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(Siena: Printed for Olga Rudge by Tip. Nuova, 1948. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. Printed green stapled wrappers. Stated limited edition. Ownership signature of Pound's Belfast friend Allan Seaton, a bit of sunning and smudging to the wrappers, a very good copy. One of approximately 300 numbered copies, this copy hand numbered as number 50. Consists of several essays: "E.E Cummings," "E.E.Cummings/examined," "James Joyce: to his memory," "A French Accent," "Canto 45," and "Blast.

(Siena: Printed for Olga Rudge by Tip. Nuova, 1948. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. Printed green stapled wrappers. Stated limited edition. Slight sunning along the spine, else fine. One of approximately 300 numbered copies, this copy hand unnumbered. Consists of several essays: "E.E Cummings," "E.E.Cummings/examined," "James Joyce: to his memory," "A French Accent," "Canto 45," and "Blast.

Siena: Privately Printed, 1948. First Edition. Stiff green printed wraps, stapled. 8vo. 33 pp. Printed for Olga Rudge by Tip. Nuova in January, 1948. Rudge had these "talks" from Pound's radio broadcasts printed without changes or corrections. Contains "E. E Cummings, " "E.E. Cummings/examined, " "James Joyce: to his memory, " "A French Accent, " "Canto 45, " and "Blast." One of approximately 300; this like most copies not numbered. Paper toned, spine sunned, about very good. Scarce. Gallup A59.

Nuova Siena: Tip. for Olga Rudge. 1948. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Wraps, two small bumps to the sunned spine, otherwise near fine. A limited edition, this being copy No. 56 (most copies turn up unnumbered) Five short pieces, e. e. cummings/examind, James Joyce: to his memory, A french accent, "Canto 45", and Blast. A superior copy.; 8vo; 33 pp .

Octavo (8 3/8 x 6 1/8 inches; 212 x 157 mm), [2], 33, [1] pages in green stapled wrappers printed in black (soft cover).
Ezra Pound's companion, Olga Rudge, published this slim volume containing a selection of Pound's radio broadcasts from World War II. Pound strongly supported Mussolini and the Fascists in his broadcasts on Radio Rome, but he also dealt with literary matters as well. At the time of publication, Pound was under indictment in the U.S. for treason and was being held at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington. He was to remain there until his release in 1958.
The talks include a memorial to James Joyce, one on e.e. cummings's book about the Soviet Union, one on Céline, and one on Wyndham Lewis's Vorticist magazine, Blast. Rudge also included Canto 45. She says on the copyright page, "These 'talks' are printed from the original rough drafts. No cuts, corrections or changes have been made." Indeed, the scripts are full of misspellings, word abbreviations, praise of Fascism, and occasional… Read More

Siena: Self-published, 1948. First edition, limited to (aproximately) 300 numbered copies. This copy unnumbered. (Purportedly, few copies were numbered.) Printed for Olga Rudge by Tip. Nuova in January, 1948. 8vo. Stapled wraps. Beginng toning on spine and rear wrap and text pages. Near Fine condition.

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