A draft of XVI cantos of Ezra Pound for the beginning of a poem of some length :

now first made into a book /
with initials by Henry Strater.
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972.
Contributors: Strater, Henry, 1896-1987.
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In collection: W. B. Yeats Library
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: Paris : Three Mountains Press, 1925.
Notes:Cover and half title: XVI cantos of Ezra Pound.

Each canto with woodcut caption and ornamental initial printed in red, with illustrative design in black or in red and black; also tailpieces in black.

"The edition of ninety copies consists of five on Imperial Japan paper autographed by the author, lettered A to E, fifteen on Whatman paper, numbered I to XV, and seventy on Roma paper specially watermarked, numbered 1 to 70"--Verso of half title.

"Printed at the Three Mountains Press, Isle Saint-Louis, Paris, May-December 1924"--Colophon.

YL 1617 is no. 21 of 70 copies on Roma paper of an edition of 90 copies.

With bookplate of George Yeats on front pastedown.

Physical description: 2 preliminary leaves, [5]-65, [3] pages : illustrations ; 40 cm.

Citations/References: Gallup, D. Pound (1983 ed.), A26

Citations/References: A descriptive catalog of W. B. Yeats's library, Edward O'Shea. - New York ; London : Garland, 1985, page 212.

Cover title: XVI cantos of Ezra Pound

Cover title: Draft of sixteen cantos of Ezra Pound

Cover title: Sixteen cantos of Ezra Pound

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YL 1616
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