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Book Title: Ezra Pound : this Difficult Individual
Number of Pages: 430 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Omnia Veritas The Limited
Publication Year: 2018
Topic: Literary, American / General
Item Height: 0.9 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 20.2 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Eustace Clarence Mullins
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback