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Lot 314
Sale 1241 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
Nov 10, 2023
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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POUND, Ezra (1885-1972). If This Be Treason. Siena: Printed for Olga Rudge, 1948.
8vo. Original green printed stapled wrappers (slight sunning).
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, an unnumbered copy from a total edition of 300 of this collection of Pound's talks, published for his daughter and including: "E.E. Cummings," "E.E. Cummings/examined," "James Joyce: to his memory," "A French Accent," "Canto 45," and "Blast." Gallup A59.
[Laid in:] RACHEWILTZ, Mary de. Autograph letter signed ("Mary de Rachewiltz"), to Mr. Hollis. Brunnenburg, Italy, 12 September 1978. 2 pages, 8vo. Rachewiltz, the daughter of Ezra Pound and Olga Rudge, thanks the sender for the Dulac book, and transmits this copy of a "rare Pound item" to the recipient.
Property from the Collection of Robert S. Brown, Cincinnati, Ohio