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SITWELL, Osbert. (1892 - 1969). Five Works: Four Author's Presentations to Sacheverell and Georgia Sitwell, and one other, 1952-1962. comprises: Wrack at Tidesend: A Book of Balnearics. Author's Presentation, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1952. first edition, 8vo., (223 x 150mm), publisher's smooth orange buckram, gilt lettering to black panel on spine, black top, pictorial dustwrapper unclipped, inscribed by the author and dated in blue ink to front free e/p., 'For / darling Sachie and Georgia / with love / from Osbert / May.5.1952', 94pp., The second volume of 'England Reclaimed', NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e66 / 5.50e; Collected Short Stories. Author's Presentation, London: 1953, Duckworth & Co. Ltd., Macmillan & Co. Ltd. first edition, 8vo. (225 x 150mm), publisher's smooth orange buckram, both gilt publisher's credits and gilt titles to black panel on spine, black top, pictorial dustwrapper unclipped, , inscribed by the author and dated in blue ink to front free e/p., 'For / dearest Sachie and Georgia / from Osbert / April:14:'53', 540pp, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e67 / 5.50f: The Four Continents, Being More Discursions on Travel, Art and Life. Author's Presentation, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1954. first edition, 8vo., (150 x 225mm), publisher's smooth orange buckram, gilt lettering to black panel on spine, black top, pictorial dustwrapper, design by H. Cowdell, unclipped, inscribed and dated by the author in black ink to front free e/p., , 'For / dearest Sachie and Georgia / with love / from Osbert / ?July. 2. 1954', 24 b/w. photo. illustrated plates, 282pp. Osbert Sitwell's handwriting noticeably shakier due to his Parkinsons disease which was diagnosed in the mid 1950s, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e68 / 5.50g; On the Continent. A Book of Inquilinics. Author's Presentation, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1958. first edition, 8vo., (221 x 145mm), publisher's smooth orange buckram, black top, gilt lettering to black panel on spine, dustwrapper unclipped, shakily inscribed and dated by the author in black ink to front free e/p., 'to / dearest Sachie and Georgia / with best love / from / Osbert / March.7.1958',. 109pp., NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e69 / 5.50h; Tales My Father Taught Me. An Evocation of Extravagant Episodes. Hutchinson of London, 1962. first edition, publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to blue panel on spine, blue top, dustwrapper unclipped, design by H. Cowdell, grey e/ps., 15 b/w. photo. illustrated plates, including frontispiece, 207pp., NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e70 / 5.50i. Provenance: From the Sitwell Family Library. (Qty. 5) Condition Report: 1. Wrack at Tideside: A Book of Balnearics - clean bright cloth with a few minor marks, dustwrapper with light marks and edge nicks, o/w. a clean copy. 2. Collected Short Stories - bright clean cloth, lower spine a little bumped, dustwrapper with light foxing, o/w. a clean copy. 3. The Four Continents - clean bright cloth, spine marginally bumped head/tail, clean dustwrapper save a few marks to lower wrapper, a clean copy. 4. On the Continent. A Book of Inquilinics - clean bright cloth, front top corner dented, a few light marks to the otherwise clean bright dustwrapper, a clean copy. 5. Tales My Father Taught Me. An Evocation of Extravagant Episodes - clean bright cloth, spine bumped at tail, clean bright dustwrapper with a few minor marks, a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer