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Eliot, T. S.; Pound Ezra. Ezra Pound - His Metric and Poetry. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1917.
Price: US$233.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Rare first edition. Limited to 1,000. Rose-colored boards, some edge, spine wear, bump. Pages good, clean. Frontispiece sketch of Pound by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. Bind good. Ezra Pound greatly influenced and encouraged T. S. Eliot's publication of his writings. Pound prompted Eliot to write this pamphlet, though anonymously in order to avoid accusation of mutual promotion and his authorship was not made public until two years after original publication. The title itself was Pound's idea, thematically linking it to another book by the publisher, Ezra Pound's Lustra. Brief tribute to Pound and analysis of his writings issued to promote Knopf's edition of Lustra. Pound revised and corrected it before sending it off to John Quinn, who was arranging publication. Insured post. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: Attractively bound in mustard-colored paper-covered boards stamped brightly in dark blue with the title, author and border rules on the front boards and on the spine.With a touch of fraying to the top of the spine ends.Very clean and tight throughout. With a 1' separation along the hinge at the bottom of the front panel. Light soiling and a touch of fading to the left edges of the rear panel. Ezra Weston Loomis Pound (30 October 1885 1 November 1972) was an expatriate American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a collaborator in Fascist Italy and the Salò Republic during World War II. His works include Ripostes (1912), Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (1920), and his 800-page epic poem, The Cantos (c. 19171962).[1] Pound's contribution to poetry began in the early 20th century with his role in developing Imagism, a movement stressing precision and economy of language. Working in London as foreign editor of several American literary magazines, he helped discover and shape the work of contemporaries such as Robert Frost, T. S. Eliot, Ernest Hemingway, and James Joyce. He was responsible for the 1914 serialization of Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the 1915 publication of Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", and the serialization from 1918 of Joyce's Ulysses. Hemingway wrote in 1932 that, for poets born in the late 19th or early 20th century, not to be influenced by Pound would be "like passing through a great blizzard and not feeling its cold."[a] Angered by the carnage of World War I, Pound blamed the war on finance capitalism, which he called "usury".[3] He moved to Italy in 1924 and through the 1930s and 1940s promoted an economic theory known as social credit, wrote for publications owned by the British fascist Sir Oswald Mosley, embraced Benito Mussolini's fascism, and expressed support for Adolf Hitler. During World War II, Pound recorded hundreds of paid radio propaganda broadcasts for the Italian government, including in German-occupied Italy, in which he attacked the United States Federal Government, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Great Britain, international finance, munitions makers, arms dealers, Jews, and others, as abettors and prolongers of the war. He also praised both Eugenics and the Holocaust in Italy, while urging American GIs to throw down their rifles and surrender. In 1945, Pound was captured by the Italian Resistance and handed over to the U.S. Army's Counterintelligence Corps, who held him pending extradition and prosecution based on an indictment for treason. He spent months in a U.S. military detention camp near Pisa, including three weeks in an outdoor steel cage. Ruled mentally unfit to stand trial, Pound was incarcerated for over 12 years at St. Elizabeths psychiatric hospital in Washington, D.C., whose doctors viewed Pound as a narcissist and a psychopath, but otherwise completely sane. (Wikipedia) First American edition with matching title page and copyright page dates of 1917. And with "Published October, 1917" on the copyright page.
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Eliot, T.S.. EZRA POUND: HIS METRIC AND POETRY. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1917.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: Small Octavo, 31 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to front cover. Spine and edges of boards faded to tan. Minor general shelf wear, primarily rubbing to head and tail of spine and corners of boards. Age toning with light scattered foxing throughout textblock. Shelved in Case 0. T.S. Eliot's second book, published anonymously. 1379466. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
(Eliot, T. S.). EZRA POUND. HIS METRIC AND POETRY. New York:Alfred A. Knopf, 1917.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York:Alfred A. Knopf. 1917. 31pp. Hardcover. Rose boards, sun faded along spine strip, with gilt on spine and front cover dulled. Page edges soiled. Internally, previous owners bookplate to inside front board, otherwise pages clean. No foxing. The binding is tight and hinges intact. A very good copy. *Written anonymously by T. S. Eliot, his second book, in an edition of 1000 copies.
Seller: Parnassus Book Service, Inc, YarmouthPort, MA, U.S.A.
Eliot, T.S.. Ezra Pound. His Metric and Poetry. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1917.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1917. Eliot's second book, published anonymously and in an edition of only 1000 copies. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition. Ribbed paper-covered binding with gilt lettering on the front cover; the original pink colour is a bit faded toward the edges and the spine has turned to brown. Clean text; 31 pages, with a bibliography. The black and white frontis illustration is by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. The corners are bumped. A sound copy of an important work connecting two of the great modernists of the Twentieth Century. Lacking a dustjacket; in an archival plastic protector. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Henri Gautier-Brzeska.
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
[Eliot, T.S.].. Ezra Pound: His Metric and Poetry.. New York: Knopf, 1917., 1917.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo. 31 pp. Original rose-colored boards with title in gilt on front cover. Spine and portion of back cover faded, 1" split along front hinge, but a very good, tight copy. First edition of Eliot's second book, printed in an edition of 1,000 copies.
Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$440.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo (19.25cm.); original rose paper-covered boards, upper cover lettered in gilt, unadorned spine; 31pp.; frontispiece. Spine faded to tan, gilt lettering a bit dulled, else Very Good and sound. One of 1000 copies published. Written anonymously by Eliot and edited by Pound. Eliot's second published work. GALLUP (Eliot) A2; GALLUP (Pound) B17.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
[Eliot, T. S.]. EZRA POUND HIS METRIC AND POETRY. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1917.
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: 31pp. Rose boards, stamped in gilt. Portrait of Pound by Gaudier-Brzeska. Spine somewhat sunned, gilt lettering with a slight patina, boards faintly dust-soiled, small bump toward crown of spine, but a very good, clean copy, without the usual foxing to the verso of the frontis. Lacking the plain tan paper shipping wrapper. First edition of Eliot's anonymously published second book, superintended by John Quinn as a promotional for LUSTRA. According to Gallup, one of one thousand copies printed -- however, the frequency with which copies turn up - particularly in light of the attrition rate one would expect for a book so delicate - can't help but suggest the edition may have possibly been a bit larger. GALLUP (ELIOT) A2.
Seller: William Reese Company - Literature, ABAA, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
[ELIOT, T.S.]. Ezra Pound: His Metric and Poetry.. New York Alfred A. Knopf i.e. 1918, 1917.
Price: US$605.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, sole printing, one of 1000 copies; 8vo; frontispiece with a reproduction of an ink sketch by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska; original pink boards, titles to upper board gilt, back strip just a touch faded, boards very lightly marked, nonetheless a very decent copy. Eliot's second book, published anonymously. Pound's tireless commitment and dedication to Eliot and his poetry, how to get it published and appreciated by a wider audience, prompted Eliot to write this pamphlet, though anonymously in order to avoid accusation of mutual promotion. Pound suggested the title and the pamphlet was published early in January 1918, carefully timed to tie in with another Knopf publication, Ezra Pound's Lustra. Gallup A2.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$644.13 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition of the author's second book, issued anonymously, and never published as a stand-alone volume in the UK (although it was included in his 1965 collection 'To Criticize the Critic'). Slim 8vo. 31pp. Pink paper-covered boards, lettered in gold at the upper board. With a portrait frontispiece of Pound by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. Spine ends and corner tips a little rubbed, with some fading to the spine. Binding cracked and just a little tender at the first text leaf, and with just a touch of spotting to the rear endpapers. Former owner name partially erased from the tip of the front free endpaper. A very good copy in the original unprinted buff paper dust wrapper, split into two parts at the natural fold, and with several quite lengthy jagged tears and some accompanying creasing. Published in November 1917 as an accompaniment to Pound's Lustra, also issued by Knopf. Gallup A2. "There was a time when it did not seem fitting for me to write a pamphlet . but Ezra was then known only to a few and I was so completely unknown that it seemed more decent that the pamphlet should appear anonymously" - Eliot, 'The Cantos of Ezra Pound' (1933).
Seller: Clearwater Books, London, United Kingdom
ELIOT, T[homas] S[tearns]. Ezra Pound. His Metric and His Poetry. Knopf, New York, 1917.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. Frontispiece reproduction of a sketch of Pound by Gaudier-Brzeska. Original rose boards, front cover lettered in gilt. With early manuscript identification of Eliot as the author on title-page (the book was issued anonymously). First edition of Eliot's second book, one of 1000 copies. Published in January 1918 in connection with the publication, also by Knopf, of Pound's 'Lustra' (Gallup A2). A very good copy. (BA). Spine faded as usual
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Eliot, T.S.. Ezra Pound: His Metric and Poetry. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1917.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very Good in a Good jacket, chipped at the edges. Purple paper on the boards, toned at the spine and lightly rubbed at the bottom edge, with gilt lettering on the front. Square, bound with some reading wear, a few spots of foxing, generally clean. This was originally published annnymously but later attributed to Eliot. At the back, Pound has added a three-page "Bibliography of Books and Partial Bibliography of Notable Critical Articles."
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.
[Eliot, T.S.]. Ezra Pound His Metric and Poetry. Knopf, New York, 1917.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First edition of Eliot's anonymously published second book. One of one thousand copies printed. 12mo. 1 vols. 8vo. First edition of ELiot's Anonymously published second book, superintended by John Quinn as a promotion for Lustra. An nice copy of a fragile book. Gallup A2 Rose boards, stamped in gilt. Spine slightly sunned, some spotting, else a very good plus copy in original plain wrapper First edition of Eliot's anonymously published second book. One of one thousand copies printed.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Eliot, T.S.. Ezra Pound His Metric and Poetry.. Alfred A. Knopf [1917], New York, 1917.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Gallup A2. Issued in 1918. Eliot's second book, published anonymously, to coincide with the publication of Pound's Lustra by John Quinn. 1000 copies. A Fine, clean copy in vertically ribbed rose colored paper covered boards stamped in gilt on front cover, in publisher's unprinted plain brown dust-wrapper. Wrapper is fully integral, though starting along spine fold. Frontispiece portrait of Pound by Gaudier-Brzeska. 31pp with list of Pound's works at end. A key document in the relationship between these two giants of Modernism. Q05131
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Eliot, T.S. (Ezra Pound). Ezra Pound his Metric and Poetry. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1917.
Price: US$900.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing published by Alfred Knopf in New York. The book is bound in the publisher's red paper boards with some wear to the spine. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Includes a custom acetate cover to protect the book.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$1175.65 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "Here at last is Eliots essay. A long time in coming, but he has made an excellent job of it, as I knew he would. No gush. He has been rather clever in the way he sets the critics at each others throats. . It is certainly the most careful study that has been made, and in a way the first one by a competent critic . Again I must thank you for having the booklet done. I think the close arguing of Eliots essay ought to do a deal of good, and at least choke off the imbeciles. . I agree fully with you and Knopf, that it should NOT be signed by Eliot, just now when I am booming his work. Also he has written it as an unsigned thing. So there can be no question about that now." Ezra Pound to John Quinn, 9 September 1917. First and only printing of T.S. Eliots anonymously published second book. Intrigue and collaboration between John Quinn,T.S.Eliot and Ezra Pound, patron and poets, to promote Quinns privately printed edition of Lustra, Pounds poetry in general and Eliot after Prufrock.The bibliography at the rear of the book has been established as Pounds own work. Inscribed by John Quinn, "To Mr. Brock, I am not the author, January 25, 1918." Original red boards, stamped in gilt. Spine sunned, boards darkening. Good. 1,000 copies.
Seller: Badger Books, Woollahra, NSW, Australia
ELIOT, T. S. Thomas Stearns. Ezra Pound: His Metric and Poetry.. Alferd A Knopf, New York, 1917.
Price: US$1249.78 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: T. S. Eliot's second book, which was published anonymously. Original rose-pink paper boards with front cover gold gilt lettering. Spine severely worn and chipped, exposing underlying material. Light stains on the lower cover, stains on the back cover. Inside good. Only 1000 copies ever produced. This is a piece of history. Ffrontispiece portrait of Pound by Gaudier-Brzeska, pp.31, email us for a picture, we ship fast. Size: 7 3/4 x 5
Seller: Mountain Books, Kent, CT, U.S.A.
Eliot, T.S. (Ezra Pound). Ezra Pound his Metric and Poetry. Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1917.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing limited to 1000 copies. A beautiful copy. The book is bound in the publisher's red cloth. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning with minor wear to the spine. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.