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SITWELL, Sacheverell & Osbert. All at Sea. A Social Tragedy in Three Acts for First-Class Passengers Only . London: Duckworth, 1927. 8°. Half title. Original blue hessian, dust-jacket by Cecil Beaton (torn with some loss mainly at head and foot of backstrip and at corners). FIRST EDITION, DOUBLE PRESENTATION COPY TO CECIL BEATON inscribed on the front free endpaper, “For dear Cecil with affection from Osbert and Sachie.” With 6 other books by Sacheverell Sitwell, namely The Visit of the Gypsies (London, 1929, PRESENTATION COPY to Edith Olivier), Two Poems, Ten Songs (London, 1929, ONE OF 275 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ), Doctor Donne & Gargantua. The First Six Cantos (London, 1930, illustrated by Rex Whistler , ONE OF 215 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ), Far From my Home. Stories: Long & Short ([London], 1931, PRESENTATION COPY to Cecil Beaton), Far From my Home ([London], 1931, ONE OF 110 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ) and Truffle Hunt (London, 1953, PRESENTATION COPY to Cecil Beaton).
SITWELL, Sacheverell & Osbert. All at Sea. A Social Tragedy in Three Acts for First-Class Passengers Only . London: Duckworth, 1927. 8°. Half title. Original blue hessian, dust-jacket by Cecil Beaton (torn with some loss mainly at head and foot of backstrip and at corners). FIRST EDITION, DOUBLE PRESENTATION COPY TO CECIL BEATON inscribed on the front free endpaper, “For dear Cecil with affection from Osbert and Sachie.” With 6 other books by Sacheverell Sitwell, namely The Visit of the Gypsies (London, 1929, PRESENTATION COPY to Edith Olivier), Two Poems, Ten Songs (London, 1929, ONE OF 275 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ), Doctor Donne & Gargantua. The First Six Cantos (London, 1930, illustrated by Rex Whistler , ONE OF 215 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ), Far From my Home. Stories: Long & Short ([London], 1931, PRESENTATION COPY to Cecil Beaton), Far From my Home ([London], 1931, ONE OF 110 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ) and Truffle Hunt (London, 1953, PRESENTATION COPY to Cecil Beaton).