Notes on
The Anthology of English & American Poetry

The first edition of this title excluded the poetry of Ezra Pound because of that poet's work on behalf of the Axis in WWII. Protests from the poetry community ensued and Cerf relented, including Pound in the second edition. Click here to read a couple of contemporary articles on the controversy.

First copyright page text:     First Modern Library Giant Edition

First binding style:     G5

First inverse DJ number:    306

Dates in print:     1945 - 1946 ((no poems by Ezra Pound)
                             1946 (after March) - 1970 (Pound included)

Toledano number:    G067.1 (no poems by Ezra Pound)
                                    G067.2 (Pound included)

GT42

Confirmed buckram sighting?      yes

Intro author:     Willaim Rose Benet

Genre:     Poetry

Original language:      English

Thanks to the contributors:
Henry Toledano Barry Miller Scot Kamins

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