Ɵ SITWELL, Edith. (1887 - 1964). The American Genius. An Anthology of Poetry, Author's Presentation copy to Alfred Rowse, 1951, with three other volumes, 1923-1972. comprises: SITWELL, Edith. (1887 - 1964). The American Genius. An Anthology of Poetry with some Prose Selected, Edited with a Preface by Edith Sitwell. Author's Presentation copy to Alfred Rowse. London: John Lehmann, 1951. first edition, 8vo., (223 x 145mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to black panel on spine, dustwrapper unclipped, design by Keith Vaughan, inscribed by the author to A.L. Rowse in blue ink to front fee e/p., 'For / A.L. Rowse / with admiration / and best wishes / from Edith Sitwell', half-title, dedication to Minnie Astor, 208pp. Alfred Leslie Rowse (1903-1997) was a British historian and author, renowned for his work on Elizabethan England; Fanfare for Elizabeth, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1946. first edition, 8vo., (225 x 147mm), publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, 4 plates, 202pp; Victoria of England, London: Dennis Dobson, 1972. reprint edition, 8vo., (223 x 143mm), publisher's brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, dedicated to Helen Rootham and Evelyn Wiel, 16 b/w. illustrations, 390pp., with an original typescript receipt loosely inserted, from Dobson Books Limited, Campden Hill Road, London, made payable to, Attention of: Foreign Dept., David Higham Associates, Soho, London, AUTHOR'S ACCOUNT , dated 19.6.72; together with PIRANDELLO, Luigi. (1867 - 1936). Three Plays, Six Characters in Search of 'Henry IV.' - Right You Are! (If You Think So). London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., (1923). first UK. edition, publisher's grey cloth, gilt lettering to spine, half-title, gift inscription in black ink and dated July, 1925 to front free e/p., printed in USA., 233pp. Provenance: The Library of Dame Edith Sitwell.