Ɵ SITWELLIANA: A SCRAP ALBUM, 'OF DAME EDITH SITWELL', 1920s-1960s; and A Wicker Basket of press cuttings, 1960s-1970s. comprises: A single album, folio, (445 x 330mm), black cloth, navy-blue leather spine, with silver stencil letters pasted to front, titled 'Of Dame Edith Sitwell', light brown e/ps., decorative manuscript title-page, 'Of Dame Edith Sitwell, Time Soon or Late will Close the Brightest of Eyes, Tis only what is Written Never Dies', the album compiled from 1927 until Edith' death in 1964, approx. 304pp., newspaper cuttings, many with photographs, magazine articles by and about Dame Edith Sitwell, including 'The World's Finest Nose Identified' by Gertrude Stein, Edith's articles on other authors, reviews of her published works, family related articles, press coverage of Edith and Osbert's American Tour, with a few obituaries for Edith Sitwell at the end of the album written by some of her closest friends such as Cecil Beaton and Evelyn Waugh, NPG tissue wrapping and label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition, The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. d55/4.34a; together with A cone-shaped wicker basket full of newspaper press cuttings, mostly 1960s-1970s. Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.