PERSONAE. A DRAFT OF XXX CANTOS

First Limited Edition exclusively for subscribers to The Greatest Books of the Twentieth Century. Frontispiece illustration by Wyndham Lewis. 8vo, publisher?s original maroon leather, lettered and intricately decorated in gilt on the spine between three raised bands, and bordered and decorated in gilt on both covers, moire endpapers, silk bookmark. a.e.g. 351 pp. A pristine copy, as mint.

Edizione: pristine franklin limited edition. personae contains almost all of mr. pound?s earlier poems. of greatest importance is ?homage to sextus propertius?, one of his finest poems, which is essential to the student of the author?s development from the lyric to the epic form. pound?s early poetry was influenced by his exposure to the pre-raphaelites and other 19th century poets and medieval romance literature and various mystical philosophies.<br> the frontispiece portrait of ezra pound is the work of artist and writer wyndham lewis. close friends, pound and lewis were leaders of the influential vorticist movement and co-founders of as well as contributors to the avant-garde magazine blast. personae includes ezra pound's own selection of his shorter poems. - publisher<br><br>