Cupid And The Jacaranda -

Macmillan & Co., 1952. First Edition THUS. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket in good condition. First edition THUS. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. First edition thus. The dust jacket is housed in protective mylar for preservation. The binding suffers moderate loosening due to age and wear, but remains secure and in-tact; the pages are clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Macmillan, 1952. First edition, first printing. Fine in very good dust jacket with a one-half inch chip to upper spine and light edgewear in mylar cover..

Macmillan, 1952. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. The jacket is a bit marked and edgeworn. Internally clean and tightly bound.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London: Macmillan, 1952. 217 pp, 8vo (8 5/8" H). "(R)anges the wide field between fact and fiction. Partly, in its beginnings, it is Mr. Sitwell's autobiography in terms of what he has described and seen. An American critic has written of him: 'Perhaps no writer has ever covered a wider range in the arts that make life beautiful. Particularly impressive is the sum and volume of his writings on architecture, painting and sculpture.' The same critic continues: 'But his passion for music and the theatre is almost as constant,' and of this enthusiasm there is full evidence in this new work, which contains particularly beautiful passages on dancing. A good deal of the last part of the book is taken up with flower descriptions, and here the author writes with all the fire he devoted to 'The Kingdom of the Birds'. Mr. Sitwell has never trodden the beaten track, and 'Cupid and the Jacaranda' is unlike any other book. It shows him at his best, and will not fail to… Leer más

London: Macmillan & Co, 1952. 1st. h/b. Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (some chipping and wear, in protective sleeve), red clothobund boards (a little fading at edges), gilt spine titling bright; text block firm and pages unmarked (some light foxing on edges); owners' inscriptions on ffep.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). This is another book by Sacheverell Sitwell belonging to the series which began with his Dance of the Ouick and the Dead in 1936. It is, in fact, the fifth volume of this series Cupid and the Jacaranda, like its predecessors, ranges the wide field between fact and fiction. Partly, in its beginnings, it is Mr. Sitwell's autobiography in terms of what he has described and seen. An American critic has written of him: ""Perhaps no writer has ever covered a wider range in the arts that make life beautiful. Particularly impressive is the sum and volume of his writings on architecture, painting and sculpture. The Kingdom of the Birds"" which was a memorable episode in his The Hunters… Leer más