25. Coward (Nöel), “Hernia Whittlebot”. Poems...with an appreciation by Nöel Coward, one of only 24 copies , signed inscription from Coward on verso of title, errata slip, occasional light finger-marking, original printed wrappers, lightly rubbed and creased, 4to, n.p., n.d. [1923].
est. £400 – £600
Coward’s scarce parody of Edith Sitwell, to be distributed to close friends. The inscription reads “I should so like / To Present Hernia Whittlebot / to Uncle [?]Calachurus / Nöel Coward / 1924”. A list of Whittlebot’s other ‘works’ on p.1 include Gilded Sluts and Haggis Re-Visited , with Twelve Recipes for Mince Pies ominously in ‘preparation’.