Polite Essays

by Ezra Pound

£165 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

London: Faber and Faber, 1937. Literary Criticism FIRST EDITION. Octavo 19 x 13cm , pp.viii; 207 1 . Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine; top edge yellow. With the purple typographic dust-jacket priced at 7/6. Gently toned with a light tobacco scent. Some red pencil marks to contents page. Blue ink marginal note to p.102. Heavy rubbing to jacket, which has tape repairs and heavy toning to spine and flap joints. Rubbing and chipping to edges.

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