Images (1910-1915) by Aldington, Richard - Circa 1915

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The Egoist. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Undated but post 1919. Quarter bound in cream cloth near spine (tanned on spine. Brown boards, Presentable copy, no additions.Author's own selection of his poems.

London: The Egoist Limited, 1920. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Papercovered boards with printed paper spine and cover label. Neat penciled owner name, spine label a bit rubbed with one small chip, near fine. Poetry.

Boston: Four Seas, 1916. First Edition. First printing. 47 pp. Plain boards in green printed dust jacket. The poet's second book. Spine faded and with lightly chipped head and tail, else about fine. Nice copy of a fragile book; protected with removable mylar covers. Kershaw A2.

London: The Poetry Bookshop, 35 Devonshire Street, Theobalds, W.C., 1915. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. First Printing of Aldington's first book of poems, published when he was literary editor of The Egoist. Crown 8vo (196 x 144mm): 31pp (title from cover, pagination begins cover verso). Original illustrated stapled wrappers, front panel with hand-colored block print by John Nash, priced 8d net on lower left corner, edges untrimmed; original glassine outer wrapper, toned and chipped at edges. Wrappers middy foxed (as often), but an unusually good copy in original outer wrapper. Kershaw 1. Ezra Pound coined the term imagistes for Aldington and his wife, Hilda Doolittle (H. D.) Aldington's poetry, championing minimalist free verse with stark images, constitutes almost one third of the Imagists's inaugural anthology Des Imagistes, in which six of these poems originally appeared. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with carefully… Read More

London: The Poetry Bookshop, [1915]. First edition. Duodecimo. Good . John Nash. 12mo, 31 pages, soiled wrappers, dark spots on rear cover; no glassine Author's first book [ Kershaw 1]. Hand-colored cover block print by John Nash

[London]: The Poetry Bookshop, [1915]. First Edition. Softcover. Light soiling. Near Fine for this fragile piece. Pictorial wraps featuring a hand-colored block print by John Nash. Aldington's first book, a landmark of the Imagist Movement, this copy SIGNED by the poet on the verso of the cover and dated 1917.