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Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Publisher: Small, Maynard and Company, 1910. First Edition. Ezra Pound, Expatriate American Poet and Critic, 1885-1972. Hardcover, Fair Condition. No Jacket. Beige paper boards lightly soiled, lightly bumped corners, backstrap intact but loose except for being attached on lower rear side about half way. It is darker than the front cover, title visible in brown. Pages are rough cut, tanned, completely clean and unmarked. Pages 7-8 loose from binding. 84 Pages. Notes. 4.5 x 7". 1910, Small, Maynard and Company, Boston, MA.
Seller: The Parnassus BookShop, Newport, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: vi + 84 pp, 20 poems from Personae, 16 from Exultationes, 13 from Canzoniere, notes. Previous owner's bookplate affixed inside fr pastedown (approx 3" x 5" ), Text virtually unmarked, binding tight, fr board forecorners just slightly worn, text block edges rough-cut and very good, in glassine wrapper. 4.5" x 7" brown papered boards, with black cover & spine letters. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Boston, MA: Small, Maynard and Company. P/NO DUSTJACKET. 1910. . Boards. 16mo., 84 pp., spine chipped away, rubbed, frayed, page toning, writing inside cover, page staining .
Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.
Ezra Pound. Provenca. Small, Maynard, & Co, 1910.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Provenca POUND, EZRA Small, Maynard, & Co, 1910. First Edition. GOOD CONDITION. Hard Cover. Moderate toning to front and back covers. Slightly fragile along binding. Darkening of spine and small chipping to top corner. Slight bumping and wear to edges and corners. All pages intact and in good condition. 7.2 oz 7 x 4 3/8" This piece of literature belonged in the personal library collection of renowned American poet, critic, and Princeton professor, Theodore (Ted) Weiss (1916-2003), and wife Reneé Weiss (1924-2021), who collectively edited the well-known Quarterly Review of Literature Magazine (QRL) for sixty years.
Seller: FITZ BOOKS AND WAFFLES, Buffalo, NY, U.S.A.
POUND, Ezra. Provenca. Small, Maynard and Co., Boston, 1910.
Price: US$156.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first edition / second issue of this, the first book of Pound's to be published in the U.S. The first state was limited to 200 copies, so this book is also quite scarce. Spine has been redone in green leather, stamped in gold. New endsheets and book tightened. A most handsome copy. Ref.: Gallup A6.b.
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.
Pound, Ezra. Provenca. Small, Maynard and Co., Boston, 1910.
Price: US$190.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Ezra Pound introduced himself to the United States as a twentieth-century Troubadour in his youthful collection of Provenca. First Edition, first issue, one of about 200 copies printed. Small 8vo. 84pp. Tan paper covered boards lettered in dark brown and to spine, without price on covers. Edges untrimmed. Spine is separating, stains and edge-wear to the boards, pages are clean.
Seller: Sekkes Consultants, North Dighton, MA, U.S.A.
POUND, Ezra. PROVENCA of EZRA POUND. Small, Maynard and Co., Boston, 1910.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: Printed at Cambridge University. Darkened at spine, else a very good copy.
Seller: Terence McVicker, Rare Books, Glendale, CA, U.S.A.
Pound, Ezra. Provenca. Small, Maynard and Company, Boston, 1910.
Price: US$210.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good overall condition. Bottom inch of the spine is mostly gone and there's a 1/2" triangular chip to the head.Lettering on spine is faded but complete and legible. Binding is square and tight. No markings.
Seller: Bruce Davidson Books, Arlington, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, second impression with cover and spine printed in green. 12mo (17.5cm.); original tan boards ; vi,84pp. Light edge wear, tiny damp stain to spine crown, else Very Good or better. GALLUP A6b.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
POUND, Ezra.. Provença.. Boston Small Maynard and Company, 1910.
Price: US$302.50 + shipping
Description: First edition, first impression, one of 200 copies; small 8vo; short closed tear to lower edge of title, slight age-toning, offsetting to endpapers, bookseller's label to rear pastedown; publisher's tan paper boards, stamped in dark brown to spine and upper cover, lettering to spine faded but legible, slight loss to head of spine, some rubbing to extremities, else very good. First edition of Pound's first book published in America, containing the best of the two 1909 volumes Personae and Exultations. Gallup A6a.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Second binding with green stamped boards. Faint wear to book edges, pages uncut. Jacket split along front flap with loss at the head of the spine but intact and attractive otherwise. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Inventory No: 043198.
Seller: Pazzo Books, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
POUND, Ezra. PROVENCA. , 1910.
Price: US$360.00 + shipping
Description: POUND, Ezra. PROVENCA. Boston: Small, Maynard and Company, (1910). First Edition, first issue. One of about 200 copies printed. Small 8vo. 84pp. Tan paper covered boards lettered in dark brown to spine. Edges untrimmed. Head tail of spine chipped, otherwise minimal wear. (Gallup A6).
Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
POUND, Ezra.. Provenca.. Small, Maynard, Boston, 1910.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: 84 pp. 12mo. Publisher's paper-covered boards in dust jacket. Later edition. Near fine; a few pages roughly opened; a very light waterstain to the corners of some pages, in a jacket with some internal tissue reinforcement and a few small chips to the spine. Quite attractive.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 84pp.; HB brwn.w/blk.; rubbed w/wear on edges&corners; some stain w/spine darkend; PONs; some lt.tan w/ruff-cut, clean,tight pgs. Poetry.
Seller: Xochi's Bookstore & Gallery, truth or consequences, NM, U.S.A.
Price: US$521.24 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the title-blocked boards. Minor generalized wear to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains quite well-preserved overall given the reasonably fragile nature of the binding. Scans and additional detail on request. ; 84 pages; Description: vi, 84p. 18cm. Author's 1st book in the USA. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Price: US$580.00 + shipping
Description: Very good copy in the title-blocked boards. Minor generalized wear to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains quite well-preserved overall given the reasonably fragile nature of the binding. Scans and additional detail on request. ; 84 pages; Description: vi, 84p. 18cm. Author's 1st book in the USA. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, second issue. vi, 84 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. In the scarce dust jacket. The first American edition of Pound's poems. Gallup A 6 b Tan paper boards titled in green on upper cover and spine, edges untrimmed. Some splitting along joints at foot, otherwise a very good copy in the uncommon printed dust jacket with loss at top of spine and darkening to spine
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$863.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo. First edition, second binding. Head of spine bumped and paper starting to split along upper hinge, else a near fine copy of Pound's first book printed in America. In dust wrapper with a few small chips to extremities. (Gallup A6).
Seller: Bromer Booksellers, Inc., ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$995.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: SIGNED ASSOCIATION AND PRESENTATION COPY. ALFRED KNOPF'S OWN COPY. Signed and inscribed on the front pastedown "Alfred A. Knopf / Lawrence / Long Island / Bequeathed by his this 29th / day of January in the year / of grace 1912 to / Simon Barr." Printed by The University Press, USA. 84 pages. Collectible deckle edges. Binding square and tight, hinges solid and unbroken. Boards very clean. Signatures and textblock solid and tight. Paper clean and bright. This item's one defect is that it unfortunately lacks the spine; boards are firmly attached. Restoration awaits. With a spine, this volume would be Fine/Very Fine. Alas. Protected in thick mylar. Signature is verified and confirmed. BUY WITH CONFIDNCE! Offered by Hirschfeld Galleries of Saint Louis--Rare Books--Since 1931. Photographs sent upon request. from the collection of the noted psychoanalyst Dr. Saul Rosenweig of Washington University in St Louis, with a signed personal card between him and his patient, Ezra Pound, now incarcerated in St Elizabeth's hospital in DC, from Pound to his Doctor, stating He did not know her, signed E P.
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first impression. 12mo. Original printed tan boards. Faint tape marks on the free endpapers, bookseller's discreet label on rear pastedown, boards slightly soiled with a little bit of wear to the edges, otherwise a near fine copy. Scarce in this condition. Pound's first book of poetry published in America. It contains the best work of two earlier volumes, *Personae* and *Exhultations*, with the addition of several new poems. Separately issued in England under the title of *Canzoni*. One of approximately 200 copies printed. *Gallup* A6a.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first impression. 12mo. Original printed tan boards. Ownership signature, a tiny spot on the front cover, top corner a little bumped, but generally a very near fine copy. Scarce in this condition. Pound's first book of poetry published in America. It contains the best work of two earlier volumes, *Personae* and *Exultations*, with the addition of several new poems. Separately issued in England under the title of *Canzoni*. One of approximately 200 copies printed. *Gallup* A6a.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Pound, Ezra. Provenca of Ezra Pound. Small, Maynard And Company, Boston, 1910.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Impression. Original printed tan boards with green titles and band on front and spine. Uncut page edges. Very good copy in the title-blocked boards.
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.