The Poetry Library of Marie Bullock - Locus Solus Rare Books

Edith Sitwell & R.A. Davies, Jane Barston 1719-1746; V. Sackville-West & Graham
Sutherland, Invitation to Cast Out Care; Roy Campbell & Barnett Freedman, Choosing a
Mast. Not frequently offered as a complete set. $1,750
282. ENGLISH POETS. [Series Title]: Ariel Poems (New Series). London: Faber and Faber,
(1954). First editions, first separate editions. 8 volumes, uniform 8vos, printed wrappers,
sewn. Fine in original printed envelopes. The complete set of the second series of Ariel
Poems, including: Walter De La Mare, The Winnowing Dream, illustrated by Robin Jacques;
W.H. Auden, Mountains, illustrated by Edward Bawden; Edwin Muir, Prometheus,
illustrated by John Piper; Louis MacNeice, The Other Wing, illustrated by Michael Ayrton;
Stephen Spender, Sirmione Peninsula, illustrated by Lynton Lamb; T.S. Eliot, The
Cultivation of Christmas Trees, illustrated by David Jones; C. Day Lewis, Christmas Eve,
illustrated by Edward Ardizzone; Roy Campbell, Nativity, illustrated by James Sellars.
Seldom offered complete and in fine condition. $350
283. ENO, HENRY LANE. Indian Summer. New York: Duffield & Company, 1921. First
edition. 8vo, cloth. Covers rubbed and somewhat marked, cloth at crown frayed, good. Two
ownership inscriptions, the second being that of Marie Leontine Graves [Bullock].
“Compliments of the Author” slip laid in. $30
284. ENO, HENRY LANE. The Maid of Gloucester. New York: Duffield, 1923. First edition.
8vo, cloth. Spine darkened, a touch of wear, very good. With the “Compliments of the
Author” slip laid in; two owners’ inscriptions, including that of Marie Leontine Graves
[Bullock]. $30
285. EUDY, MARY CUMMINGS. Quarried Crystals and Other Poems. With an Introduction by
Joseph Auslander. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1935. First edition. 8vo, glazed boards.
Edges and extremities a bit rubbed and very lightly worn very good in a rubbed silver-paper
dust jacket with some edge-wear. A presentation copy, inscribed on the verso of the half
title: “For Marie Bullock, Jeanne d’Arc for Poetry, from Mary Cummings Eudy, Oct. 11,
1935 New York City.” Laid in is the publisher’s prospectus, also inscribed by Eudy, as well
as two letters. $50
286. (EUDY, MARY CUMMINGS). Give Joan a Sword by Sister M. Therese. . . Preface by
Jacques Maritain. New York: Macmillan, 1944. First edition. 8vo, cloth. Fine in a lightly
rubbed and sunned dust jacket. With a lengthy presentation inscription signed by poet Mary
Cummings Eudy to Mrs. Bullock, and with an inscribed greeting card from Eudy also laid in,
and some small marginalia penned by Eudy at one poem in the collection and on the rear
endpaper. $40
287. EUDY, MARY CUMMINGS. Quicken the Current. With an Introduction by Hugh R.
Walpole. New York: Harper & Brothers, (1949). First edition. 8vo, cloth. Fine in a lightly
rubbed dust jacket with a couple of small tears. An excellent presentation copy, inscribed:
“To my beloved and brave Marie, whose spirit is as the spirit of Joan of Arc - with devotion
Mary Cummings Eudy, November 1949.” On the front pastedown Eudy has penned the brief
poem “Inalienable.” With the publisher’s promotional materials and two adhesive labels
signed by Eudy laid in. $40
288. FARBER, NORMA. Look to the Rose. N.P., N.p, 1958. 8vo, wrappers. Fine. One of 200
numbered copies, the entire edition. Inscribed by Farber on the first leaf to Mrs. Bullock, and
with a one-page typescript poem dedicated to her laid in, along with an inscribed gift card. $50
289. FARBER, NORMA. A Desperate Thing: Marriage is a Desperate Thing. Boston:
Plowshare Press, (1973). First edition. 8vo, wrappers. Lightly rubbed, fine. Inscribed and
initialed by Farber for Mrs. Bullock. $25
290. FELDMAN, IRVING. New & Selected Poems. New York: Viking Press, (1979). First
edition. 8vo, cloth-backed boards. Fine in a very lightly used dust jacket, one short tear.
Publisher’s publicity materials laid in. Signed by Feldman on the title page. $40