A serious character: Ezra Pound

[Pound, Ezra] Carpenter, Humphrey. A Serious Character - The Life of Ezra Pound. London, Boston, Faber and Faber, 1988. 16.5 cm x 24 cm. XII, 1005 pages. Illustrated with 24 pages of black-and-white photographs. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Contains two minor items of ephemera from 'The Times Literary Supplement' 1989 [Review of the book by William H.Gass in TLS in January 1989 and Responses to the review, also printed in TLS, in February 1989]. Divided into five parts: Part One 1885-1908 'Ra' / Part Two 1908-20 'Ezra' / Part Three 1921-45 'E.P.' / Part Four 1945-58 'Grampaw' / Part Five 1958-72 Personae. Includes a Preface by the author, Appendix A: Bibliography, Appendix B: Notes on Sources and an Index of Titles and First Lines of poems and prose pieces by Ezra Pound.