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(Pound.) GUILBERT (Yvette)

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English Translations by Ezra Pound. Harmonized and arranged by Gustave Ferrari.

Description: FIRST EDITION, the second issue with the stamp regarding Ferrari to the title-page, musical notation throughout, a couple of spots at page-heads, one page with some faint erased pencil markings, pp. 30, 1, 4to, original first issue binding of quarter cloth with greyish-tan boards, printed label to upper board, the edges rubbed and a trifle worn, a couple of faint water-spots at foot of upper board, light adhesive browning to endpapers, pencilled ownership inscription to flyleaf, good

Publication Details: Augener Ltd, 1912

Notes: Singing translations undertaken by Ezra Pound for the celebrated French chanteuse's American tours - a scarce addition to his oeuvre, with some characteristic touches to the translation. The first song, 'Suivez, beautez' (its text from Villon) was used by Pound in his one-act opera 'Le Testament'.

Bibliography: (Gallup B3)

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Price: £800

Subject: Modern First Edition

Published Date: 1912

Stock Number: 59321

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