First edition

“IF THIS BE TREASON...... ” | e. e. cummings/examind | James Joyce: to his memory | A french accent | “Canto 45” | Blast [Siena, Italy, Printed for Olga Rudge by Tip. Nuova] 1 blank leaf, 33, [1] pp. 21:3 X 15:6 cm. Stiff green paper wrappers printed in black on page [i]; wire-stitched. Tentatively released in January and distributed gratis more generally beginning in February 1948; probably 300 copies printed. Imprint on page [34]: Printed for Olga Rudge by Tip. Nuova Siena, Italy. January 1948 On verso of title-leaf: ... Limited edition. Copy n.. [number written in. (Most copies were left unnumbered.)] “These [Rome radio broadcast] ‘talks’ are printed from the original rough drafts. No cuts, corrections or changes have been made. I have not been able to consult the author about this or other matters. I trust he will not feel that I have taken him too ‘au pied de la lettre’. Olga Rudge” (Note, p. [2]) Contents: E. E. Cummings—E. E. Cummings/examind [21 May 1942|—James 75 Joyce: to his memory—A French Accent [11 May 1942]—Canto 45 [Ezra Pound’s introductory remarks to his reading of this Canto]—Blast [ze. Wyndham Lewis’s periodical of that title, 26 Apr. 1942].