POLITE ESSAYS
by POUND, EZRA
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Faber and Faber, 1937. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition [preceedes the 1940 New Directions publication]. vii, 207 pages. Red cloth with spine titles in gilt. Octavo. Spine titles bright, upper corners have a bit of chafing, textblock square and tight. Nice clean cover. Interior clean and bright. A very nice copy. No dust jacket. Chapters include: Harold Monro; The Prose Tradition in Verse; James Joyce et Pecuchet; Mr. Eliot's Solid Merit; "Abject and Utter Farce"; How to Read; Civilization; Note on Dante, etc.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Studio Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 088524
- Title
- POLITE ESSAYS
- Author
- POUND, EZRA
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1937
Terms of Sale
Studio Books
Books are promptly shipped upon receipt of payment and packed with care. Any book may be returned for any reason if notice is given within five days of receipt. Thank you, Gerry Rouff, Studio Books.
About the Seller
Studio Books
Biblio member since 2004
Corvallis, Oregon
About Studio Books
Studio Books is located in the University town of Corvallis, Oregon. Visitors are welcome by chance or appointment. Over thirty-five years of bookselling experience.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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- New
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- Cloth
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