The Pisan Cantos
New York: New Directions, 1948. First edition. Cloth. 8vo, 118pp. Black cloth with silver lettering. VG. Lacking the dustwrapper. The four sections of the dj (chipped) are laid in. Light dampstains at bottom of front/rear covers. First edition of Pound's most important later work, and the most moving portion of his long poem-in-progress, written while in a prison camp near Pisa. *The Pisan Cantos* was awarded the first annual Bollingen Prize for poetry in 1949. One of 1525 copies printed. Very Good / No dust jacket. Item #21116
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