Ɵ SITWELL, Edith. (1887 - 1964). Five Works: first editions, 1937-1965. comprises: I Live Under a Black Sun. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1937. first edition, 8vo., (200 x 140mm), publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 400pp., NPG tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. d98 / 4.78d; Fanfare for Elizabeth. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1946. first edition, 8vo., (222 x 147mm), publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, design Jack Matthew, half-title, 4 plates, including frontispiece, 202pp., NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. d62 / 4.78h; Green Song and Other Poems. View editions, the Vanguard Press, New York, 1946. first US. edition, 8vo., (242 x 165mm), publisher's yellow paper boards, dustwrapper unclipped, dustwrapper design and frontispiece after Pavel Tchelitchew, foredge untrimmed, 49pp., NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. d99b / 4.31; Gardeners and Astronomers. the Vanguard Press, New York, (1953). first US. edition, one of 2500 copies 8vo., (240 x 160mm), publisher's half lime green and black boards, decorated in gilt and blind with butterflies and stars to front, (lacks all but one star), silver lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, 6 full-page b/w. illustrations (including frontispiece), 60pp., NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. d99e / 4.78k; Taken Care of, an Autobiography. Hutchinson, London, 1965. publisher's beige cloth, gilt lettering to black on spine, blue top, photo. illustrated dustwrapper after Cecil Beaton, unclipped, the Times obituary notice of Dame Edith Sitwell, December 10th, 1964 endpapers, 15 plates (including frontispiece), 192pp., NPG tissue wrapping with label. . National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. d99g / 4.78m.Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall. Condition Report 1. I Live Under a Black Sun - clean cloth, two small dents to lower cover, spine bumped head/tail, foxing to edges and intermittently throughout.2. Fanfare for Elizabeth - clean bright cloth, dustwrapper marked, creased and chipped lower spine, internally clean.3. Green Song and Other Poems - boards marked, dustwrapper with chips to some edges, light foxing to foredge and e/ps., o/w. clean internally.4. Gardeners and Astronomers - boards marked, only one of the stars to front cover, dustwrapper with edge chips and light marks, internally clean.5. Taken Care of An Autobiography - clean bright cloth and gilt, dustwrapper clean with some chips to spine and lower wrapper edge, foxing to edges, o/w. clean internally.