Uncommon full set of Pound's six economics pamphlets, first published in Italian during the Second World War. Translated by Carmine Amore and John Drummond. 21.5x14cm. Stiff cream paper wrappers printed in black and red on front cover, black on rear. Few copies remain, as the original run was only of 1000 copies in one or two impressions. As follows:

1. Softcover. 8vo. 22pp. An Introduction to the Economic Nature of the United States. Covers somewhat toned, rust stains around staplese, else fine. 50 cent stamp to bottom right-hand corner. 
2. Softcover. 8vo. 16pp. Gold and Work. Second Impression (Gallup, A52c, p. 70) Some staining to left edge, rust stains around staples, else fine. 
3. Softcover. 8vo. 15 pp. What is Money For? Clean and crisp, rust stains around staples, else fine.
4. Softcover. 8vo. 38 pp. A Visiting Card. Very minor spotting to the front, minor fraying to top left corner, rust stains around staples, else fine. Includes two images printed on a glossy paper.
5. Softcover. 8vo. 20pp. Social Credit: An Impact. Pages clean and tight, rust stains around staples, else fine. Includes two images printed on glossier paper.
6. Softcover. 8vo. 18pp. America, Roosevelt and the Causes of the Present War. Tight and clean, rust stains around staples, else fine.  

Marking the first publication of many of Pound's mid-War economic tracts in English, Peter Russel begins each volume with an explanation that "the object of this series of reprinted pamphlets is to present to the public at a reasonable price the evidence in the much discussed case of Ezra Pound" claiming to have no political object in view; one is indeed forced to draw one's own conclusions when reading them. On the one hand, Pound offers in these texts an extensive justification of the relationship between his poetry and his politico-economic stances: An epic is a poem including history. No one can understand history without understanding economics. On the other, Pound's obsessive denouncement of usury is in evidence throughout, undergirding much of the fascism and antisemitism that can also be found in these pages. As uncomfortable and objectionable as much of this material can be, it is also deeply implicated in the development of his later Cantos. An illuminating yet often troubling companion to some of the most important poetry of the 20th century.

From the library of the important American poet Frank Bidart, who received the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, the Griffin Poetry Prize Lifetime Recognition Award, and the 2017 National Book Award for Poetry for his book Half-light: Collected Poems 1965–2016. His signature of ownership is on the verso of the front cover of all pamphlets.