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Synopsis

Truffle hunt with sacheverell sitwell. [wrapper design by irene hawkins].

Item Description

FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 8.75 x 5.75 inches. x + 320 pp. Bound in original grey cloth, with red titles, in unclipped pictorial dust wrapper, with chips at head and tail of spine, which is sunned. A little sunning of board edges and browning of flyleaves, but otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by frontispiece and by 30 pages of black and white plates. A collection of essays on a wide variety of topics, often inspired by the author's travels abroad, by Sacheverell Sitwell (1897-1988), writer and critic. Many are short sketches taken from his Sunday Times column and others towards the end of the text are more extended. Designed by Irene Hunt (1906-79), artist and illustrator.