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Pound, Ezra. Cathay: Poems After Li Po. Limited Editions Club, New York, 1992.
Price: US$825.00 + shipping
Description: 34 pages. 32 x 25.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 13 of 300 set in Monotype Lutetia, signed by Francesco Clemente with seven color woodcut illustrations by the latter. Francesco Clemente is a contemporary Italian artist known for his dreamlike paintings based on esoteric themes of sexuality and spirituality. In the 1980's he collaborated with Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, and Allen Ginsberg. Editions designed by Dan Carr, printed by Arthur Larson on handmade Japanese Ogawashi paper. Originally published: New Directions, 1926 in Personæ: the shorter poems of Ezra Pound. Sunning to spine and slipcase edges. Orig. blue Japanese linen with blocked design in blind on upper cover. Very good in very good slipcase
Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Number 269 of 300 copies, quarto size, 41 pp., signed by Francesco Clemente, with LEC Monthly Newsletter. Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (1885-1972) was a major figure in the early modernist movement; his early poetry was devoted to the development of Imagism, a movement derived from classical Chinese and Japanese poetry, stressing clarity, precision and economy of language. Of this work, "Cathay", Chinese critic Wai-lim Yip writes: "One can easily excommunicate Pound from the Forbidden City of Chinese studies, but it seems clear that in his dealings with Cathay, even when he is given only the barest details, he is able to get into the central concerns of the original author by what we may perhaps call a kind of clairvoyance" (n. b., above info from Wikipedia). ___DESCRIPTION: Full light blue-grey linen, embossed decoration on the front board, all text pages french fold, the seven colour woodcuts bound in throughout the text; type Monotype Lutetia, text printed on handmade Japanese Ogawashi paper, large quarto in size (almost 11.75" tall), pagination: [i-iv] [1] 2-34 [35-36] [1 colophon], one of 300 copies, this number 269, signed by the Francesco Clemente. Monthly newsletter loosely laid in. Publisher's slipcase bound in matching blue-grey linen and lined with light blue velveteen. ___CONDITION: Volume is fine overall, the binding is clean and not sunned, with a strong, square text block, solid hinges, perfectly straight corners with no rubbing, the interior is clean and bright, and it is entirely free of prior owner markings; the colophon page has some shallow unintended creases at the gutter, else fine. The monthly newsletter is fine, with only the original fold and no edgewear. The matching slipcase is fine overall, strong and sturdy; there is one short, light mark on the back, else fine. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please contact us for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
Seller: Swan's Fine Books, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Walnut Creek, CA, U.S.A.
EZRA POUND. CATHAY: POEMS AFTER LI PO. The Limited Edition's Club, N.Y., 1992.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A fine, clean and tight copy in a fine slipcase. Published by The Limited Editions Club, Number 48 of 300 copies. Printed on handmade Japanese Ogawashi Paper and signed by the artist: Francesco Clemente. Seven original woodcuts by the artist. A very nice copy. No bumped corners to book of case. No splits to slipcase. No ownership signatures. A Fine Copy.
Seller: Booklegger's Fine Books ABAA, Park Ridge, IL, U.S.A.
Ezra Pound. Cathay: Poems After Li Po (The Limited Editions Club). The Limited Editions Club, 1992.
Price: US$1100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Signed by Clemente on the colophon. Illustrated with 7 color woodcuts by Clemente. Bound in light blue cloth and a matching slipcase (lightly sunned) designed by Clemente. One of the more successful of the new Limited Editions Club's attempt at Livres de Peintres. Rendered in a modest scale, Clemente's illustrations are the perfect compliment to Pound's text. Designed by David Carr and printed by Arthur Larson at the Horton Tank Graphics on handmade Japanese Ogawashi paper. #87 of 300 copies. Full refund if not satisfied.
Seller: Shelley and Son Books (IOBA), Hendersonville, NC, U.S.A.
Pound, Ezra. Cathay: Poems after Li Po. Limited Editions Club, New York, 1992.
Price: US$1300.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: A lovely book, with seven multi-color wood engravings made from Francesco Clemente's originals. Designed by Dan Carr, and printed by Art Larson in the French style (double pages) on handmade Japanese Ogawashi paper. Typeset by Julia Ferrari and Dan Carr. Woodblocks were cut by Michael Berdan and editioned at Evans Editions in New York. One of an edition limited to 300 numbered copies signed by the artist, Francesco Clemente. See History of the LEC p. 231. New. bound in full pale blue silk with an abstract spiral design by Clemente embossed on the cover, enclosed in a matching slipcase
Seller: Four Rivers Books, LLC, Boulder, CO, U.S.A.
Pound, Ezra.. CATHAY, Poems After Li Po.. The Limited Editions Club: NY, 1992.
Price: US$1725.00 + shipping
Description: Seven color woodcuts by Francesco Clemente, 12 x 8, cloth, 34 pp, spine sunned on, vg in sunned slipcase. LIMITED TO 300 NUMBERED COPIES, SIGNED BY ARTIST.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
POUND, Ezra. Cathay. Poems After Li Po. Limited Editions Club, New York, 1992.
Price: US$2000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Seven Color Woodcuts by Francesco Celemente. 4to, light blue silk cloth; cloth box. N.Y.: Limited Editions Club, (1992). One of 300 numbered copies on handmade Japanese Ogawashi paper, signed by the artist.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.