Rustic Elegies by Edith Sitwell (49 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First US Edition. Fragments of the DJ laid in.

hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. hardback, blue cloth lettered gilt to spine, cloth part faded, the binding tight, signature of a previous owner to the head of the front free endpaper, the contents otherwise unmarked. 95pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Green cloth cover is tight but spine is missng. , title page has small piece missing at top corner, index page has a tear at top, it looks like these two pages were uncut and someone separated them, otherwise contents good to very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Review copy. Includes the following poems: Elegy on Dead Fashion, The Hambone & the Heart, Prelude to a Fairy Tale. 12mo. volume in green cloth binding. Frontispiece illustration by William F. Matthews. Condition: minor fraying to top of spine; spine a bit faded; upper corner of front cover rubbed & frayed; publisher's label on first free endpaper indicating this is a review copy; else very good. 69 pages.

cloth, dust jacket. 12mo. cloth, dust jacket. 94, (2), 15 pages. First issued in New Readers Library, 1931. First New Readers Library edition (first published, Duckworth, 1927). Endpapers partially darkened, scattered foxing, blue boards marked on the front cover, lightly soiled orange dust jacket.

First Edition. Very tiny stain on front cover, name and address neatly inked on front flyleaf, otherwise near fine; no dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Reprint . Signed by Robin Castell with a small plate tipped in on the front front free end paper page and a small inscription written. First Issue in The New Readers Library, 1931. Publication of 203 pages. There is gilt on the spine of the book. The boards are a touch edge worn and minor marks. There is foxing around the block of the book and on the early and last few pages, little within the body of the book. The text is legible. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condition: Good. 1931. First edition thus. 94 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning. Clipped jacket has moderate edge wear with some small tears, chipping and creasing. Some rubbing and marking to surfaces.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No d/w. First Edition. 94pp + 1pp notes; Slight shelf-wear else a bright copy; Previous owner's signature to ff.e.p.; Size: 12mo. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. First Thus. Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, First Printing of this New Readers Library edition (first edition was in 1927), 94 pages plus one page of Notes, plus a 15-page catalogue of other titles; elegant little book in royal blue covers with very bright and clear gilt lettering to spine, very gently used, not a trace of shelf wear to exterior, tight in binding, very clean and unmarked throughout; DJ age darkened, rubbed along edges, several very tiny chips. See also our listings for Taken Care Of: The Autobiography of Edith Sitwell, and for Osbert Sitwell's Noble Essences or Courteous Revelations: being a book of characters and the fifth and last volume of Left Hand, Right Hand!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Short tears on the spine ends, worn corners, and some spotting else very good.

Condition: New.

William F. Matthews (illustrator). First American edn. 8vo, pp. 69. Frontis portrait by William F. Matthews. Green cloth. Cover little worn at corners and ends of spine, o/w a VG tight copy. One of 950 copies printed. Fifoot EA15b.

Knopf, 1927, hardback, copyright 1927, no edition stated, NAP, green cloth, uncut, Near Fine/Poor dust jacket stablized in brodart (lower half of dj spine missing & balance severed along the edge, chipping, age discoloration) POETRY; G0795.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original titled-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 94 pages : portrait (frontispiece) ; 19 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Elegy on dead fashion -- The hambone and the heart -- Prelude to a fairy tale. Subjects; English poetry - 20th century. Elegiac poetry, English. English poetry. Poetry, Modern - 20th century. Genres; Illustrated. Poetry. text. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First American edition. Green cloth, gilt-stamped spine title. Chip on title page, spine ends and corners rubbed and bumped, thus good only, lacking the dustwrapper. Poetry.

Condition: Very good. - Octavo, black cloth titled in red on the front cover and spine, in a pictorial dust wrapper. The dust jacket is soiled & lightly chipped. 94 & [1] pages plus the colophon. Very good in a good dust wrapper. First edition.From the library of the great English educator Michael Ernest Sadler [1861-1943] with his book label on the front pastedown.

Condition: Near fine. Deep green buckram, gilt spine. [2],69,[1] pp. Half title, frontispiece by William F. Matthews printed in red, title page in black with red decorative borders. Most leaves unopened, which makes for a near fine copy, without dust jacket. First US edition. Edith Sitwell's poems of 1927 include "Elegy on Dead Fashion," a very debated topic in twenties; "The Hambone and the Heart," wherein a young girl queries her heart; and, "Prelude to a Fairy Tale," among others.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Originally published in 1927 by Duckworth, this is the New Readers Library reprint. Not in Fifoot. A Fine copy in dark blue smooth cloth, in a Fine dark orange dustwrapper (price-clipped). Cinnamon spotting to edges of textblock, else a clean copy with no wear. 94pp. with Notes, followed by 15 pages of publisher's ads. Q11821.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First American edition, one of 950 copies printed. Frontispiece by William F. Matthews. Owner's small ink name on front fly, else a very good copy in good only defective dust jacket with chipping and light staining on spine.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original titled-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 94 pages : portrait (frontispiece) ; 19 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Elegy on dead fashion -- The hambone and the heart -- Prelude to a fairy tale. Subjects; English poetry - 20th century. Elegiac poetry, English. English poetry. Poetry, Modern - 20th century. Genres; Illustrated. Poetry. text. 1 Kg.

Condition: VG+. in green woven cloth that shows some fading to spine and slight edgewear. Still a tight, clean copy of the first edition of this book of poetry by the noted author. Previous owner's neat name on ffep.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 94pp. Black cloth with red lettering to the spine and upper board. Tipped-in portrait frontispiece of the author from a photograph by Cecil Beaton. Cloth nicked at the head of the backstrip. A fairly bright copy in chipped, tanned, marked and dusty dust wrapper. 1,500 copies were printed. Fifoot EA15.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First American edition. Green cloth, gilt-stamped spine title. Contemporary owner's name penned neatly on front fly, else near fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Poetry.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition bound in black cloth lightly edge rubbed - internally bright. Private bookplate.

96pp. Small 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper. Slightly worn at edges. A very good copy. First edition.

Condition: bon tat. Format in-12 cartonn.

1st edition / 1st printing hardback in original cloth Very Good small octavo 94pp., frontis.,

Cloth. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. First. Rustic Elegies by Edith Sitwell.Hardback, 1927, first edition, published by Duckworth, 96 pages.Measures 7 1/2" x 5". No dust jacket. Dark blue cloth binding with red lettering on spine and front board. A little fading to spine lettering. Rubbing and scuffing to outer hinges, slight tearing. Discoloured patch to front board. Some scuffing. Signs of shelf-wear. Slightly bumped and torn corners. Binding firm. A little scuffing and marking to boards. Some foxing to page edges but reasonably clean. Foxing to endpapers but otherwise page surfaces clean, no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information. 96 pp. n.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.