1928 Kza

Copies examined

British Library: 011903.c.51
Curwen Press: B55

Title page

[1]3r

SITWELLIANA | 1915 * 1927 | Being a Handlist of Works by | Edith, Osbert, and Sacheverell Sitwell | and of their contributions to | certain selected | periodicals | * | Together with an Introduction and | some Notes on the Periodicals, and | three portraits of the Authors by | ALBERT RUTHERSTON, Compiled | by THOMAS BALSTON | DUCKWORTH | [row of flowers] | 3 Henrietta Street, W.C.2 | 1928

Imprint

[1]3v

Half title

[1]2r

Limitation

[1]1v

. . . with duplicate copies | of the three portraits signed by the authors, | (70/50 total/for sale)

Collation

[1]6 [2-4]4, inserted leaves after [1]6(p.x), [2]2(p.4), [3]1(p.8).

Pagination

[6] v-x, 1-24.

Contents

[1]4r, p.v-vi

Introductionvii
Edith Sitwell1
Osbert Sitwell5
Sacheverell Sitwell9
Edith and Osbert Sitwell12
Edith, Osbert, and Sacheverell Sitwell13
Portraits by Albert Rutherston
Edith Sitwellfacing p.1
Osbert Sitwellfacing p.5
Sacheverell Sitwellfacing p.9
Notes on Selected Periodicals, etc.14
1. Wheels 1916-21
2. Art and Letters (New Series)  
3. New Paths 1917-18
4. Coterie 1919-21
5. The Chapbook 1919-21
6. The Apple 1920-22
7. The New Keepsake 1921
8. Form 1916-22
9. The Golden Hind 1922-24
10. The Eton Candle1922
11. Bibliophile's Almanack for 1927 
Index.23-24
Wheels 4th cycle 1919 is dedicated to the memory of Wilfred Owen, and contains seven of his poems.

Technical description

Crown 8o: 7½" × 5", top edge only trimmed,white wove, Millbourn British Hand Made pure rag; 11pt. Imprint; three engraved portraits; casing, cloth, with wavy pattern, pink and grey, paper label on upper cover printed: ‘[within a border of flowers] SITWELLIANA’; inside lower cover is a folder (covered in the same patterned cloth) holding duplicate copies of the 3 portrait plates, signed by the authors.

Note

B.L. copy is numbered 51 and the duplicate copies of the portraits are pasted in at the end of the book; in the Curwen copy the portraits are badly set off, and the duplicate portraits are missing.

Legal deposit date

See also

Robin Phillips, 1963, revised 5/Jul/2021