The Poetry Library of Marie Bullock - Locus Solus Rare Books

339. FROST, ROBERT. The Prophets Really Prophesy as Mystics the Commentators
Merely Statistics. (New York: Spiral Press, 1962). First separate edition. 16mo,
wrappers. Fine. This copy from the group printed in the names of Lesley Frost Ballantyne
and Joseph W. Ballantyne, inscribed by Lesley Frost on the title page to Mrs. Bullock. Crane
B34. $75
340. [FROST, ROBERT]. ADAMS, FREDERICK B. To Russia With Frost. Boston: The Club
of Odd Volumes, 1963. First edition. 8vo, cloth-backed boards. Fine in original slipcase with
printed label. One of 500 copies, designed by Joseph Blumenthal and printed by the Spiral
Press. Loosely inserted into this copy is a nice TLS from Adams, presenting the book to the
Bullocks. $100
341. [FROST, ROBERT]. In Memory of Robert Frost. March 26, 1874 - January 29, 1963
Amherst, Massachusetts: Amherst College, 1963. First edition 8vo, printed wrappers,
stapled. Fine. Program from the memorial serivce for Frost, printing eleven poems by Frost
that were read by Mark Van Doren. $75
342. [FROST, ROBERT]. MORRISON, KATHLEEN. Robert Frost: A Pictorial Chronicle.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1974). First edition. 4to, cloth-backed boards. Fine
in dust jacket. With an autograph letter signed by Morrison to Mrs. Bullock, discussing the
Frost House in Vermont $75
343. FRYE, BURTON. Druid Poems from the Irish Woods. New York: The Fine Editions
Press, (1955). First edition. 8vo, green cloth. Fine in a lightly rubbed dust jacket. Inscribed
and signed by the poet, dated 1956. $40
344. GALSWORTHY, JOHN & ADA. Carmen: An Opera in Four Acts. Taken from the Story of
Prosper Merimee the Original Libretto by H. Meilhac and L. Halevy. New English Version.
London: Elkin Mathews and Marrot, 1932. First edition. 8vo, cloth-backed boards. Fine,
tight, uncut copy in a deep red dust jacket with a bit of spine fading and one closed tear to
the front panel, one tiny chip to the rear; a very handsome copy. One of 650 numbered copies
signed by both translators. $125
345. GARCIA LORCA, FEDERICO. Lament for the Death of a Bullfighter and Other
Poems in the Original Spanish with English Translation by A.L. Lloyd. New York: Oxford
University Press, (1937). First American edition, from English sheets. Tall 8vo, blue cloth.
Very good in chipped and torn dust jacket with tape-mends to the rear panel. A nicely
produced book, not common. $250
346. GARLICK, RAYMOND. Blaenau Observed: A Broadcast Poem. (Narberth,
Pembrokeshire): Dock Leaves Press, 1957. First edition. 8vo, wrappers. Lightly rubbed. $20
347. GARRIGUE, JEAN. Country Without Maps. New York: Macmillan, (1964). First edition.
8vo, pale blue cloth. Top edge a bit soiled, else fine in a lightly rubbed dust jacket with a
couple of closed tears. An advance review copy, with publisher’s slip. Also laid in is a
prepublication ALS from Garrigue to Mrs. Bullock, an evocative and poetic letter about
France, “. . . that necessary ‘other country’ that we all need, or most of us — the half
symbolic and dearly particular . . .” $150
348. GILDER, RICHARD WATSON. The New Day: A Poem in Songs and Sonnets. New York:
Scribner, Armstrong and Company, 1876. First edition. 8vo, original blue cloth, stamped in
gilt with a large peacock-feather design. Covers a bit rubbed and with a few marks; slight
split to rear hinge. The poet and editor’s first book, particularly notable for its binding, an
early and striking example of an American trade binding designed by a woman. $175
349. GILFOND, HENRY. Journey Without End. New York: Philosophical Library, (1958).
First edition. 8vo, cloth. Near fine, in a slightly sunned and chipped dust jacket. Presentation
copy, inscribed by Gilfond to Mrs. Bullock. $30