The first of the three Imagist anthologies under Amy Lowell’s tutelage following the dissolution of Pound’s Imagistes even before the publication of Des Imagistes (1914). The editors of this anthology (being a democratic all, but particularly Aldington, H. D. and Lowell) take space in the preface of this volume to account for the “differences of taste and judgement” from the previous group, and describe the new democratic self-selection of poems instead of the “arbitrary selection by an editor” before setting down six points as the new principle of the Imagist, a counter to Pound’s three in “Imagisme” (1913).

From Aldington, poems about girls, as usual. H.D., “The Pool” “The Garden” “Sea Lily” “Sea Iris” “Sea Rose” “Oread,” “Orion Dead.” From JGF, two poems both of many parts, the first with some nice morning light, the second which could have been, but certainly is not The Waste Land. From Flint some of his greatest efforts to meet the “Imagisme” he undersigned, if as ever wondering what a thing is. From D. H. Lawrence, songs, ish, without a care for these doctrines and isms, and maybe better for it. From Lowell, “Grotesque,” wincing at “The Bombardment.”

Internally clean and straight, one brief piece of pencil marginalia on p. 7. Wraps very good, fading at edges, edge-wear in places, creases or cracks to back cover; some loss of paper to the spine not affecting the title.