Ezra Pound (1885-1972)

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Lot 266 | Ezra Pound (1885-1972)
Ezra Pound (1885-1972)

Personae. 1909

POUND, Ezra (1885-1972). Personae. London: Chiswick Press for Elkin Mathews, 1909.



First edition, first issue, in the first state binding, signed by the author. 1,000 sheets of Personae were printed, of which up to 500 were re-issued in 1913 as part of Personae & Exultations. Edward Thomas, in a contemporary review, praised Pound’s work for being ‘full of human passion and natural magic’ (English Review, 2 June 1909). For signature, see Ezra Pound: An Exhibition held in March 1967, p.37; Gallup A3a.



Octavo (173 x 110mm). Woodcut publisher's device in red on title. Original dark brown boards [first state of binding], lettered in gilt on the upper board and spine [the spine titling measuring c.20mm in height] (extremities very lightly rubbed and bumped, small chip at head of spine).

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