How to Read. by Pound, Ezra - 1931

London: Desmond Harmsworth, 1931. 1st edition. Very Good. small octavo. hardback with dust jacket 55pp., b/w pls., maps, bibliog., index, Nice copy in like unclipped dust jacket with minor loss at spine

London, Desmond Harmsworth, 1931. . First edition, first impression, first issue; 8vo; publisher's red cloth, titles so spine in silver, with the dust jacket featuring the magnificent Gaudier portrait of Pound; in the worn dust jacket with some internal repair. With the bookplate of Winifred Henderson, who corresponded Pound in the 1930s.

London: Desmond Harmsworth. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. A beautiful copy with one minor blemish - a 1.5" dark line on cover. DJ is bright, with some wear to edges. ; 1st issue, with rough red cloth stamped in silver. Gallup A33a. An unauthorized American reprint was published in 1971 by Haskell House Publishers Ltd. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: Desmond Harmsworth, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A spectacular First Printing of this rancorous essay on literary instruction, language, criticism, and much else, including a checklist of recommended writers, beginning with Confucius and down through Flaubert and Rimbaud. Slim crown 8vo (190 x 129mm): 55,[1]pp. Publisher's first issue roughly finished red cloth stamped in silver (the later issue binding was of smoothly finished red cloth stamped in black), fore- and bottom edges untrimmed; grey dust-jacket, priced 2s., printed in red with portrait bust of the poet from a sketch by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, who worked in a roughhewn, primitive style that Pound championed. Fine, bright copy in a fine jacket with miniscule rub to base of spine panel. Gallup A33a. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly.… Read More

London: Desmond Harmsworth.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1931. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. 'First' issue. Spine stamped in white. Fine in very close to fine dust jacket. (Only the tiniest chips at crest of spine on jacket. ) (55pp. ) ( 5 1/4" X 7 3/4") From the library of John Martin publisher of Black Sparrow Press with his discreet book sticker at base of rear paste-down. Portrait of Pound by Gaudier Brzeska on cover of jacket. ; 5 1/4" x 7 3/4"); 55 pages .

London: Desmond Harmsworth. 1931. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Open tears on spine crown and heel, spine side edges, and front and rear panel side edges. .

First edition, a fine association copy. Agnes Bedford (1892-1969) was a lifelong friend of Pound (they first met in 1919 and corresponded until 1963 when he unexpectedly severed contact) and through him of Wyndham Lewis, with whom she had an affair in the 1920s. A vocal coach and accompanist, she provided the music for Pound's Five Troubadour Songs (1920). After he left for Paris in January 1920, Bedford sublet his flat; she then visited him in Paris the following year, where she was the principal amanuensis for his opera based on Villon's Le Testament. She was later the rehearsal coach for its first performance in 1931 and her contacts were vital to the casting of singers (Bridson was later involved in the first broadcast of the opera in 1962, for which Bedford was frequently consulted). Laid in here is a copy of a letter of 4 May 1969 from Bedford to Bridson on his retirement – 'I have been so happy to read all the appreciative things about you on all sides' – recalling 'happy times at Studio A'… Read More