{"product_id":"drafts-fragments-of-cantos-cx-cxvii-ezra-pound-1st-ed","title":"Drafts \u0026 Fragments of Cantos CX-CXVII, Ezra Pound — 1st Ed","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication\u003c\/b\u003e: London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1970\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"51\"\u003eFormatting\u003c\/b\u003e: 8vo, pp. 32.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/b\u003e: Very Good. The binding remains firm, square, and robust. The black cloth boards are clean, exhibiting sharp corners and bright, unoxidised gilt lettering along the spine. Internally, the text block is exceptionally clean and well-preserved, free from internal foxing or significant age-toning, with crisp, bright leaves throughout. The original unclipped dust wrapper displays some minor shelf-wear, primarily consisting of light rubbing and faint creasing along the extremities and top edge, alongside subtle age-toning to the rear panel, yet it remains structurally sound, highly presentable, and free from significant chips or tears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/b\u003e: This is the first UK edition of the final instalment of Ezra Pound's lifelong epic project, issued unillustrated and succeeding the initial US release.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eThe volume features its original, unclipped dust wrapper which notably retains the transitional dual pricing (20s \/ £1.00 net) characteristic of British publications leading up to decimalisation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003eWhile not an especially scarce volume on the open market, it represents a highly desirable, well-preserved acquisition for collectors of modernist poetry and Pound's exhaustive oeuvre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"7\"\u003eDrafts and Fragments of Cantos CX-CXVII\u003c\/i\u003e represents the concluding, poignant statements of Ezra Pound's monumental and controversial modernist epic. Written during the twilight of his life following his return to Italy, these final fragmentary poems abandon the didactic certainty of his earlier work for a deeply personal, elegiac meditation on memory, human frailty, and the elusive search for an earthly paradise. It serves as a necessary and moving coda to one of the twentieth century's most formidable literary endeavours.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55598600454483,"sku":"6500","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20261021_124634.jpg?v=1792925648","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/drafts-fragments-of-cantos-cx-cxvii-ezra-pound-1st-ed","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}