Cowdell j (5 resultados)

paperback. Condición: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.…

Condición: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,950grams, ISBN:9780852975534.

Condición: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1250grams, ISBN:9780852975534.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Cloth. Condición: Very Good. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 8vo. Original salmon cloth, spine stamped in black and gilt. Top edge black. Spine and edges sunned, gently soiled, pushing to spine ends. Affectionately inscribed by Sitwell in black ink and a frail hand to ffep: "To dear Beryl, with love, from, Osbert, Oct: 1953", fep foxed, else, clean and bright. In H. Cowdell's fabulous illustrated dust, featuring both town and merpeople: spine darkened, wear and chipping to extremities, gently creased and nicked, spotting to rear panel. Very good/ very good A pleasing presentation copy of Osbert Sitwell's penultimate poetry collection, "concerned with snobs, failures, murderers etc" in Scarborough, affectionately inscribed in a frail hand, "To dear Beryl, with love," and decked in H. Cowdell's wonderful maritime dust jacket; given the fond inscription and Sitwell's printed dedication "To Arthur Waley," is seems likely that this copy was gifted to Sitwell's friend (and Waley's lover), the Anglo-Dutch ballet dancer and dance critic, Beryl de Zoete. Waley (18891966) and de Zoete (18791962) were friends of all three Sitwells, with Edith and Sacheverell also dedicating works to the British translator and Orientalist. By 1953, the year of inscription, both Sitwell and de Zoete were in declining health. Philip Ziegler (1999) Osbert Sitwell: A biography (London: Pimlico).…