Alexander Pope; Edith Sitwell — Alexander Pope

London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1930. Cloth. A smart second impression of Edith Sitwell"s 1930 critical study of Alexander Pope, complete with the original dust wrapper. In the publisher's original yellow cloth, complete with the original clipped dust wrapper. First published in March 1930, this is the second impression printed shortly after during the same month. Illustrated with eight monochrome plates and a frontispiece. Collated, complete. This is a comprehensive critical study, in which Sitwell his poetic achievement against the Romantic dismissal of his formal precision.Edith Sitwell (1887–1964) was a leading English poet and critic, known for her avant-garde style and for championing neglected figures in English literature. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Front hinge cracked, with binding material exposed, but firm. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. The odd spot to endpapers. Dust wrapper, smart. The odd small chip, closed tear, and crease to extremities, more so to upper perimeters. The odd light spot to wraps, with slight discolouration to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot to first and last few leaves and fore edge. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good/Good.