The Poetry Library of Marie Bullock - Locus Solus Rare Books

473. (KIPLING, RUDYARD). VAN DE WATER, FREDERIC F. Rudyard Kipling’s Vermont
Feud. Drawings by Bernadine Custer. Weston, Vermont: The Countryman Press, (1937).
First edition. 8vo, cloth. Spine faintly sunned, else fine in original slipcase, joint mended.
One of 700 numbered copies, signed by author and artist. $100
474. KIRSTEIN, LINCOLN. Rhymes of a PFC. New York/Tokyo: New Directions/John
Weatherhill, (1964). First edition. Square 8vo, cloth-backed boards. Fine in a price-clipped
dust jacket with one small chip. $50
475. KORN, ALFRED RALPH. Quatrains. With a Foreword Concerning the Quatrain. New York:
The Comet Press, 1946. First edition. 12mo, boards. Fine in a lightly marked dust jacket.
Presentation copy, inscribed to Mrs. Bullock. $40
476. KOWALEWSKI, EDMOND. “Deaf Walls.” Philadelphia: The Symphonist Press, (1933).
First edition. 8vo, boards. Tips a trifle bumped, fine in a lightly sunned dust jacket with
some unobtrusive tears a small triangular chip at the base of the spine, a bit of rubbing. With
publisher’s promotional materials and a photo of the poet laid in. Dust jacket comments by
Vachel Lindsay, Hervey Allen, Alfred Kreymborg, W.A. Percy, others. $40
477. KREYMBORG, ALFRED. Man and Shadow: An Allegory. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1946.
First edition. 8vo, cloth. Very near fine in a lightly sunned dust jacket with a small shallow
chip to the front, price-clipped. One of 2000 copies in the edition, this one has been signed
by Kreymborg on the front endpaper. $50
478. KUNITZ, STANLEY. The Testing-Tree. Boston: Little, Brown, (1971). First edition,
stated second printing. 8vo, black cloth. Fine in a lightly rubbed but bright dust jacket with
one short tear to the front and a bit of fraying at the top. A poignant presentation copy,
inscribed on the half title page: “For Marie Bullock, to replace the copy you gave away in
good cause — affectionately, Stanley Kunitz.” $100
LOVELY SET
479. LA FONTAINE, J. DE. Fables Choisis . . . Mises en Vers. Avec Notice et Notes par
Alphonse Pauly. With: Contes Et Nouvelles . . . Texte original, avec Notes par Alphonse
Pauly. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1868. Four volumes, 12mos, uniform full crushed olive
brown morocco gilt by Chambolle Duru, a.e.g. Extra-illustrated with engravings. Fine. An
exquisite set, each volume is one of 116 numbered copies on Turkey Mill. $1,250
480. LAIDLAW, LOUISE BURTON. Wishing on a Comet. New York: Dodd Mead, 1930. First
edition. 8vo, blue cloth. Spine and edges faded, very good. A nice presentation copy,
inscribed by Laidlaw to Mrs. Bullock twice, once at the time of publication and again in
1965. With an ALS from Laidlaw laid in. $45
481. LAIDLAW, LOUISE BURTON. Traveler of Earth. New York: Dodd Mead, 1936. First
edition. 8vo, blue cloth. Spine and edges faded; paper clip impression to first few leaves,
very good. Publisher’s prospectus and a nice ALS laid in $30
482. LAING, DILYS BENNETT. Walk Through Two Landscapes. New York: Twayne
Publishers, (1949). First edition. 8vo, cloth. Slightly dusty, near fine in a lightly used dust
jacket with a pair of chips. Signed by Laing on the front flyleaf. $30
483. LANGHORNE, [JOHN]. The Fables of Flora. London: E. and S. Harding, 1794. Small
8vo, contemporary full tree calf, a trifle worn at extremities; a touch of marginal
dampstaining affecting the endsheets and preliminaries, early gift inscription. Nicely
illustrated throughout with engravings, both scenic and floral. $350
484. LANIER, SIDNEY. The Marshes of Glynn. Darien, Georgia: The Ashantilly Press, 1957.
First edition thus. 8vo, illustrated, original wrappers. Fine. One of an unspecified but clearly
small number of copies, designed and hand-printed by William Haynes at his Ashantilly
Press. This was the trademark book of the press, reprinted frequently over the course of its
existence. An appealing volume, scarce in its first printing. $100