts, Sitwell
Bookseller catalogs
2nd-hand books;
Size
8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")

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