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Edith Sitwell [Sacheverell Sitwell] – Dame Edith’s Coat and Collection of First Editions Inscribed to her brother Sacheverell
£7,500.00
Edith Sitwell Collection: A set of four first editions of her work, inscribed to Sacheverell, previously exhibited at The National Portrait Gallery for ‘The Sitwells’, between 1994-95, with a first edition (unsigned) of ‘Taken Care Of’, along with Dame Edith’s own brocade jacket. (1) ‘The Shadow of Cain’ – First Edition – John Lehmann 1947: A first edition, first printing – very good in like wrapper with the original National Portrait Gallery tissue wrap. Inscribed to Edith’s youngest brother Sacheverell ‘For/my darling Sachie’ with very best love /from /Edith’. (2) ‘Green Song and Other Poems‘ – First Edition – Macmillan 1944: A first edition, first printing – very good in like wrapper. Inscribed in pencil on the front free endpaper – ‘For my darling Sachie/with very best love/ from/ Edith’. (3) ‘Street Songs’ – First Edition – Macmillan 1942: A first edition, first printing, signed on the front free endpaper ‘For /my darling Sachie/ with very best love from /Edit/27 January 1942’. A very good book in like wrapper. (4) ‘Poems Old and New’ – First Edition – Faber 1940: A first edition, first printing – excellent in like wrapper with the National Portrait Gallery tissue wrapping still present. Inscribed, ‘For /my darling Sachie/ with Edith’s very best /love’. (5) ‘Taken Care Of’ – a first edition, first printing published by Hutchinson in 1965. A near fine copy in like wrapper. (6) A silk brocade fitted long line jacket by Nina Astier of Chelsea. Leaf green with matching green lining, with fabric buttons – 80cm long and 61cm across underarm width. Some light fading and stains to the cuff edges. Previously owned and worn by Dame Edith and originates from the sale by Dreweatts at Weston Hall in 2021.
A fine collection of intimate items from the critic and poet and one worthy of an institution.
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Edith Sitwell Collection: A set of four first editions of her work, inscribed to Sacheverell, previously exhibited at The National Portrait Gallery for ‘The Sitwells’, between 1994-95, with a first edition (unsigned) of ‘Taken Care Of’, along with Dame Edith’s own brocade jacket. (1) ‘The Shadow of Cain’ – First Edition – John Lehmann 1947: A first edition, first printing – very good in like wrapper with the original National Portrait Gallery tissue wrap. Inscribed to Edith’s youngest brother Sacheverell ‘For/my darling Sachie’ with very best love /from /Edith’. (2) ‘Green Song and Other Poems‘ – First Edition – Macmillan 1944: A first edition, first printing – very good in like wrapper. Inscribed in pencil on the front free endpaper – ‘For my darling Sachie/with very best love/ from/ Edith’. (3) ‘Street Songs’ – First Edition – Macmillan 1942: A first edition, first printing, signed on the front free endpaper ‘For /my darling Sachie/ with very best love from /Edit/27 January 1942’. A very good book in like wrapper. (4) ‘Poems Old and New’ – First Edition – Faber 1940: A first edition, first printing – excellent in like wrapper with the National Portrait Gallery tissue wrapping still present. Inscribed, ‘For /my darling Sachie/ with Edith’s very best /love’. (5) ‘Taken Care Of’ – a first edition, first printing published by Hutchinson in 1965. A near fine copy in like wrapper. (6) A silk brocade fitted long line jacket by Nina Astier of Chelsea. Leaf green with matching green lining, with fabric buttons – 80cm long and 61cm across underarm width. Some light fading and stains to the cuff edges. Previously owned and worn by Dame Edith and originates from the sale by Dreweatts at Weston Hall in 2021.
A fine collection of intimate items from the critic and poet and one worthy of an institution.
