Twentieth Century Authors, A Biographical Dictionary

Stanley J. Kunitz & Howard Haycraft, editors; Ezra Pound, contributor

Published by New York: The H. W. Wilson Company, 1944

About this Item

1577pp.; 25.7 x 18 cm. Green cloth boards lettered in gold on spine. Published New York: The H. W. Wilson Company, 1944 A heavy compendium of twentieth century authors, containing an entry on Pound (printed during the war years) reproducing a letter to the editors from 1939 criticising the betrayal of the American people by the Bank Act of February 25, 1863, Wilson and Roosevelt. The editors go on to publish, at Pound s request, Pound s Introductory Text-Book; If you can t print [it] then your profession of wanting an authentic record is mere bunk. Followed then by the usual biographical comment that all authors receive. First edition, second printing (after 1942). Spine softened as one would expect from laying this book out. Spine a little faded, boards lightly rubbed and corners bumped. Gallup B47.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Twentieth Century Authors, A Biographical Dictionary
• Publisher: New York: The H. W. Wilson Company
• Publication Date: 1944
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good