The Canticle of the Rose

New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., (1949).

Price: $35.00

Hardcover. First edition. Near fine with owner's bookplate in very good dustwrapper with a chip to the front corner and back panel, one tape repair, and some age-toning to spine and back.

Item #284585

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Item #284585 The Canticle of the Rose. 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