Money Pamphlets Nos. 1-6

by Ezra Pound

translated by Carmine Amore and John Drummond 

Six volumes.  London:  Peter Russell, 1950-1952  

Set of pamphlets is overall in VERY GOOD condition.

• Stiff cream wraps are mostly clean, with black and red ink text. 
• Wraps show some toning, bumping, edgewear.  Corners are bumped and softened.  See photos. 
• Spines have some oxidation stains from staples, with softened ends.  See photos.
• Bindings are secure. 
• Inside covers have publisher's advertisements.  No. 1 first two pages heavily toned with shadow lines.  See photos. 
• Interiors are gently age-toned.  Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• PS2024.1205

128 pages. 5.5 x 8.5 inches

Six staple-bound pamphlets, in stiff cream wrappers, overall in Very Good condition.  Bumping to the outer corners and some tanning, in particular to Pamphlet No. 1.

A rare, full set of An Introduction to the Economic Nature of the United States, Gold and Work, What is Money For?, A Visiting Card, Social Credit: an Impact , and America, Roosevelt and the Causes of the Present War, mid-World War II economic tracts by Ezra Pound (1885-1972).  Translated from the original Italian by Carmine Amore and John Drummond, this edition marks their first publication in English. 

Pound offered in these texts an extensive justification of the relationship between his poetry and his politico-economic stances.  At the same time, though, Pound’s obsessive denouncement of usury is in evidence throughout, undergirding much of the fascism and antisemitism that can also be found in these pages.  These pamphlets are an illuminating, often troubling companion to some of the most important poetry of the 20th century.

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