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ONE OF A MAXIMUM OF 140 COPIES THUS - LOVELY COPY IN ITS ORIGINAL BOARDSfirst editions, joint reissue 8vo. [2 (half-title)], viii, 51, [52]; [3]-63, [64], [4 (advts.)]pp., original brown boards, front cover and spine gilt lettered, edges untrimmed, spine and upper edges of sides just a trifle faded, couple of trivial marks on spine, fine bright copy. Rare in this condition, virtually as new.
Gallup Bibliography Pound, 7b-8b Only about 140 copies issued in this form.Canzone and Ripostes had been first issued by Elkin Matthews in July 1911 and Stephen Swift in October 1912 respectively. This joint reissue of "not more than 500 copies ... consists of the first edition sheets of the two books .. with new half-title and title-leaf for the volume .. inserted at the front ... The two leaves of advertisements, which formed pages [53-56] in the first issue have been excised and inserted at the end of the volume. The Ripostes sheets have the original half-title and title-leaf excised and a new half-title leaf… Read More