POUND, Ezra. A Preliminary Checklist of The Writings of Ezra Pound. New Haven: Kirgo Books. 1953.
8vo. Green card wraps with black title lettering; pp. [5], vi-viii, [1], 2-73, [1]; faded to spine, extremities slightly rubbed; very good.
First edition, inscribed by Pearson to the writer and critic Arnold Hinchcliffe on ffep: "As a souvenir and with friendship".
Compiled by John Edwards, A Preliminary Checklist features an introduction by Norman Holmes Pearson, a distinguished Yale academic and counterintelligence agent during the Second World War. In his introduction, Pearson remarks: "Without the list as a guide, not even goodwill will suffice". This catue of the life's work of Ezra Pound is divided into three sections: his Books and Pamphlets, his contributions to Books and Pamphlets, and his contributions to Periodicals. Pearson emphasizes that creating a truly comprehensive bibliography of Pound's extensive career as poet and critic would require a monumental "joint effort of all who are interested," but this checklist offers a vital "beginning" for understanding one of literature's major figures.
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