First published in 1954 by Faber, this is a later, new (offset) edition first published in 1960 or 1961, second printing 1963. The kind of book to be published by Faber, focusing on Pound’s literary merits. A useful and detailed Index at back. Spine creased and light wear to wraps, otherwise very good. First printing (not this second) mentioned under Gallup A67a.

A selection of Pound’s more elusive works which had appeared either in periodicals or in limited runs, such as Imaginary Letters, Twelve Dialogues of Fontanelle, Frivolities, Madox Ford at Rapallo etc. First edition, wrapper issue. Fine save marks to back cover. Mentioned under Gallup A74a.

First American (offset) edition, superior, in my opinion, to the Faber first in both design and quality. A fine book in an ok jacket; spine browned; edge-wear with a number of tape reinforcements to back. Light pencil marginalia to Date Line and French Poets including “Pound is childish,” p.172 and “Pound is an ass,” p.194. Ink ownership inscription of W. Y. Tindall, author of James Joyce: His Way of Interpreting The Modern World, to ffep. Gallup A36b.

“The Analects… are the oddments which Kung’s circle found indispensable, and for 2,500 years the most intelligent men of China have tried to add to them or to subtract… Aristotle OR Plato, as if there were no other roads to serenity.”
 — Procedure, p.7

First English edition, reprinted, not in Gallup. Near fine with a little foxing around the end-papers in a like dust-jacket with some edge-wear.

First appearance of Pound’s complete translation of the Confucian Analects, first part, Books I-X. Containing further Poundian contributions, including two groups of Letters of Ezra Pound edited by D. D. Paige, preceding publication in book form, and The Rose in the Steel Dust by Hugh Kenner. Attractive copy with a some browning and light stains to wraps. Gallup C1720.

First appearance of Pound’s complete translation of the Confucian Analects, second part, Books XI-XX. Some discolouration to wraps, spine browned; some light staining. Internally fine. Gallup C1725.

Letters and diary entries between EP and DS from their meeting to their marriage. “They also shed a poignant light on The Pisan Cantos of 1945, where amid the ruins of his life Pound recalled again and again the events and people described in these letters, as if the memory of 1909-1914 was the only stable point left in a disintegrating personal universe.” First edition, review copy with the publisher’s letter laid-in. Fine; jacket a little sunned. Too late for Gallup.

Letters, FBI documents, unseen photographs, an insight into both Ez and Dorothy’s lives at the time, revealing the conditions of the DTC and the composition of The Pisan Cantos. First edition, review copy. Fine. Too late for Gallup.

One of 1000 copies, a reissue of Pound’s translation of the first of the Four Shu, whose first chapter (Ta Hio, the Great Learning) is ascribed to Confucius, and the remainder to one of his disciples. Wraps detached from text-block; midway split along spine of dust-jacket, otherwise in very nice condition and kept safe in mylar. Detailed under Gallup A28b.

One of 1000 copies, a reissue of Pound’s translation of the first of the Four Shu, in variant binding with yellow wrappers (usually brown) in a green dust-jacket (usually yellow). Jacket browned at edges, otherwise fine. Variant not mentioned, but otherwise detailed under Gallup A28b.

First edition, first issue, one of 1000 copies. A fine copy, partly uncut, in a near fine dust-jacket which is a little rubbed and yellowed, price clipped, with one small tape repair. Testimonies by Hemingway, Joyce, Williams, Tate, Walpole, Ford and Eliot to jacket, flaps and back. Gallup A37a.

One of 419 copies (of a total of 750) issued by New Directions from the original Farrar & Rinehart sheets, using too the F&R dust-jacket. With bookseller’s label of The Grolier Bookshop, Cambridge to ffep, and one small pencil inscription there dating the purchase to 1945. A fine copy, one small hole on the fore-edge of the dust-jacket, spine browned. Gallup A43c.

First edition, first state of Pound’s most famous sequence composed after being brought in from the cage and given a tent and typewriter. The earliest copies, as this, have the publisher’s address 500 Fifth Avenue on the dust-jacket, which changed to 333 Sixth Ave in March 1949. A fine copy throughout in a typically fragile dust-jacket; entirely present, apart from the chips, split between front cover and front flap, and front cover and spine; a further split running down a fifth of the spine. A very good copy which is preserved in protective mylar. Gallup A60a.

First American edition, first printing, following the 1955 Pesce d’Oro Italian release. Review copy, with the publisher’s card laid in. Pencil ownership inscription of “Ted Berrigan 1962” to ffep; Berrigan (1934-1983) was an American poet. Fine in a very good dust-jacket, with some rubbing, yellowing, one stain, edge-wear. Gallup A70b.

This copy is accompanied by an unusual booklet, Six Poems, published by New Directions in 1957.

“This booklet distributed to the friends of New Directions contains one poem from six books of poetry published by New Directions in 1956.”

Contents: “On Love” and “Statement” from Poems from the Greek Anthology by Dudley Fitts. “Written on the Wall at Chang’s Hermitage” from One Hundred Poems from the Chinese by Kenneth Rexroth. “Meditation” from In the Rose of Time by Robert Fitzgerald. “The American Century” from In Defense of the Earth by Kenneth Rexroth. “My Little One” from In the Winter of Cities by Tennessee Williams. From Canto 90 of Section: Rock-Drill by Ezra Pound.

4to, 8pp.; 15.9 x 8.9 cm. Stapled. Reader’s crease in bottom corner. Small stain to last page. Bottom staple imperfect. Does not appear to be in Gallup or mentioned elsewhere online, save a ghost listing on Amazon.

Second English collected edition, containing cantos up to and including The Pisan Cantos, excluding the Italian Cantos. Second impression (after 1954 first), without the errata slip. Ink ownership inscription of Samuel J. Howard and bookseller’s label to fpd. A fine copy in a near fine dust-jacket. Gallup A61c.

Third American collected edition, third printing, the first to be advertised as “Revised,” corrected and extended to include Canto CXX. Does not contain the Italian Cantos. Fine. Gallup A61f.

Third American collected edition, fifth printing, advertised as “Revised,” i.e. same as the third (and fourth) printings, corrected and extended to include Canto CXX. Does not contain the Italian Cantos. A fine copy, in a price clipped jacket subtly faded. Gallup A61f.

“A collection of stale creampuffs.”
 — Foreword (San Ambrogio, 19 Ag. ’64), Ezra Pound.

First edition, one of the very first copies issued with the printed label set into the back cover (later copies have a plain back cover). An important republication of Pound’s earliest poems, including A Lume Spento, A Quinzaine for This Yule, and the San Trovaso Notebook. A fine copy with the very occasional pencil annotation. Gallup A83a.

Contains poems from publications, periodicals and other miscellanies from 1908 to 1912; a wonderful reference option with very clean presentation and variorum at back. First edition, english issue. Fine in a fine, price-clipped dust-jacket; bookseller’s label “Galignani / Rue de Rivoli / Paris” to fpd. Gallup A98b.

First edition, fifth printing of this collected edition that kept Pound’s poetry available for many years. The first two impressions were published by Boni and Liveright, the third and fourth by Horace Liveright, and the fifth and sixth by the Liveright Publishing Corporation, all from the same plates, each with their own idiosyncracies. Includes a selection of poems from before 1908 up to Homage to Sextus Propertius and Hugh Selwyn Mauberley. Near fine; just a touch of shelf-wear. Gallup A27a.

Kenner’s first book on Pound. First edition, American issue. A very clean copy, a little shelf wear head and tail of spine, spine faded. Mentioned under the English edition, Gallup B52.

A collection of Pound’s writings, some condensed, some corrected, some appended with new footnotes by EP, many coming from periodical appearances and previously uncollected. First edition, review copy with the publisher’s slip laid in. Near fine in a near fine jacket; ink ownership inscription to ffep cancelled in pencil; some browning to ffep; pencil marginalia in Introduction; top edge of cloth yellowing; jacket price-clipped with a little shelf-wear. Gallup A78.

Recommended me by mf as surpassing E. Fuller Torrey’s The Roots of Treason, thus kept. First American edition; a Canadian edition was simultaneously published by Macmillan. Not in Gallup, being secondary.

“New edition,” American issue; identitcal to the English issue and first editions. Sheets printed by Faber and Faber. A great reader’s copy of this highly important and legibile Poundian text. Dust-jacket designed by Alvin Lustig for New Directions. Book and jacket both very near fine; some fading to the top of front cover and spine; some very light marks to the cloth. Detailed under Gallup A35b.

New edition, American issue, paperbound. Pound’s first book of prose, on Dante, Cavalcanti, Daniel, de Vega, Villon, etc. of which everyone should already have a copy. A near fine, uninscribed copy; light wear and yellowing to wraps and two crease marks down spine. Gallup A5f.

A new selection by Sieburth, indicative of progress in Poundian scholarship in the 21st century. A larger than usual NDP, in nearly textbook like format. First edition, review copy with the publisher’s letter laid in. Fine. Much too late for Gallup.

A collection of letters and essays documenting Pound’s involvement in art, literature, and culture in Japan, extending from 1911 to 1968. First edition, review copy. Fine. Too late for Gallup.

Part of the Ezra Pound Scholarship Series edited by C. F. Terrell. A great explication for some of the more difficult Cantos. First edition, review copy with the publisher’s slip laid in. Fine with some fading to wraps and spine.

A collection of Pound’s art reviews in The New Age, as well as further articles, correspondence, and manuscripts published and unpublished. First edition, review copy with the publisher’s letter laid in. A fine copy; jacket sunned to spine. Gallup A105.

A collection of Pound’s music reviews, including his fortnightly column written for The New Age under the pseudonym William Atheling; Pound paid his rent on such work while living in London, and many of the reviews contained within are written regarding concerts at the Aeolian, now Wigmore Hall. With further articles from periodicals, concert programmes, and essays such as that on Absolute Rhythm and Great Bass. Identical to the New Directions issue except for the publisher’s name. A little sunning to the back cover and spine, otherwise fine. Gallup A99b.

A very comprehensive collection of Pound’s verse, starting with Hilda’s Book and ending with a number of uncollected poems. Printed on India-like paper. Fine.

“This anthology is Ezra Pound’s own choice of the poetry of various ages and cultures—ranging from his translations of the Confucian Odes up to E. E. Cummings—which he considers the finest of its type….”

First edition, hardbound issue. One of 2300 copies. Jacket lightly rubbed with a single score on the front cover and a few minor, closed tears. Gallup B78a.

A rare publication celebrating Pound’s 100th birthday. An unusual and appealing collection of personal articles, ranging from a letter written by Pound’s mother, Isabel Pound, five months before his birth, to Allen Ginsberg’s Encounters with Ezra Pound. A fine copy. Too late for Gallup.

A special issue of The Yale Literary Magazine (Vol. 126, No. 5) given over to EP, containing his Canto C and a number of critical essays about Pound. With a number of full page illustrations printed in monochrome on variously coloured paper. Light discolouration to and edge-wear to wraps. Gallup C1865.