[Japanese characters:] The Origin of the Literary Spirit [How to Read.]

(Pound.) KINOSHITA (Tsunetaro, Translator)

[Japanese characters:] The Origin of the Literary Spirit [How to Read.]

[New Literary Research series, 10.]

Description: FIRST EDITION, pp. [ii], 88, [1], crown 8vo, original cream wrappers printed in red and black, a little browned and soiled with chipping at backstrip ends, short split at foot of upper joint, good

Publication Details: Tokyo: Kinseido, 1933

Notes: Scarce. Notable as the first book-form appearance of Ezra Pound in Japan, Kinoshita translates the essays 'How to Read' and 'James Joyce: At Last the Novel Appears'. The printed dedication is to Iwasaki Ryozo, who later translated a selection of Pound's poetry for Japanese readers, and corresponded with the poet.

Bibliography: (Gallup D167X)

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Price: £400

Subject: Modern First Edition

Published Date: 1933

Stock Number: 68786

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