Author: Layton, Irving
Title: The Cold Green Element. Presentation Copy Inscribed to [Sophie (Sigmund) Loussco]
Description: Montreal, Contact Press, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Association Copy of the First Edition of this early Layton Contact Press title. Inscribed to Sophie (Sigmund) Loussco] a friend of Irving Layton and Betty Sutherland. 'For Sophie, And all my best wished Irving. May 10, 1955" 8vo, pp. [60]. Black cloth backed illustrated boards designed by Betty Sutherland. As usual, the spine label is not present with only a spot remaining. A very good example showing some general use. The importance of this copy can not be underestimated as Layton, arguably Canada's earliest Modernist Poet had much respect for Pound, the poet and founder of Modernism. A solid thesis could be developed around this copy. .

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