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"Wrack At Tidesend A Book Of Balnearics" 1952 SITWELL, Osbert
$125
SITWELL, Osbert
[94] pp.
Macmillan & Co. Ltd.
1952
8 3/4" x 5 7/8"
Jacket design by H. Cowdell del. 1951
VG/ VG
Wrack at Tidesend contains eight new poems and a few older, all "Balnearics, or poems about the life of a town, a watering-place."Osbert Sitwell manages to capture the urban spirit against the rustic, and this volume is near in inspiration to the author's early short stories and novels. The poems are characterised indeed by the same wit and insight as his prose work, but also add sharpness and atmosphere that are only achievable in this form.