London: Michael Joseph, 1942.

First edition hardback. 209pp, last three pages blank. 8vo. 

Sackville-West wrote Grand Canyon in the midst of the Second World War. Here she imagines a future where the Axis defeat Britain. Two strangers staying at the Grand Canyon Hotel in Arizona meet and share their memories of the country that has now been lost. As The Guardian said, this is a “startling piece of speculative fiction” - speculative in the most literal sense of the word.

Purple cloth board with silver text on spine. Dustjacket slightly chipped on right-side edges, spine with slight wear and small chips to top and bottom. Small closed tear to top edge of back of dustjacket. Price intacked. Back flap features advertisement for the wartime BBC: “FROM LONDON COMES THE VOICE OF BRITAIN... THE VOICE OF FREEDOM”