Taken Care Of. An Autobiography [Uncorrected Proof Copy]

Edith Sitwell.

Hutchinson & Co. Ltd. London. 1965. Uncorrected proof copy on proofing paper and without illustrations. Paperback, octavo; orange proof wrappers, final dust jacket. 192 pages. English. 235 x 155mm. 0.3kg. . Very good, in fair dust jacket; light creasing to spine, short 2cm tear at top of spine, ink blot to fore-edge; jacket is larger than proof binding resulting in creasing and loss.

A uncorrected proof copy of the autobiography of Dame Edith Sitwell. The memoir was published posthumously as Sitwell died just after she had approved the specimen pages from the publishers. The blurb states 'She did not live to correct her proofs and what, if any, changes she might have made is a matter for conjecture.' The poet's prose fills the pages, telling the story of her life from childhood to her last days - 'These, the three Norms, still visit me. But soon, they will cease to do so. Then all will be over, bar the shouting and the worms.'. The dust jacket features two photographic portraits by Cecil Beaton.