Penny Foolish. A Book of Tirades & Panegyrics

Osbert Sitwell. Dust jacket design by John Farleigh.

Macmillan & Company Ltd. London. 1935. First edition. Hardback, octavo; red cloth-bound boards, top edge red, dust jacket. viii, 372 pages. English. 230 x 155mm. 0.7kg. . Very good, in very good dust jacket; light wear to jacket, light rubbing and edge wear to folds, forecorners and spine ends, browning to panels and spine, not price-clipped; light wear to boards, slight spotting to edges and endpapers.

An eclectic collection of writings by Osbert Sitwell, previously published in journals such as Sunday Referee, Daily Telegraph, Morning Post and Harper's Bazaar. Sitwell offers up his opinions on a diverse range of topics and these are divided into themes such as The Best Years of Life, Modern Tendencies, Hints and In the Realm of Art. With a striking dust jacket designed by the illustrator John Farleigh.