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7. CARNEVALI, Emanuel. A Hurried Man. Paris: Contact Editions and Three Mountains
Press (1925). 268pp. Poetry and prose by the Italian writer who was befriended by Robert
McAlmon, William Carlos Williams, Ezra Pound and others on the literary avant garde of the period.
This is the only work published during his life- he suffered from a neurological disease and
died relatively young.
A very good copy in original orange wrappers, slight cracking to spine, spine sunned.
$250.
8. CHUBB, Ralph. A two page signed letter from Ralph Chubb to a Mr. Heffer, in which
he "takes up the cudgels for orthodox mysticism" and discusses in great detail his own spiritual
beliefs. He elaborates his thoughts on reincarnation ("it is an aspect of truth, not Truth itself"), the
nature of Love and the work of William Blake. The theosophist Madame Blavatsky's views and
those of the womens' rights campaigner
Anna Kingsford are criticized, as is
Buddhism: "As an artist and a poet, I find the
current Buddhistic-Pythagorean philosophy
desolating to my heart! What becomes of my
childhood dreams, which are the very mainspring
of my life- the very bread and wine of
my existence!"
Chubb signs the letter with his own name
and that of "B.A. Cantab."
Chubb (1892-1960) was an eccentric
visionary poet, printer and artist whose
unorthodox sexuality is vividly portrayed in
a number of finely wrought volumes of his
work. This letter (undated but likely from the
1940s as it was written on the letterhead of
the "Big Ben Silent Minute Observance")
crystallizes his own spiritual beliefs. Very
good, with several folds. $350.