Before the Bombardment.

£125 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

first edition of Osbert Sitwell's first novel First edition of Osbert Sitwell's first novel, complete with the dustjacket. Set in an out-of-season seaside hotel, it studies social and psychological change when a world of obsolete values comes under the bombardment of a new and harsher era. First edition, first impression; 8vo; (19.2 x 14.5 cm); half-title, scattered light foxing, National Portrait Gallery label loosely inserted; publisher's smooth orange cloth, blue lettering to spine, blue topstain, unclipped dust-jacket, dust-jacket slightly marked, clean edge tears and edge nicks, top right-hand corner torn (with loss), otherwise a very good copy; 320pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

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