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Desmond Harmsworth. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition, First Issue (rough red cloth with silver stamped titles on the spine). From the library of poet/academic William Matchett with his bookplate on the ffep, and a few brief pencil notes in the margins. Light wear to the cloth, else a Very Good copy. GALLUP A33.

London: Desmond Harmsworth, 1931. 1st edition. Very Good. small octavo. hardback with dust jacket 55pp., b/w pls., maps, bibliog., index, Nice copy in like unclipped dust jacket with minor loss at spine

London: Desmond Harmsworth. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. A beautiful copy with one minor blemish - a 1.5" dark line on cover. DJ is bright, with some wear to edges. ; 1st issue, with rough red cloth stamped in silver. Gallup A33a. An unauthorized American reprint was published in 1971 by Haskell House Publishers Ltd. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

London: Desmond Harmsworth.. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1931. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. 'First' issue. Spine stamped in white. Fine in very close to fine dust jacket. (Only the tiniest chips at crest of spine on jacket. ) (55pp. ) ( 5 1/4" X 7 3/4") From the library of John Martin publisher of Black Sparrow Press with his discreet book sticker at base of rear paste-down. Portrait of Pound by Gaudier Brzeska on cover of jacket. ; 5 1/4" x 7 3/4"); 55 pages .

First edition, a fine association copy. Agnes Bedford (1892-1969) was a lifelong friend of Pound (they first met in 1919 and corresponded until 1963 when he unexpectedly severed contact) and through him of Wyndham Lewis, with whom she had an affair in the 1920s. A vocal coach and accompanist, she provided the music for Pound's Five Troubadour Songs (1920). After he left for Paris in January 1920, Bedford sublet his flat; she then visited him in Paris the following year, where she was the principal amanuensis for his opera based on Villon's Le Testament. She was later the rehearsal coach for its first performance in 1931 and her contacts were vital to the casting of singers (Bridson was later involved in the first broadcast of the opera in 1962, for which Bedford was frequently consulted). Laid in here is a copy of a letter of 4 May 1969 from Bedford to Bridson on his retirement – 'I have been so happy to read all the appreciative things about you on all sides' – recalling 'happy times at Studio A'… Read More