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First edition, first printing From the library of poet William Matthews with his full signature and date to the opening flyleaf. Near fine tall stiff wraps with strong spine and clean text wit the usual light age tone.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. 135pp. Octavo [23 cm] Olive green cloth over boards. In the dust jacket, with a number of small stains to the lower extremities of the front panel, darkening to the spine, and minor chipping to the edges. There is also a 1" slash to the surface of the front panel. Novelist and poet Ford Madox Ford (1873-1939) promoted "modernism" and gave it a place in his literary magazine, The English Review, in 1909. Ford's poetry has been admired by Robert Duncan, Robert Lowell, Delmore Schwartz, Kenneth Rexroth, and Basil Bunting.

Zustand: Very Good. First edition, 8vo., pp. xiii, 235, paperback; ownership autograph to front free endpaper, light foxing to prelims and edges, otherwise internally clean, light surface soiling and rubbing to wrappers, overall a very good copy.