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London: Stanley Nott, [1935]. Second impression. Printed wrappers. 8vo. Pound assumed the fictitious name, Alfred Venison, for the vituperative verse in this book that dealt with the controversial theories of Social Credit propounded by C.H. Douglas. It is these antagonistic views, aired on Rome radio directly preceding World War II, that led to Pound's conviction of treason and subsequent imprisonment by the U.S. government.
Donald Gallup, Pound's bibliographer, estimates that 2000 copies of this unprepossessing pamphlet were printed, but its legendary rarity suggests that the vast body of the edition was pulped, or destroyed by the German bombardment of London in the war. Gallup A39.
We are aware of but one copy to surface on the rare-book market in the last 50 years, which was Pound's own copy in his Venice Library. That copy was priced $22,500 (albeit it was inscribed). An obscure Ezra Pound rarity which documents his political peculiarities. Fine.
London: Stanley Nott, [1935]. Second impression. Printed wrappers. 8vo. Pound assumed the fictitious name, Alfred Venison, for the vituperative verse in this book that dealt with the controversial theories of Social Credit propounded by C.H. Douglas. It is these antagonistic views, aired on Rome radio directly preceding World War II, that led to Pound's conviction of treason and subsequent imprisonment by the U.S. government.
Donald Gallup, Pound's bibliographer, estimates that 2000 copies of this unprepossessing pamphlet were printed, but its legendary rarity suggests that the vast body of the edition was pulped, or destroyed by the German bombardment of London in the war. Gallup A39.
We are aware of but one copy to surface on the rare-book market in the last 50 years, which was Pound's own copy in his Venice Library. That copy was priced $22,500 (albeit it was inscribed). An obscure Ezra Pound rarity which documents his political peculiarities. Fine.