"This edition ... was printed on the hand-press by K.K. Merker, The Stone Wall Press, Iowa City, in Romanée type on Umbria paper. The edition consists of 310 copies: numbers 1 to 200 for New Directions, New York; numbers 201 to 300 for Faber and Faber Ltd, London; numbers 301-310 for The Stone Wall Press. All copies are signed by the author. December MDCCCCLXVIII"--Colophon, signed and numbered by Pound.
"First published in England in 1969"--Verso of t.p. Actually published February 1970, according to Gallup (the English trade edition was published 23 Feb. 1970).
Errata slip inserted.
Collation: 4to: [unsigned, 1⁶ 5⁴ 6²]; 28 leaves, pp. [12 unnumbered (first leaf blank)] 9-40 [41-44 (42-44 blank)]. Final blank leaf bound as back pastedown, with blank bifolium inserted as flyleaves.
Title and poem caption titles printed in red and black.
Bound in brick red cloth, with printed spine label "EP"; issued in slipcase.