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POUND, EZRA.. Quia Pauper Amavi. London: The Egoist, n.d. [1919], 1919.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Foxed; printed paper spine label rubbed; very good. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Pound, Ezra. Quia Pauper Amavi. The Egoist Ltd, London, 1919.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Description: First trade edition, one of 500 copies of a total edition of 600. 1 vols. 8vo. Gallup A17a Gray paper board with olive green cloth spine, printed paper label . Spine a little faded and label very slightly darkened, light foxing throughout text, but overall, a near fine copy. Cloth slipcase First trade edition, one of 500 copies of a total edition of 600.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
POUND, Ezra. Quia Pauper Amavi. The Egoist Ltd, London, 1919.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Narrow quarto. 51pp. Green cloth spine with olive green papercovered boards and printed spine label. Near fine with toned label, small light stain at base of spine and hint of edgewear. One of 500 copies with correction on page 34 in Pound's hand. Gallup A17a.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Pound, Ezra. Quia Pauper Amavi. The Egoist Ltd, London, 1919.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Small 4to, 51pp; original cloth-backed olive green boards with printed spine label. One of 500 copies in the regular issue, with the usual correction in Pound's hand to page 34 changing "Wherefore" to "Wherefrom." In this copy, Pound began to write "Wherefore" again in the margin, getting as far as the penultimate letter before realizing his error, crossing it out, and writing in the correct word. This copy was withdrawn from the library of University of Texas, with stamped bookplate on the front pastedown. Gallup A17a. Label rubbed; bookplate, two tiny bookseller labels, trifle shelf-wear, else clean and fresh
Seller: Locus Solus Rare Books (ABAA, ILAB), Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Pound, Ezra. Quia Pauper Amavi. The Egoist Ltd, London, 1919.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: First Trade edition, one of 500 copies of a total edition of 600. 1 vols. 8vo. This copy has the word "wherefore" corrected in Pound's hand to "wherefrom" on page 34. Gallup A17a Grey paper board with olive green cloth spine, printed paper label . Spine a little faded and label darkened, light foxing throughout text, but overall very good First Trade edition, one of 500 copies of a total edition of 600.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
POUND, Ezra.. Quia Pauper Amavi.. London: The Egoist [1919]., 1919.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: 51 pp. Very near fine in paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. One of 500 copies. As in most copies, Pound has corrected the misprinted "Wherefore" to "Wherefrom" on page 34. Gallup A17a.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Pound, Ezra. Quia Pauper Amavi. The Egoist Ltd, London, 1919.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: 51 pp. Deep gray-green paper boards over green cloth backstrip, printed paper label on spine. Text block edges foxed, else about fine. The error on p. 34 is not corrected in manuscript in this copy. Gallup A17a, one of 500 copies.
Seller: Triolet Rare Books, ABAA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Pound, Ezra. Quia Pauper Amavi. The Egoist Ltd, London, 1919.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, one of 500 copies printed. 51, [1] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. This copy has the word "wherefore" corrected to "wherefrom" on page 34, as in most copies. Gallup A17a Gray paper board with olive green cloth spine, printed paper label . Spine a little faded and label very slightly darkened, light foxing throughout text, but overall, a near fine copy. Bookplate and chop First edition, one of 500 copies printed.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
POUND, Ezra.. Quia Pauper amavi.. London, The Egoist Ltd, [1919]., 1919.
Price: US$2241.51 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp.51, [1], with a half-title; autograph correction to p.34 correcting 'wherefore' to 'wherefrom', as in most copies; some scattered foxing, worst at the front, else a very good copy in a fine example of the original quarter green cloth and plain boards, printed paper spine label; bookplate of the BBC broadcaster D.G. Bridson.First edition, one of 500 ordinary copies (there were also 100 signed copies on handmade paper', inscribed 'Bridson's copy / 11 Ap '59 / Ezra Pound'. This work contained the first English publication of Cantos IIII, not printed in that order.Pound and D.G. Bridson first crossed paths in the 1930s when Pound included a poem by Bridson in his Active Anthology (1933) they corresponded at that time but they did not meet until 1951 when Bridson, now a force to reckoned with in BBC radio, came to Washington DC to record Pound from his detention in St Elizabeth's Hospital. 'To me, Pound was the greatest living poet', Bridson later wrote in Prospero and Ariel. Bridson produced Women of Trachis for radio in 1954, visited Pound again in 1956 to make some recordings, including 'Four Steps', Pound's famous justification for his support of Mussolini; and then shot a television profile on Pound in Rapallo in 1959, on which occasion Pound inscribed a number of books to Bridson including the present one. They continued to meet and talk until 1963 as Pound lapsed slowly into silence.Gallup A17a. Language: English
Seller: Bernard Quaritch Ltd ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Pound, Ezra. Quia Pauper Amavi. The Egoist Ltd.,, London, 1919.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: This is No. 88 of 100 numbered copies SIGNED BY POUND. Printed on hand-made paper with the misprint on p.34, "wherefore" corrected in manuscript to "wherefrom" by Pound. A magnificent copy.
Seller: Quaker Hill Books, Redding, CT, U.S.A.
POUND, Ezra.. Quia pauper amavi. De Luxe edition. London, The Egoist Ltd., 1919., 1919.
Price: US$6456.96 + shipping
Description: London, The Egoist Ltd., 1919. Gr.-8°. 51 Seiten. OHalbleinen mit Rückenschild. Erste Ausgabe. - Frühwerk aus der Londoner Zeit; Vorläufer der berühmten 'Cantos'. Eins von 100 (gesamt 500) num. und vom Autor signierten Vorzugs-Exemplaren auf handgeschöpft. Bütten. Mit der Druckfehlerkorrektur von Hand des Dichters auf S. 34. - 2 Seiten mit unbedeutenden Braunfleckchen, Exlibris. - First edition. This extra-ordinary volume of verse contains Pound's "Lange D'Oc, Moeurs Contemporains, Three Cantos and Hommage to Sextus Propertius". Though it received lukewarm reviews and initially sold but few copies, it was in "Moeurs Contemporains" that Pound's unmistakable voice, brimming with intelligence, condescension, and critical social acumen, hit it's full, mature stride. One of 100 (of totally 500) deluxe copies printed on handmade wove paper. With the (misprint)word "wherefore" corrected to "wherefrom" on p. 34 by Pound as in most copies. Signed and numbered and corrected by the author. Gallup A17a. A fine copy. Rare. Sprache: Englisch. *** Bitte kontaktieren Sie mich immer BEVOR Sie bestellen! Für ausführliche Beschreibungen und Bilder sowie günstigere Versandoptionen kontaktieren Sie mich bitte per Email! Please contact me always BEFORE you order! For detailled descriptions and photos as well as cheaper shipping options please send an email! ***
Seller: Antiquariat CoBrA, Oberrohrbach, Austria