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POUND, Ezra.. Quia Pauper amavi.. London, The Egoist Ltd, [1919]., 1919.
Price: US$2260.01 + 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 [SIGNED LIMITED, #100/100]. The Egoist Ltd., London, 1919.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED LIMITED. Tan 1/4 cloth, gray handmade paper-covered boards, paper title label mounted along spine panel, deckled (untrimmed) text block edges, several gatherings still unopened along top or fore-edges. No. 100 of an edition limited to 100 copies, hand-numbered on colophon and signed by Pound on main title, with the author's hand-written correction on p. 34, common to all copies. Printed at De La Mare Press, London. Both covers tanning on paper portions, most noticeably along top edge of front cover; a few relatively minor surface marks including a dark red soil-mark (crayon?) on back cover. Rubbing with slight exposure to top corners. Title label is rubbed and with edge loss, most of title lettering indistinct, author's name mostly intact. Vintage bookseller's tag mounted inside front cover along bottom edge. Modest tanning to endpapers and half-title. 52 pp. Gallup A17a. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.
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$6502.13 + 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