The Cantos of Ezra Pound
by POUND, Ezra
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: New Directions, 1972. Third printing, including Canto 120." Octavo((21cm). Tan cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 803pp. Two faint spots to text block fore edge, light dusting to upper edge, still a tight, straight, Near Fine copy. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $12.50 at base of front flap), a half-shade faded on spine, but very clean and free of wear, Near Fine.
This was the first collected edition of the Cantos to include Canto CXX - "I have tried to write paradise..." - and the final printing of the Cantos prepared during Pound's lifetime. The printing was 1900 copies. GALLUP A61f.
This was the first collected edition of the Cantos to include Canto CXX - "I have tried to write paradise..." - and the final printing of the Cantos prepared during Pound's lifetime. The printing was 1900 copies. GALLUP A61f.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 62055
- Title
- The Cantos of Ezra Pound
- Author
- POUND, Ezra
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Poetry;
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Winchester, Virginia
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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