The Poetry Library of Marie Bullock - Locus Solus Rare Books

152. CLAYTOR, GERTRUDE. Sunday in Virginia and Other Poems. New York: E.P. Dutton,
1951. First edition. 8vo, cloth. Near fine in a lightly used dust jacket. Poet’s first book, a
presentation copy, inscribed: “For Marie Bullock, Friend of poets - and to poetry. With the
sincere admiration of Gertrude Claytor, March 6, 1951.” With an inscribed greeting card
from Claytor laid in, annotated by Mrs. Bullock on the rear. $40
153. CLAYTOR, GERTRUDE. Mirage at Midnight and Other Poems. London: Villiers
Publications, 1960. First edition. 8vo, cloth. Fine in dust jacket, price-clipped and very
faintly sunned. The poet’s second book, inscribed on the front flyleaf to Mrs. Bullock at the
time of publication. $35
154. COATSWORTH, ELIZABETH. The Creaking Stair. Graphic Accompaniment by W.A.
Dwiggins. New York: Coward-McCann, (1949). First edition. 8vo, black cloth. Fine in a
lightly rubbed dust jacket with a couple of small tears and a chip to the rear panel, spine
faded a shade. Signed by Coatsworth on the front flyleaf. $100
155. COBLENTZ, STANTON A. The Pageant of Man. New York: The Wings Press, 1936.
First edition. 8vo, 3/4 buckram and blue cloth. Very good. Signed by Coblentz on the half
title. $30
156. COBLENTZ, STANTON A. Strange Universes. New Selected Poems. Monterey,
California: Redwoods Press, 1977. First edition. 8vo, cloth. Fine in a lightly rubbed dust
jacket. Presentation copy, inscribed by Coblentz to Mrs. Bullock. $30
157. COFFIN, ROBERT P. TRISTRAM. Strange Holiness. New York: Macmillan, 1935. First
edition. 8vo, blue cloth. Spine faded, very good. Coffin was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for
this collection in 1936. $25
158. COFFIN, ROBERT P. TRISTRAM. Saltwater Farm. Woodcuts by J.J. Lankes. New York:
Macmillan, 1937. First edition. 8vo, blue cloth. Somewhat sunned, near fine, without dust
jacket. $20
first book
159. COLE, HENRI. The Marble Queen. New York: Atheneum, 1986. First edition. 8vo, blue
cloth. As new in dust jacket. Poet’s highly regarded first book, a presentation copy, inscribed
by Cole on the title page: “May 5, 1986, For Mr. and Mrs. Bullock, whose wisdom and good
faith have already given me more than I imagined possible from a life of letters. With so
much admiration, but especially love, Henri.” $125
160. COLEMAN, ELLIOTT. An American in Augustland. Chapel Hill: University of North
Carolina Press, (1940). First edition. 8vo, blue cloth. Slight lean, else fine without jacket.
Publisher’s original mimeograph prospectus laid in, soliciting advance subscriptions
sufficient to warrant publication, along with a brief TLS from the poet to Mrs. Bullock. $35
WITH VASSOS ILLUSTRATIONS
161. COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR. Kubla Khan: Samuel Coleridge’s Poem with
Interpretive Illustrations by John Vassos. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1933. First edition thus.
4to, half cloth and boards. Some soil, very good. $75
162. COLUM, PADRAIC. Orpheus Myths of the World. Twenty Engravings by Boris
Artzybasheff. New York: Macmillan, 1930. First edition. 4to, cloth-backed textured boards.
Spine very slightly darkened, else fine in original slipcase, used and a bit sunned. One of 350
numbered copies, signed by Colum and Artzybasheff. $200
163. COLUM, PADRAIC. Poems. New York: Macmillan, 1932. First American edition. 8vo, light
blue cloth. Spine darkened and a bit worn at ends, one small stain; some lightening toward
edges. Inscribed for Mrs. Bullock, with the entire text of a poem, “Fern’s Castle,” written out
over two pages, signed and dated in 1952. $175