Ɵ SITWELL, Sacheverell. (1897 - 1988). Six Works: The People's Palace. Roger Senhouse Association copy, Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, 1918, and five others, 1924-1948. comprises: The People's Palace. Roger Senhouse Association copy, Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, 1918. first edition of the author's first book, limited to 400 copies, Adventurers All series, No. XXII, which introduced 'young poets unknown to fame', 8vo., (190 x 130mm), terracotta paper wrappers, printed labels to front and spine, edges untrimmed, ownership inscription to head of half-title in red ink, 'Roger Senhouse / Magd: Coll / Oxford', with a loosely inserted page of pencil notes written in Senhouse's hand, about Sitwell and his reasons for choosing the title of this book, engraved title page and frontispiece, 53pp. plus 2pp. publisher's catalogue at end. Roger Henry Pocklington Senhouse (1899-1970), was an English publisher, translator, and a peripheral member of the Bloomsbury Group of writers, intellectuals, and artists. Senhouse attended Oxford University, where he was friends with Michael Llewelyn Davies, one of the boys upon whom Peter Pan was based. In 1935, Senhouse became co-owner with Fredric Warburg of the publishing house which became Secker & Warburg; Southern Baroque Art: A Study of Painting Architecture and Music in Italy and Spain of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Author's Presentation copy to his future wife, Georgia Doble. London: Grant Richards Ltd., 1924. first edition, 8vo., (222 x 150mm), publisher's orange cloth, gilt-blocked decoration to front, gilt lettering to spine, gilt top, others untrimmed, two pencil inscriptions to top and bottom of front free e/p., 'Georgia Doble', and 'Georgia Doble / from Richmond Temple, April, 1924', further inscribed by the author in black ink to verso of half-title page, 'To / Georgia Doble / from Richmond Temple / with the approval of / Sacheverell Sitwell, 14.8.24', frontispiece and 15 illustrations, 319pp., NPG. tissue wrapping with label. Sacheverell Sitwell and Georgia Doble were married in Paris, 25 October, 1925. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. C49 / 3.63; Splendours and Miseries, inscribed to the author by Elsa Scammell, Faber and Faber Ltd., 1943. first edition, 8vo., (225 x 150mm), publisher's yellow silver decorated cloth, silver lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, further within glassine wrapper, greenish blue top, others untrimmed, gift inscription to the author in blue ink on front free e/p., 'For Sacheverell Sitwell: / With every good wish / Elsa Scammell', printed label with the address of Rodney and Elsa Scammell to head of page, half-title, 16 illustrations, 265pp., NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. f63 / 6.51e; together with The Thirteenth Caesar and Other Poems. 1924. first edition, 8vo., dustwrapper unclipped, design by G. Severini, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. C42 / 3.70; The Cyder Feast and Other Poems. 1927. first edition, 8vo., dustwrapper unclipped, desin by G. Severini, NPG tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. C44 / 3.71. Selected Poems. 1948. NPG tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. f64 / 6.51f. Provenance: From the Sitwell Family Library.(Qty. 6). Condition Report 1. The People's Palace - wrappers bright, front wrapper detaching at top, some toning to edges of leaves, o/w. clean internally.2. Southern Baroque Art . . - boards a little marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, foxing to edges, title page, and throughout.3. Splendours and Miseries - bright cloth with light marks, lower front cover edge a little grubby, dustwrapper clean within glassine wrapper, a very small tra to glassine wrapper and dustwrapper centre spine, some toning internally, o/w. clean.4. The Thirteenth Caesar and Other Poems - London: Grant Richards, 8vo., (215 x 150mm), publisher's yellow cloth, green printed label to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, 112pp; bright boards, a little creased, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper marked with edge nicks, and tears (with loss) to head/tail of spine, foxing to edges and some further foxing internally.5. The Cyder Feast and Other Poems - Duckworth, London, 8vo., (230 x 150mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, foredge untrimmed, half-title, 93pp; bright clean cloth, a small white mark to front cover, a fainter small mark to lower cover, corners slightly scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, d/wrapper a little marked with clean edge tears and chips, very slight loss to tail of spine, foxing to edges and title page, some toning and further sporadic foxing internally, o/w. reasonably clean.