The Poetry Library of Marie Bullock - Locus Solus Rare Books

IN THE RARE DUST JACKET
415. HOPKINS, GERARD MANLEY. Poems. . . now first published. Edited with notes by Robert
Bridges, Poet laureate. London: Humphrey Milford, 1918. First edition of the poet’s first
book, published posthumously. 8vo, original pale blue boards with linen spine, printed label.
An exceptionally fine copy, unrubbed and bright, with no bookplates and only the slightest
of offsetting to the endhseets, in the very rare dust jacket, somewhat darkened and scratched
on the spine and with a handful of small chips and just a slight bit of professional
strengthening to the hinges. A rare book, seldom found in jacket. $15,000
416. HOUSMAN, A.E. A Shropshire Lad. London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd.,
1896. First edition. 8vo, gray paper-covered boards with parchment spine, Carter’s “A” label
of cream paper on spine. Photographic portrait neatly tipped to verso of front flyleaf; leather
booklabel of Josiah K. Lilly on the front pastedown with offsetting to facing flyleaf; Lilly
Library label and deaccession stamp in rear; covers somewhat soiled, as usual, lightly rubbed
and bumped. Despite these stated flaws, an appealing copy of a scarce and signficant book of
modern poetry. Housed in a custom half-morocco slipcase $5,000
417. HOUSMAN, A.E. A Shropshire Lad. Illustrations by Elinore Blaisdell. New York: Three
Sirens Press, (1932). First edition thus. 8vo, green cloth, t.e.g. Stamping dulled, very good. $40
418. HOUSMAN, A.E. More Poems. London: Jonathan Cape, (1936). First edition. 8vo, original
calf-backed cloth, t.e.g., marbled endpapers. Spine and upper edge darkened, a touch of
rubbing to the head and heel, otherwise fine. One of 379 numbered copies on handmade
paper in the limited issue. $175
419. HOUSMAN, A.E. The Parallelogram. The Amphisbaena. The Crocodile. Los Angeles:
(Jake Zeitlin), 1941. 12mo, wood engraving by Paul Landacre; printed wrappers, sewn.
Slight soil, else fine in a custom slipcase. With a presentation inscription, and a small textual
correction by the author of the introduction, William White, and a pencil note by a previous
owner. In addition, beneath the colophon, which states that 250 copies were printed, appears
the folling ink note: “Only 65 copies printed, all privately distributed,” with a
bibliographical citation for this fact. $250
420. HOWARD, RICHARD. Findings. New York: Atheneum, 1971. First edition. 8vo, wrappers.
Near fine. Inscribed by Howard on the half title page to Mrs. Bullock, with a nice TLS laid
in. There was no clothbound issue of this book. $125
421. HOWARD, RICHARD. Two-Part Inventions. New York: Atheneum, 1974. First edition.
8vo, wrappers. Fine. Presentation copy, inscribed by Howard, as he often did, using the title
of the book: “Dear Marie, Two parts invention and the rest affection, Richard ‘74.” There
was no clothbound issue of this book. $125
422. HOWE, M.A. DEWOLFE. Harmonies: A Book of Verse. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1909.
First edition. 8vo, maroon cloth, t.e.g. Covers slightly rubbed, endsheets offset, very good.
Presentation copy, inscribed by Howe to the editor of the Atlantic Monthly, Bliss Perry,
dated November 1909. $50
423. HOWES, BARBARA. Light and Dark. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University
Press, (1959). 8vo, gray cloth. Offsetting to the endpapers from jacket flaps, else fine in a
lightly sunned, price-clipped dust jacket with a bit of wear to the crown and a diagonal
rumpled tear to the front panel. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front endpaper: “For
Marie Bullock, with all good wishes, Barbara Howes, October 7th 1959.” $250
424. HOWES, BARBARA. Looking Up at Leaves. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1966. First
edition. 8vo, green cloth. Fine in a very lightly sunned dust jacket, rubbed at extremities.
Signed and dated by the poet on the title page in 1994. $100
425. HOWES, BARBARA. The Blue Garden. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University
Press, (1972). First edition. 8vo, gray cloth. Fine in a very lightly used dust jacket. With the
publisher’s compliments slip laid in. $45