Palimpsest
H. D. Southern Illinois University Press / Feffer & Simons, 1968. Design by Andor Braun. Ezra Pound gave H.D. her abbreviated pen name when he jotted 'H.D. Imagiste' at the foot of her poem 'Hermes of the Ways' (although, privately, he called her 'Dryad'). Her remarkable life spanned two world wars (during the second, her daughter Perdita served alongside Graham Greene in CIA predecessor, the OSS), and she traveled to Egypt alongside novelist and shipping heiress Bryher to witness the opening of Tutankhamun's tomb, an experience which inspired the third part of this modernist triptych.
Tight, square spine. Former owner name and date to front flyleaf, but interior is else clean and unmarked. Gilt to spine remains bright. Former owner address to back flap of jacket, which is Mylar-protected and not price-clipped. Jacket also has an area of heavy edge-wear to the front at the head, as well as a one-inch closed tear. 268 pp. Featured Rare & Collectible. DR.
