Drafts & Fragments of Cantos CX-CXVII, Ezra Pound — 1st Ed

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Drafts & Fragments of Cantos CX-CXVII, Ezra Pound — 1st Ed

Name: Drafts & Fragments of Cantos CX-CXVII, Ezra Pound — 1st Ed
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 6500
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Publication: London, Faber and Faber Limited, 1970

Formatting: 8vo, pp. 32.

Condition Report: 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.

Catalogue Note: 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.

The 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.

While 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.

Drafts and Fragments of Cantos CX-CXVII 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.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: Ezra Pound

Book Publisher: Faber and Faber Limited

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Fiction

Genre: Poetry

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 32

Book Publication Year: 1970

Book Publication Date:

Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: The Cantos

Country/region of manufacture: Whitstable, United Kingdom

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