Wrack at Tidesend: A Book of Balnearics. Being the second volume of England Reclaimed.
by SITWELL, Osbert
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About This Item
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1952. . First edition, first impression, author's presentation copy to Sacheverell and Georgia Sitwell; 8vo (22.3 x 15 cm); very light spotting to prelims, internally clean; publisher's smooth orange buckram, gilt lettering to black panel on spine, black topstain, unclipped pictorial dustjacket, light marks and edge nicks to dustjacket, overall a bright, clean copy; [xvi], 94pp.
Inscribed by the author and dated in blue ink to front free endpaper, 'For / darling Sachie and Georgia / with love / from Osbert / May.5.1952'.
Containing over eighty poems, this is the second volume of the 'England Reclaimed' trilogy, which Sitwell began in 1927. Only 3000 copies were printed.
Inscribed by the author and dated in blue ink to front free endpaper, 'For / darling Sachie and Georgia / with love / from Osbert / May.5.1952'.
Containing over eighty poems, this is the second volume of the 'England Reclaimed' trilogy, which Sitwell began in 1927. Only 3000 copies were printed.
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- Shapero Rare Books (GB)
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- Title
- Wrack at Tidesend: A Book of Balnearics. Being the second volume of England Reclaimed.
- Author
- SITWELL, Osbert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1952.
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