Taken Care Of: The Autobiography Of Edith Sitwell

New York: Atheneum, 1965.

Price: $50.00

Hardcover. Uncorrected proof of the first American edition. Near fine in sewn and gathered sheets stapled into a near fine example of the finished dustwrapper. Some of the sewing has broken and a couple of signatures are loose. Publisher's complimentary slip stapled in. Scarce format.

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Item #280069 Taken Care Of: The Autobiography Of Edith Sitwell. Edith SITWELL.

Edith Sitwell
birth name: Edith Sitwell
born: 9/7/1887
died: 12/9/1964

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Biography

English poet who first gained fame for her stylistic artifices but who emerged during World War II as a poet of emotional depth and profoundly human concerns. She was equally famed for her formidable personality, Elizabethan dress, and eccentric opinions. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
She was the older sister of authors Osbert Sitwell and Sacheverell Sitwell.more