F1933

Wed.

Chestnut Mead,
Loxwood,
Sussex.

Dear Mr. Pound :

Thank you for the post-card. I
( and I am not alone in this ) consider it
among your best poems . When the first shock
of surprise had worn off, we took ourselves to
the consideration of the Exchange with a sick
and happy trembling. With what meaning we
discovered the work to be valued at the
sum of seven pounds !

The fateful letter to you was
written when I was under the impression that
XXX, as you put it or them, had not been
printed in England, but abroad. There was no
mention of it in the bibliography in front of
The Selected, by Faber.

I am, from a narrow point of
view " collector ": but the narrowness of
the view is governed entirely by the narrowness
of a pretty narrow purse if you see what I mean.
However, there is a tiny pinnace of mine due
to arrive about Xmas, and when it does, and the
milkman is recompensed for his so beautiful trust
in me, there will me more of this matter afoot.
In the meantime I will get one of Faber's and
taste it, drink it, and ( who knows ? ) mayhap
drain it. But that is all one to you.

My thanks for the rest of the information. I think
the very next step may be one of Nancy Cunard's
edition, but we are consumed with desire for the
out of print one.... So valuable it's going to
be ! I await the Xmas merchandise with a wry
and impatient face. God preserve you until then.
The lady sends a slow and graceful gesture of
thanks.

P.S. With regard to the XXX. Lezope it will.