Jefferson And/Or Mussolini by Pound, Ezra - 1970

NY & London: Liveright/Stanley Nott, (1936).. First US edition.. 128 pp. Light sunning to spine, toning to endpapers. A solid very good plus copy in full cloth. Lacks dust jacket. Gallup A41c.

London: Stanley Nott, 1935. VG clean copy in library binding, usual stamps & markings. 1st. Library Buckram. Very Good.

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New York: Liveright. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1936. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First American edition. Near fine in orange cloth in very good+ dust jacket. (128pp. ) (6" X 8 3/4") (Vintage book shop sticker at base of rear paste-down. Mild toning to paste-downs. Couple small chips at head of spine on jacket. Traces of light shelf-wear. ) First published a year before in England. This edition has the letter by Pound to the London Criterion not present in the British edition. Uncommon. ; 6" X 8 3/4"; 128 pages .

New York: Liveright, 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First American edition. Slight toning in the gutters on the boards else near fine in very good dustwrapper with the original tiny price on front flap marked over, very shallow loss at the crown, and some very faint stains. A presentable copy.

Stanley Nott. First edition published by Stanley Nott in 1935. This is a very good or better copy. The orange dust wrapper with black lettering is complete with only minor wear along the edges. There is no loss and it is not price clipped. The spine is faded. The book is square and tight. The corners are gently pushed. There is light and sporadic foxing that becomes moderate to 3 or 4 pages. Overall a very good or better copy. A book Ezra Pound struggled to get published due to its fascist overtones. Pound compares US democracy with capitalism and facism. He then draws comparisons between fascist prime minister of Italy Benito Mussolini and the US third president Thomas Jefferson. Pound had been living in Italty for some years by this point and had met Mussolini in 1933. A controversial book, Pound's views would continue to be aired, in particular with radio broadcasts, and it would culminate with his imprisonment by the US Army in 1945. A scarce book to find with the dust wrapper and most… Read More

London: Stanley Nott, 1935. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 128pp. Very good with toning to the boards and with some foxing to the front and rear pages in very good or better dust jacket toned on the spine and flap folds, with moderate edgewear including some small tears and creases. Uncommon. Gallup A41b.