{"product_id":"the-death-of-a-god-and-other-stories-osbert-sitwell-1st-edition","title":"The Death of a God and Other Stories, Osbert Sitwell — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, Macmillan \u0026amp; Co. Ltd, 1949\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. [viii], 247, [1].\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report:\u003c\/b\u003e Very Good. The volume presents firmly in the publisher's original red cloth, with the gilt tooling to the black spine vignette remaining bright and unoxidised. The binding is tight and square, showing minimal shelf-wear and only slight rubbing to the board extremities. Internally, the pages retain an excellent level of brightness, though there is the expected mild age-toning to the text block edges and faint offsetting to the endpapers typical of post-war paper stock. The front free endpaper bears a neat ownership signature in blue ink. Original dust jacket remains unclipped (retaining the 8s. 6d. net price on the flap) and visually striking. It exhibits some minor nicks and shallow chipping to the head and tail of the spine, alongside mild age-toning to the rear panel and spine edge, but it survives as a highly presentable and complete example.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note:\u003c\/b\u003e First edition, first impression. This post-war collection is highly regarded for its striking, macabre dust jacket illustrated by Harry Cowdell, which perfectly encapsulates the satirical and slightly gothic undertones of Sitwell’s prose. The volume carries a standard previous ownership signature ('D. Buckingham') to the front free endpaper, serving as a factual record of its domestic provenance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExamples that retain a bright, unclipped dust jacket free of significant loss or heavy tape repairs are increasingly difficult to source.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1949, \u003ci\u003eThe Death of a God and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e gathers nineteen of Sir Osbert Sitwell’s most refined short fictions. Blending his trademark aristocratic wit with a poignant sense of post-war melancholy, Sitwell explores the eccentricities, decaying grandeur, and shifting social landscapes of British society. The collection notably features \"A Place of One's Own,\" a celebrated ghost story that had been successfully adapted into a film just a few years prior, cementing Sitwell's reputation as a master of atmospheric and socially observant English literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53752476270931,"sku":"4046-RM-F-VG-2","price":30.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260609_144837.jpg?v=1781017414","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/the-death-of-a-god-and-other-stories-osbert-sitwell-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}