The Verse Revolutionaries: Ezra Pound, H.D. and The Imagists

  • London: Jonathan Cape, 2009
By CARR, Helen
London: Jonathan Cape, 2009. First Edition. First Impression. Thick octavo (24cm); black paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [x],[1]-982pp; illus. Pictorial bookplate of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024) mounted to front pastedown, with his pervasive light pencil annotations appearing throughout the text. Near Fine in a Near Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced £30.00). Carr's lengthy, detailed history of the Imagist poets. An interesting copy; Tarn was both influenced by, and wrote extensively on, Pound, and his notes on Pound are held with his papers at Stanford University. 86726.

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