Miracle on Sinai, Osbert Sitwell — 1st Edition

£63.30

Miracle on Sinai, Osbert Sitwell — 1st Edition

Name: Miracle on Sinai, Osbert Sitwell — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 6709
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Publication: London, Duckworth, 1933.

Formatting: 8vo, pp. 382.

Condition Report: Very Good. The original blue cloth binding remains remarkably tight, firm, and largely well-preserved, exhibiting sharp corners and retaining bright gilt lettering to the spine despite a touch of sunning to the extreme upper edge. The original, unclipped dust jacket (retaining the 7/6 net price to the rear flap) shows only minor peripheral shelf-wear, slight darkening to the spine panel, and faint rubbing, yet presents exceptionally well without any major loss or significant tears. Internally, the text block is sound. There is typical, mild age-toning to the page edges and some scattered foxing primarily confined to the preliminary leaves, but the pages are otherwise clean and free from any significant defects.

Catalogue Note: A handsome true first edition of Sitwell’s interwar social satire. The volume is distinguished by the retention of its striking original dust jacket, which features a facsimile manuscript lettering design across the upper panel.

While copies of the book frequently appear on the secondary market in various states of disrepair or as later impressions, finding a first printing that still retains an intact, unclipped example of its fragile original wrapper is relatively uncommon.

Set against the dramatic backdrop of Mount Sinai, this witty and incisive satirical novel gathers an eclectic cross-section of modern society, including a newspaper magnate, a clergyman, a celebrated film star, and an ardent spiritualist. As the disparate group awaits a modern-day miracle, Sitwell trains his characteristically sharp, comedic eye on the absurdities, religious anxieties, and social pretensions of the interwar period, delivering a profound study of human folly.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: Osbert Sitwell

Book Publisher: Duckworth

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Fiction

Genre: Humour Fiction

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 382

Book Publication Year: 1933

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: London and Southampton, United Kingdom

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