Vittorugo Contino. Ezra Pound In Italy (1970)
B100
Editions
a. First (trade) edition
[In black:] VITTORUGO CONTINO | EZRA POUND IN ITALY | FROM THE PISAN CANTOS | [in grey:] spoTs & Dots [Venezia, Gianfranco Ivancich Editore] [150] pp., 1 blank leaf, incl. illus., ports., facsims. 29 X 24.2 cm. Cream paper boards printed in silver and black on front cover and in silver up the spine; end-papers. Issued without dust-jacket. Published 30 October 1970 (distributed by Alfieri in Venice and by Wittenborn and Company in New York at $24.00); number of copies unknown. Verso of title-leaf blank. Printed on coated paper. Copies sold in the United States in 1970 have a paper label pasted on page [4]: American Distributor: Wittenborn and Company 1018 Madison Ave., New York, N. Y. 10021. Imprint on page [150]: Printed in Italy by Grafiche Le.Ma.—Maniago october 1970 for the 85th birthday of Ezra Pound Distributor: Alfieri, Venice Faff-title: Ezra Pound in Italy Consists of photographs mostly of Ezra Pound and Venice by Contino, with a brief “Introduction” by Pound; passages chiefly from The Pisan Cantos, with notes by Olga Rudge, and answers to questions from Pier Paolo Pasolini and Vanni Ronsisvalle, all written out by Pound and reproduced both in facsimile of his manuscript and in type. (The answers, translated, were used for an Italian documentary film, “An Hour with Ezra Pound,” filmed by RAI Televisione Italiana.)
b. Limited edition
Title-page as in the trade edition. 1 blank leaf, [152] pp., 1 blank feaf, incl. illus., ports., facsims. 29 X 24.5 cm. Full red leather boards stamped in gold on front cover and up the spine; endpapers. Grey paper cardboard box, 30 X 24.5 cm., with red-leather covered top and bottom. Prepared for publication in October 1970 but no copies sold; 300 copies printed. Verso of title-leaf blank. Printed on uncoated paper. Imprint on page [152]: Printed in Italy by Grafiche Le.Ma.—Maniago october 1970 On page [2]: ... for the 85th birthday of Ezra Pound Colophon (page [3]): Special edition limited to 300 of which this is n. [nzunder written in (in some copies) signed: Ezra Pound] Note: Although some copies were distributed gratis in 1970 and subsequently, the bulk of the edition is still (1981) in the hands of the publisher.
c. American edition ([1978])
EZRA POUND IN ITALY | FROM THE PISAN CANTOS | Photographs by VITTORUGO CONTINO | Edited by GIANFRANCO IVANCICH | Rizzout | New york 1 blank leaf, [148] pp., 1 blank leaf, incl. illus., ports., facsims. 29.2 X 24.4 cm. Black cloth boards lettered in white on front cover and on spine; end-papers. White dust-jacket printed in black. Published 28 October 1978 at $27.50; number of copies unknown. On verso of uitle-leaf: Published in the United States of America in 1978 ... Imprint on page [148]: Printed in Italy by Grafiche Le.Ma. Maniago — Pn — 1978 Haff-ntle: Ezra Pound in Italy Spots & Dots Text and illustrations as in B100a.
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