[Literature] Pound, Ezra Group of 8 First Edition Titles in 12 Volumes

1. Personae
London: Elkin Mathews, 1909. First edition. 8vo. 59, (1) pp. Original first state drab grey paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt, somewhat faded, scattered light wear and soiling; top edge trimmed, other edges untrimmed. Gallup A3a

2. Exultations
London: Elkin Mathews, 1909. First edition. 8vo. 51, (1), (10) (ads). Original first state red paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt, scattered light wear; top edge trimmed, other edges untrimmed. Gallup A4a.

3. Provença: Poems Selected From Personae, Exultations, and Canzoniere
Boston: Small, Maynard and Company, (1910). First edition, first impression. 8vo. vi, 84 pp. Original tan paper-covered boards, stamped in dark brown, spine faded, boards toned; all edges untrimmed; dust-jacket wanting; contemporary ownership signature on front paste-down. Gallup A6a

4. Canzoni
London: Elkin Mathews, 1911. First edition. 8vo. viii, 51, (1), (4) pp. Gallup's "later" brown paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt, scattered wear to boards and spine; top edge trimmed, other edges untrimmed. Gallup A7a

5. Gaudier-Brzeska: A Memoir
London: John Lane. The Bodley Head/New York: John Lane Company, 1916. First edition. 4to. x, (ii), 168 pp. Illustrated with frontispiece and plates. Original green cloth, stamped in blind and in gilt, scattered soiling to boards, spine ends worn; top edge stained green, other edges untrimmed; dust-jacket wanting; ownership signature and ink stamp on front free endpaper; endpapers and prelims toned; scattered minor spotting to text. Gallup A10a

6. Dialogues of Fontenelle
London: The Egoist Ltd., 1917. First edition, first issue (one of 500 copies printed). 8vo. v, (i), 9-54, (2) pp. Translated by Ezra Pound. Original stiff yellow paper wrappers, stamped in black, spine faded, spine ends worn; all edges trimmed. Gallup A14a

7. Antheil and the Treatise on Harmony...
Chicago: Pascal Covici, Publishers, Inc., 1927. First American edition. 8vo. 150 pp. Original brick red cloth, stamped in black; in original dust-jacket, lightly worn; top edge stained red, other edges trimmed. Gallup A25c

8. The Exile
(New York and Chicago), Spring 1927-Autumn 1928. In four volumes. First edition, complete with issues Nos. 1-4. Original stiff printed red paper wrappers, scattered light wear, spines faded; all edges trimmed. Gallup C698, C694, C707, C721

Lot includes an additional copy of Exultations, in Gallup's stated "later" red board binding with "Exultations/Ezra Pound" on front board (see Gallup A4a).

Provenance

From the private collection of Asher D. Atchick, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania