POWELL, Anthony. Venusberg. London: Duckworth, 1932. 8°. Half title, 2-pages of publisher’s advertisements at the end. Original grey cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket designed by Misha Black (the jacket torn at foot of backstrip with some loss, some fraying to corners, some staining, edges rubbed). FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR’S SECOND NOVEL, PRESENTATION COPY, the front free endpaper inscribed, “For Edith Sitwell, who was kind enough to express approval of a previous work, from the author. Tony Powell, Oct. 17th, 1932.”