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

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Description

Title
A draft of XVI cantos of Ezra Pound : for the beginning of a poem of some length
Alternative Title
Cantos. Canto 1-16
Draft of sixteen cantos of Ezra Pound
Creator
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972
Contributor
Strater, Henry, 1896-
Three Mountains Press.
Published / Created
1925.
Publication Place
Paris
Publisher
Three Mountains Press
Description
BEIN 1987 Folio 17: One of five copies on Imperial Japan paper. Prospectus with specimen of p 13 laid in. Presentation inscription to George Crawford from Muriel Draper.
BEIN Za P865 +925 Copy 1: No. 31. From the library of William Carlos Williams.
BEIN Za P865 +925 copy 2: No. 49. Bound in red vellum boards in 1928, similar to A draft of the cantos 17-27. London, 1928.
BEIN Za P865 +925 Copy 3: One of at least six copies made up from extra and proof sheets and printed "author's proof" instead of number. Pages [1]-6, [11]-12 printed on Roma paper, the remainder on unwatermarked paper of inferior quality. In (original) plain wrappers. Was sent by author to Bride M. Gould-Adams Scratton.
BEIN Za P865 +925 copy 4: No. 37. Ms. notes of Donald Gallup.
BEIN Za P865 +925 copy 5: No. VII, printed for Viscountess Rothermere. Ms. notes of Donald Gallup.
BEIN Za P865 +925 copy 6: Imperfect: slightly wormed, with no loss of text. No. IV, printed for Lincoln Steffens. Illegible inscription on front paste-down endpaper, dated 1925. Bound in vellum.
BEIN YCAL MSS 868 Box 33: From the Sheri Martinelli papers.
"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 IX, and seventy on Roma paper specially watermarked numbered 1 to 70"
Extent
65 p., 1 l. ; 39 cm.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Edition
Now first made into a book / with initials by Henry Strater.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Za P865 +925 1
Container / Volume
Copy 1

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Subjects
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 > Autograph
Gould Adams Scratton, B. M. (Bride M.) > Ownership
Draper, Muriel, b. 1886- > Presentation inscription to G. Crawford
Crawford, George > Presentation inscription from M. Draper
Gallup, Donald Clifford, 1913- > Ms. notes
Rothermere, Mary Lilian Share Harmsworth, viscountess, d. 1937 > Ownership
Martinellli, Sheri > Ownership
Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Catalog Record
1226818
Object ID (OID)
10501292

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