Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Ezra Pound. Personae: The Collected Poems of Ezra Pound. A New Directions Book, 1926.
Price: US$9.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description:
Seller: Fallen Leaf Books, Nashville, IN, U.S.A.
Pound, Ezra. PERSONAE; COLLECTED SHORTER POEMS. New Directions, New York, 1926.
Price: US$12.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Book cover is dusty & a bit dull. Dust jacket is worn at folds & reinforced. 273pp. Woodcuts. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" Tall
Seller: Artis Books & Antiques, Calumet, MI, U.S.A.
Pound, Ezra. Personae. New Directions, 1926.
Price: US$13.72 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Clean solid copy, previous owner's book plate on blank endpaper, blue cloth boards, gray jacket, not clipped, Section: Rock-Drill on rear flap.
Seller: Laurel Reed Books, Stratford, ON, Canada
Ezra Pound. Personae. The Collected Shorter Poems of Ezra Pound. New Directions, New York, NY, 1926.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 273pp, 1926 (but 1949). Blue cloth hardcover, somewhat darkened. No dustjacket. No marks or tears. Size: 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall
Seller: Bookworm Books, Tifton, GA, U.S.A.
Pound, Ezra. Personae the Collected Poems of Ezra Pound. New Directions, New York, 1926.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: 273 pages. spine faded as is top edge of covers. tiny nicks to cloth at top and bottom of spine. internally very clean. ; 5 3/4 x 8 5/8 "
Seller: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Blue cloth binding with gold colored print on cover and spine; gold head on front cover. Spine is sunned and color is faded. Print is barely readable. Front cover color is highly disturbed. Lower half has mottled color as if dampstainedSpine edge and upper third are slightly darkened. Fade line along top edges of both covers.Endpapers are clean and hinges solid. Text block is tight, sound and unmarked. .273 pages. Dust jacket is in mylar and not price-clipped ($4.50). Appears lightly soiled and has tattering at edges and creases.
Seller: Falls Bookstore, Readsboro, VT, U.S.A.
Pound, Ezra. PERSONAE; COLLECTED SHORTER POEMS. New Directions, New York, 1926.
Price: US$19.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 273pp. Woodcuts. Cloth and dust jacket are somewhat foxed. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" Tall
Seller: Artis Books & Antiques, Calumet, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$19.95 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: In blue cloth with gilt titling, 8vo, [14], 273 pages. Later issue of Gallup A27. (light shelfwear and rubbing to extremities) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.
Ezra Pound. Personae The Collected Poems of Ezra Pound. A New Directions Book, 1926.
Price: US$19.99 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Foxing to exterior edge of pages. Discoloration to spine due to age. Book is in great condition considering the year. *Contains markings/notes from previous owner.
Seller: True Oak Books, Highland, NY, U.S.A.
Pound, Ezra. Personae. New Directions, New York, 1926.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. Hardcover. Blue cloth. 273pp. New edition. A26b in the bibliography. Offsetting from dust jacket flaps to end-papers, else good. Dust jacket has a few small chips. Not price-clipped.
Seller: Kevin T. Ransom- Bookseller, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$27.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo; G; light blue spine with gilt text; fifth printing; missing jacket; cloth exterior has general shelf wear; ex-library sticker to spine; tape residue over sticker; slight whitish spotting toward edges; foxing to head edge; sturdy boards; text block exterior edges show some foxing; ex-library stamp to exterior head edge; ex-library markings to fep; ex-library pouch to front pastedown; frontispiece; few inked numbers to title page; slight ex-library markings to copyright page; slight pencil ex-library markings and stamp to dedication page; interior pages clean; illustrated; pp 273. 1350705. FP New Rockville Stock.
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
Pound, Ezra. Personae: the collected poems of Ezra Pound. New Directions, 1926.
Price: US$32.36 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 273 p. illus. 22 cm. Very good dust jacket with one small chip. Not price clipped $3.50. Book is as described - all defects and marks are noted. A very nice copy.
Seller: Jeffrey Blake, Willow Grove, PA, U.S.A.
Pound, Ezra. Personae: The Collected Poems of Ezra Pound. A New Directions Book, 1926.
Price: US$33.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition Fifth Printing light pencil marks Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.
Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Pound, Ezra. Personae: the Collected Poems of Ezra Pound. New Directions, NY, 1926.
Price: US$34.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Publisher's blue cloth titled in gilt. Presumed first edition. Spine sunned, corners lighlty bumped, spine head bumped which slightly affects text. PO small plate to rear endpage. Firm binding/hinges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Pound Ezra. Personae. New Directions, 1926.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Personae by Ezra Pound New Directions, 1926, undated publication date, lst this edition Hardback in good+ condition, with fair dust jacket. Text clean and unmarked, binding tight, some slight tanning of pages due to age. Cover shows wear with dings, nicks, chips. Pound is well known for his poetry. This edition has additional poems from various magazines that did not appear in the 1909 edition. This is a very good copy
Seller: Phoenix Books/Joanne's Used Books, Los Banos, CA, U.S.A.
Pound, Ezra. Personae: The Collected Shorter Poems of Ezra Pound. New Directions, New York, 1926.
Price: US$35.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 273 pps. Gilt titles: frt. & sp. Frontis. Blue cloth bds. w/ gilt design. Penned initials on f.p.d.p. Interior leaves are clean and tight. The shorter poems of this seminal American poet of th 20th century. Includes appendices. An unread copy.
Seller: Brillig's Books, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.
Pound, Ezra. Personae, The Collected Poems of Ezra Pound. New Directions, 1926.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering. Copyright page dated 1926. 273 pages. Good condition. Covers clean and square, but spine is toned and bumped. No whole DJ, but a piece of it remains with book. Pages are clean but toned and there is some foxing. Bookseller marks (not mine!) on front free end page.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: pp: (xii), 273; frontispiece portrait, two plates. Bound in light blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover; In the original tan, pulp-paper dust jacket printed in blue, a two-inch piece gone from the shelfback, and tanning of the cloth and endpapers; prior owner's bookplate on front pastedown. 8.5" x 5.5" [Gallup, Ezra Pound Bibliography A27b: A reprint of PERSONAE (1926) with the addition of two appendices, indluding poems not previously collected and now added in 1949.].
Seller: R & A Petrilla, IOBA, Roosevelt, NJ, U.S.A.
Pound, Ezra. Personae. New Directions, New York, 1926.
Price: US$46.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Sunned spine and edges, small grease spot on front, previous owner's name fep, light foxing, front hinge loose, otherwise very good. Kraft jacket with illustration is missing entire back (has flap), and 60% of spine. Front is clean and missing only corners.
Seller: Chuck Price's Books, Rocheport, MO, U.S.A.
Pound, Ezra. Personae: The Collected Poems of Ezra Pound. New Directions Books, New York, 1926.
Price: US$48.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 273pp.; HB blue w/gilt; some rub w/lt.sun on spine; lt.wear on corners; PONft.endpaper; clean,tight pgs. DJ blue w/dk.blue; rubbed w/heavy sun on spine; sml.chips&tears. "This volume is the definitive collection of the early poems of Ezra Pound . Edition to date of all Ezra Pound's poems except the unfinished "Cantos" " poems til the 30's later edition
Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.
Pound, Ezra. Personae; the Collected Poems of Ezra Pound. A New Directions Book, New York, 1926.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: This book has been bound in a pale blue/gray cloth with faded gilt lettering. The spine cover has darkened to a near brown. There are water ring markings on the front cover. Some corner bumping and minor edge wear. Text has yellowed with age but is clean and tight in it's binding. Owner's name in pale red on the front end paper, otherwise unmarked. Black and white illustrations remain sharp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Pound,Ezra. Personae of Ezra Pound.. New Directions, 1926.
Price: US$54.50 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A square solid tight carefully read copy. This copy has some rubbing wear,blue cloth boards are soiled/sun darkened,board edgewear,pagedge browning,some light foxing to endpapers,the shadow of a splash(?) to the rear board. Horace Liveright, Inc Publishing. 231 pages includes all of Pound's poems to date except the unfinished "Cantos". Frontispiece and three additional illustrations for Ripostes. Gilt lettering on the front board and the spine.
Seller: Pat Cramer, Bookseller, Lewisville, TX, U.S.A.
POUND, Ezra. Personæ: The Collected Poems. New Directions Book [1926 (but 1949)], [New York], 1926.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Description: Unstated new offset edition, second (1956) impression in grey dust jacket with advertisement for Section: Rock-Drill on rear flap. Octavo (22cm.); original cloth in grey pictorial dust jacket; [14],273pp.; frontispiece. Jacket spine toned, a few small losses to extremities, most notably at spine crown, none affecting text; discrete tape repair to jacket verso. Very Good overall. New edition offset from the 1926, Boni & Liveright, edition, with additional poems in two appendices. This second impression issued in a different dust jacket and slightly different binding. GALLUP A27b.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Pound, Ezra. Personae: The Collected Shorter Poems of Ezra Pound. NY: New Directions, 1926.
Price: US$72.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near Fine hardcover in a Near Fine dj (name and phone # written in pen to upper left corner of front free endpaper; slight chipping to dj spinal extremities). A nice copy - clean text and tight binding. "Fifth Printing" stated to copyright page. $5.00 printed price still present at lower right corner of front inner dj flap. 273pp.
Seller: Peter Lenz Bookseller, Cohoes, NY, U.S.A.
Pound Ezra. Personae The Collected Poems of Ezra Pound. A New Directions Book, New York, 1926.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A damp stain at the bottom of the book and dust jacket.
Seller: Ann Open Book, Lansing, MI, U.S.A.
Ezra Pound. Personae of Ezra Pound. New Directions, New York, 1926.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: a new directions book dust jacket is in two pieces floded inside book not price clipped
Seller: beat book shop, Boulder, CO, U.S.A.
Ezra Pound. Personae: The Collected Shorter Poems of Ezra Pound. New Directions, 1926.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Fourth Printing. First edition thus, with additional poems. Octavo. 273pp. Frontispiece portrait of Pound by Gaudier-Brzeska. Pale blue cloth with blind stamped gilt titles on front and spine. Prior owner stamp on ffep. A few discrete short notes in margins. Light blue DJ with darker blue titles and head on front and titles on spine. DJ in archival cover, closed rip in rear, small corner chip, toning along edges and to spine.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
POUND, Ezra.. PERSONAE.. New Directions,, 1926.
Price: US$179.99 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Second printing of this edition in dust jacket. The book is about fine with a bump to the foredge of the front cover, minimal wear to the spine ends and bottom edges; bookplate of Joyce Haber, a gossip columnist for the LOS ANGELES TIMES from 1966 to 1975. The dust jacket is pale grey with black lettering; it has two small chips on the front panel and is lightly sunned at the spine.
Seller: Monroe Stahr Books, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Pound, Ezra. Personae The Collected Poems of Ezra Pound. A New Directions Book, E-377, 1926.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Horace Liveright, New York. 1930. 231 pgs. Illustrated with Black and White Plates. Third Printing. DJ has shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities (DJ is chipped and worn to the extremities). Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. This volume is the definitive collection of the early poems of Ezra Pound. Here we find the lyrics in the vein of the Provencal Troubadours, the satiric poems of the London period, the beautiful translations from the early French and Italian poets, and from the Chinese, the poems of his maturity such as "Mauberley" and the wonderful description of the Roman poet Propertius. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 273 pages
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.