[Rarebooks] FS: Issues of THIS QUARTER with early Hemingway & Joyce contributions

[Charles Agvent]

1.  (HEMINGWAY, Ernest; JOYCE, James; POUND, Ezra; WILLIAMS, William 
Carlos; et. al.) . THIS QUARTER, Volume 1, No. 2. Milan: Covegno: Via 
Borgospesso, (1925). First Edition. Original printed wraps; 347 pages. 
Illustrated with photograph reproductions of several contributors 
including Joyce and Hemingway. Includes first printings of the 
following: 2 Cantos by Pound; the story “The Undefeated” by Hemingway; 
“Extract from Work in Progress” (Shem the Penman Episode from FINNEGANS 
WAKE) by Joyce; an essay "Jacataqua" by Williams; as well as 
contributions by Williams, Carl Sandburg, Kay Boyle, Sylvia Beach, Djuna 
Barnes, and more. Perhaps the most important issue of this short-lived 
periodical edited by expatriate American poet Ernest Walsh (who would 
die of tuberculosis at 31 shortly after publication of this issue) and 
Ethel Moorhead, a suffragette who provided financial backing. Aging to 
text, as usual; pages mostly unopened; minor chipping to covers. Very 
Good and quite uncommon, especially in individual wraps. (#020780)    
     $300

2.  (HEMINGWAY, Ernest; JOYCE, James; POUND, Ezra; WILLIAMS, William 
Carlos; et. al.) . THIS QUARTER, Volume 1, No. 2. Milan: Covegno: Via 
Borgospesso, (1925). First Edition. Original printed wraps; 347 pages. 
Illustrated with photograph reproductions of several contributors 
including Joyce and Hemingway. Includes first printings of the 
following: 2 Cantos by Pound; the story “The Undefeated” by Hemingway; 
“Extract from Work in Progress” (Shem the Penman Episode from FINNEGANS 
WAKE) by Joyce; an essay "Jacataqua" by Williams; as well as 
contributions by Williams, Carl Sandburg, Kay Boyle, Sylvia Beach, Djuna 
Barnes, and more. Perhaps the most important issue of this short-lived 
periodical edited by expatriate American poet Ernest Walsh (who would 
die of tuberculosis at 31 shortly after publication of this issue) and 
Ethel Moorhead, a suffragette who provided financial backing. Aging to 
text, as usual; pages mostly unopened; text block split in half but 
still holding; front cover barely attached. Fair and quite uncommon, 
especially in individual wraps. (#020779)     $200

3.  (MONTALE, Eugenio; PIRANDELLO, Luigi; WILLIAMS, William Carlos; et. 
al.) . THIS QUARTER, Volume 2, No. 4. Paris: William Heinemann Ltd., 
June 1930. First Edition. Original printed wraps with yapped edges; 
pages 551-774 plus ads. The Spring issue of this famous literary 
magazine published and edited by Edward W. Titus. Mostly unopened, text 
clean and fresh; split along front cover where it attaches to text block 
but presents well. Uncommon issue in Near Fine condition. (#020782)    
     $60

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