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Ezra Pound
Published London: Elkin Mathews, 1915
31pp.; 19.3 x 13.2 cm. Heavy tan paper wrappers printed in black, folded over end-papers.
Part of Ezra Pound, VIII
Containing some of Pound’s most beautiful poems, translations by Ernest Fenollosa from the Chinese of Li Bai, reworked by Pound. One of 1000 copies. Wraps very lightly age-worn with darkneing along the spine and an unfortunate few dark stains to the front cover (petals on a wet, black bough); inside the best copy one could hope for, without a spot of fox as is common for this book. Gallup A9.