231
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POE, EDGAR ALLAN.
Works.
10 volumes. Illustrated by Albert Edward
Sterner. 8vo, original vellum with large gilt floral designs, scattered soiling and discol-
oration to covers, heaviest to spines; scattered foxing internally, endpapers especially so,
unopened.
Chicago: Stone & Kimball, 1894-95
[500/750]
NUMBER
184
OF
250
SETS OF THE LARGE
-
PAPER EDITION
with the illustrations on China
paper. BAL 16168.
FIRST PULITZER PRIZE WINNING NOVEL
232
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POOLE, ERNEST.
His Family.
8vo, publisher’s navy cloth, gilt-lettered, slightly
cocked, mild rubbing but gilt still bright, small stain on lower edges; internally clean with
no markings.
FIRST EDITION
. Today Poole’s novel is best remembered as the inaugural
recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1918.
New York: Macmillan, 1917
[600/900]
233
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POUND, EZRA.
Group of Signed Correspondence and Ephemera.
Comprising 2 Typed Contracts Signed bound or stapled to publisher’s unprinted legal-
sized sheets, one with holograph emendations; 1 Autograph Letter Signed; 3 Typed Letters
Signed, one with holograph emendations; 2 cancelled checks Signed; 1 Typed Note
Signed. Rectos only. Format and condition varies, generally good.
Vp, 1919-36
[1,000/1,500]
28 June, 1919: Typed contract agreement from Boni & Liveright stating terms of publication for
Pound’s 1920 book of essays Instigations, 4 pages. 12 April, 1934: Similarly formatted 3 page docu-
ment of agreement regarding Liveright publication of Personae with manuscript corrections and
additions. 5 December, 1935: 1 page ALS to Liveright accepting terms of contract. 3 TLsS to
Liveright (1922, 1930, and undated), the second let-
ter on Pound’s letterhead with marginal
tears affecting printed return
address; the last letter with
marginal holograph note,
and with typed footnote
attesting to long-time New
Directions founder/publisher
James Laughlin’s bona fides:
“This is an exceptional case.
Brilliant critic; and not a
sponging anthologist.” 27/28
December 1933: Typed Note
Signed on Pound’s printed card
asking for “long overdue” royalty
payment from Liveright. 2 royalty
checks from Boni & Liveright
(1923) and Liveright (1936)
signed, one with cancellation perfora-
tions touching signature in a few areas.
