First Edition of Ezra Pound's Instigations, Signed and with Sketch

Ezra Pound. INSTIGATIONS OF EZRA POUND TOGETHER WITH AN ESSAY ON THE CHINESE WRITTEN CHARACTER BY ERNEST FENOLLOSA. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1920. First edition. Signed and dated by Pound on the first free endpaper below a small sketch. Hardcover. Purple cloth-covered boards stamped in blind on front cover and in yellow-green on the spine, with top edge stained slate. 8vo; viii, 388pp. Gallup A18.

8 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.

From the Collection of Dr. Jeremiah P. Starling

One of 800 copies printed.

Light wear to boards; spine darkened, edges thumbed with a couple of closed tears, and yellow-green lettering now quite faint; front hinge cracked with partial separation from text block, rear hinge with some soiling; glue residue to inner margin of half-title with associated wear to facing page; interior with typical toning, clean except for a rare spot of foxing and grime, or minor pencil notation; a couple of areas of minor gutter wear; occasional wear to page edges or wear from opening leaves, with a few leaves still partially unopened; lacking dust jacket. A good copy/none.