Her looks attracted Cecil Beaton and the principal painters of the day. Among her friends were Aldous Huxley, T.S. Eliot, and Gertrude Stein. She rebuffed Wyndham Lewis and ardently loved the temperamental Russian painter, Pavel Tchelitchew. The 1930s she spent in penury, writing fiction, biography and verse. Only when Yeats hailed her as 'a major poet' did her work reach a wider audience, whereupon Edith Sitwell set off to conquer New York and Hollywood. Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize and James Tait Black Memorial ...
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Her looks attracted Cecil Beaton and the principal painters of the day. Among her friends were Aldous Huxley, T.S. Eliot, and Gertrude Stein. She rebuffed Wyndham Lewis and ardently loved the temperamental Russian painter, Pavel Tchelitchew. The 1930s she spent in penury, writing fiction, biography and verse. Only when Yeats hailed her as 'a major poet' did her work reach a wider audience, whereupon Edith Sitwell set off to conquer New York and Hollywood. Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize and James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography, this is the definitive portrait of a spontaneous, gallant, yet tragically insecure woman. 'The excellence of Mrs Glendinning's book is that it remains wise and balanced while never sacrificing critical edge... It's hard to imagine a life of Edith Sitwell that could surpass it.' John Carey, Sunday Times
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. Uncorrected proof. 375pp. Illustrated wrappers. Title page starting to come loose, covers lightly soiled with an erasure mark on front wrap, very good. Publisher's summary stapled inside front wrap. A biography.
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As New. 0394504399. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-AS NEW, THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE, CLEAN, UNMARKED, AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION--393 pages. --with a bonus offer--
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Very good + A Unicorn Among Lions. Sm 4to. Beige cloth, with gilt spine titles, and gilt design on cover. Purple top-stain. 391 pages, with Notes, References, and Index. Illustrated with b/w photographic images and seven color plates. No names or marks. Lacking the dust-jacket.
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Very good in very good jacket. Illustrated (b/w). 391 pages. 8vo., dark grey clot, dust wrapper. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (1981). A very good copy.
