modernisms

BLACKWELL’S RARE BOOKS
techniques and charisma of Sigmund Freud - in fact, it was armed with a letter of
introduction from Ellis that Bryher had first approached Freud in 1927, from which
encounter arrangements for H.D.’s analysis with him ensued.
The place and date given on the title-page [London, 1928] refer to the story’s setting,
not its publication - the details of which are given in a statement at the rear. The
section-title for the second story in this volume [‘The Two Americans’, p. 91ff] carries
an equivalent designation [Vaud, 1930].
29. H.D. [i.e., Hilda Doolittle] The Hedgehog. Brendin, 1936, FIRST EDITION, ONE OF
300 COPIES, title-page vignette and head-piece to each of the 19 chapters by George
Plank as well as a monogram medallion for the author by the same at foot of
colophon, pp. [vi], 77, 4to, original green boards, lettered in black to upper board
and backstrip, the latter with ends slightly pushed, a hint of fading to borders and
some very faint spotting, a few very faint spots to edges and endpapers, dustjacket
with a few faint spots, backstrip panel faded with a few water spots, very good
(Boughn A17a.i) £300
Printed at the Curwen Press, the author’s only work for children - in a small edition for
her friends by the Bryher-owned publishing company.
30. H.D. [i.e., Hilda Doolittle] Typescript recollections of Ezra Pound. Jan. 24-25
[1950,] original typescript with ‘Hotel de la Piax [sic] Lausanne’ typed at head,
pp. 5 [along with 3 carbon copies, the last lacking first page], 4to, stored flat and
unfolded in envelope addressed to Alan Clodd (see below), very good
SOLD
An interesting collection of notes from H.D. written to Peter Russell (then the editor
of ‘Nine’) in response to a request for a birthday tribute to Pound that he was then
compiling; first soliciting her contribution on January 8th and delivering a series of
further specifications - principally asking for her impressions of Ezra when she first
knew him, but also for clarification on particular points such as who had introduced
Joyce to the group - H.D. dutifully responded towards the end of that month with
these scattered reflections that attempted to meet his brief, but Russell deemed them
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