The Poetry Library of Marie Bullock - Locus Solus Rare Books

164. COLUM, PADRAIC. The Story of Lowry Maen. New York: Macmillan, 1937. First
American edition. 8vo, green cloth. A bit of shelf-rubbing, else fine in a second-issue dust
jacket with some rubbing, a touch of edge wear, and a tape mend to the top of the spine. $40
WITH A TWO-PAGE INSCRIPTION
165. COLUM, PADRAIC. Wild Earth. Dublin: The Talbot Press, (1950). First edition. 8vo, gray
cloth. Tips bumped, else fine in a lightly sunned, price-clipped dust jacket with a trace of
wear to the ends of the spine. Inscribed by Colum over the first two leaves to Mrs. Bullock,
with the text of a six-stanza poem, one line of which he has begun and then crossed out.
Signed and dated 1952. $250
166. COLUM, PADRAIC. Collected Poems. New York: Devin-Adair, (1953). First American
edition. 8vo, green and gray cloth. Fine in a lightly rubbed, lightly sunned dust jacket.
Boldly signed by Colum on the front flyleaf in green ink. $75
167. COLUM, PADRAIC. The Vegetable Kingdom. Bloomington: Indiana University Press,
(1954). First American edition. 8vo, green cloth. Fine in a spine-darkened dust jacket with a
touch of edgewear. $40
168. COLUM, PADRAIC. Ten Poems. Dublin: Dolmen Press, 1957. First edition. 8vo, clothbacked
boards. Fine. One of 500 numbered copies, 50 of which were specially bound and
signed. This copy has been inscribed, but not signed, by Colum on All Saints Day 1958. $100
first book
169. COOPER, JANE. The Weather of Six Mornings. [New York]: Macmillan, (1969). First
edition. 8vo, gray cloth. Fine in dust jacket. The poet’s first book, the Lamont Poetry
Selection for 1968. This is a meaningful presentation copy, inscribed by the poet on the title
page: “For Marie Bullock, with thanks and affection after so many years, Jane, January 13,
1983.” $150
170. CORBIN, HAROLD. Before I Sleep. (Salisbury, Connecticut): Three Ravens Press, 1984.
First edition. 8vo, blue cloth. Fine in dust jacket. One of 750 numbered copies, signed by the
poet. In addition, Corbin has inscribed this copy to Mrs. Bullock. With printer’s prospectus
and a draft of Mrs. Bullock’s letter to the poet laid in. Designed and printed by Jerry Kelly. $75
171. CRANE, NATHALIA & FEENEY, LEONARD. The Ark and the Alphabet: An Animal
Collection. New York: Macmillan, 1939. First edition. 8vo, green cloth. Near fine, without
dust jacket. Inscribed by Crane on the front endpaper to Mrs. Bullock. A charming collection
aimed at both children and adults, with a separate foreword for each. $75
172. CREELEY, ROBERT. A Form of Women. New York: Jargon Books/Corinth Books,
(1959). First edition. 8vo, printed wrappers. Slight soil, else fine. Review copy, with
publisher’s promotional slip laid in. $75
173. CREELEY, ROBERT. Words. New York: Scribner’s, (1967). First edition. 8vo, printed
wrappers. Few marks to covers, light rubbing, else fine. Signed by Creeley on the title page. $50
174. CREELEY, ROBERT. Hello: A Journal, February 29-May 3, 1976. (New York): New
Directions, (1978). First edition. 8vo, green cloth. Fine in a very lightly sunned dust jacket.
Signed by Creeley on the title page. $75
175. CREELEY, ROBERT. Mirrors. New York: New Directions, (1983). First edition. 8vo,
printed wrappers. Fine. Signed by Creeley on the title page. $50
176. CUMMINGS, E.E. The Enormous Room. New York: Boni & Liveright, (1922). First
edition. 8vo, tan cloth. Endsheets offset, extremities rubbed, especially at top of spine, top
edge dusty, near fine. without dust jacket. The poet’s first book, a novel based upon his
experience in a French prison during the First World War. The second issue, with the
censored word on page 219. $300