"The English Eccentrics" 1933 SITWELL, Edith Bookends

"The English Eccentrics" 1933 SITWELL, Edith BookendsSITWELL, Edith [332] pp. Faber & Faber 1933 9 1 8" x 6" VG VG 'The author would like to express her sense of the honour conferred on this book by the magnificent cover drawing by Monsier Pavel Tchelitchew.' Edith Sitwell, herself an English eccentric, brings together an appreciative selection of unusual characters from England's history. The book is scarce in its original dust jacket by Pavel Tchelitchew. Sitwell was a patron of Tchelitchew and he

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The climate of New Orleans is near-tropical

Cover by Cesare Maria Casati

the place where he makes his living as a bright young editor in a Shall book-publishing house

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Tchelitchew’s works can be found in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago

who became the directrice of her father's fashion house in 1947

with notable roles in *Grand Illusion*

Do you have a mirror on your bathroom ceiling so you can watch yourself gargle

World War II took place before the book was published

It has been known for multiple drinks

and so are its gardens: here