Pound, Ezra.

Personae. Mathews, 1909, first edition, original boards (earlier issue), collector's case, [Gallup A3a], loss to head of spine; Gaudier-Brzeska. Lane, 1916, first edition, numerous plates, original cloth lettered in gilt with design in blind on upper cover (earlier issue), [Gallup A10a], lacking rear endpapers, binding worn and chipped with some loss; The Translations of Ezra Pound. [New York:] New Directions, [1953], first American edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author ("Woods Gray his copy. 13 Marzo 1954 Ezra Pound") on front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, [Gallup A66b], some damp-staining; Literary Essays. [New York:] New Directions, [1954], first American edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, [Gallup A67b]; The Classic Anthology Defined by Confucius. Cambridge: Harvard University, 1954, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author ("copy for use by Jones... Ezra Pound") on front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, [Gallup A69a], some damp-staining; all 8vo, some spotting or browning, worn with some loss (5)

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