The Trial of Ezra Pound by Julien Cornell

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1992. John Day. Notable Trails Library edition. Illustrate.

A documented, firsthand legal and personal account of Ezra Pound's 1945 treason charges. Pound had been arrested for recording pro-fascist radio broadcasts in Italy during World War II. During the trial Cornell argues that Pound was mentally unfit to have him committed to a mental facilty rather than tried and possibly executed for treason.

Illustrated with plates of handwritten trial notes.

This privately printed, special edition had been quarterbound in genuine leather. Endleaves are the specially commssioned design of Richard Wolfe. Edges are gilded and the spine s stamped in 22 karat gold.