The Exile. Nos 1-4.

POUND, Ezra (ed.).

Published by Dijon: Maurice Darantiere; [then] Chicago: Pascal Covici; [then] New York: Covici Friede, 1927-28

About this Item

First editions, with Pound's pencil correction of the title of Hemingway's contribution, "Neothomist Poem", on page 21 of the first number. The Exile was Pound's short-lived modernist magazine, featuring his own work and contributions from Richard Aldington, Ernest Hemingway, W. B. Yeats, William Carlos Williams, and many others. No further numbers were published. The first number of The Exile was, in reality, published in a sort of exile (albeit self-imposed), being printed by Darantiere, the printer of Ulysses, and issued by Pound to Britain and the US from the European continent. Copies of the first number are frequently stamped "made in France", but this copy is not so marked. Pound later moved publication to Chicago, and, for the last number, to New York. As noted by Hoffman, Allen, and Ulrich in The Little Magazine, "the four issues of Pound's Exile afford him an opportunity for full expression of his editorial temperament. Pound's career. has always been marked by a wish to dogmatize, impress, or shock. He regards only a small group of persons intelligent enough for conversation or friendship. There is always something of the poseur in Pound's attitudinizing, but his judgment, especially in matters aesthetic, is often surprisingly good, and always refreshing" (p. 284). Gallup C689, C694, C707, C724. 4 vols, small octavo. Original orange or red wrappers printed in black, edges of no. 1 untrimmed. Nos. 2-4 housed in custom grey cloth folding case. Toning to spines and wrapper edges, occasional creasing and wear, no. 1 with careful repairs to spine, short split to foot of no. 4 front wrapper joint, faint browning to margins, else clean. A very good set. Seller Inventory # 153230

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Exile. Nos 1-4.

Publisher: Dijon: Maurice Darantiere; [then] Chicago: Pascal Covici; [then] New York: Covici Friede, 1927-28

Edition: 1st Edition