The Poetry Library of Marie Bullock - Locus Solus Rare Books

Mrs. Hugh Bullock, may you go from strength to strength, January 28, 1975, Samuel
Menashe.” $50
618. MEREDITH, WILLIAM. The Open Sea. New York: Knopf, 1958. First edition. 8vo, black
cloth. Spine stamping dulled a bit, else fine in a lightly spine-faded but crisp dust jacket. One
of 1000 copies in the edition. $150
619. MEREDITH, WILLIAM. The Wreck of the Thresher. New York: Knopf, 1964. First
edition. 8vo, blue-green cloth. Fine in a very lightly sunned dust jacket with a slight touch of
wear at the top of the spine. $75
620. MEREDITH, WILLIAM. Hazard, The Painter. N.P.: (Ironwood Press, 1972). First edition.
8vo, printed wrappers, stapled. Fine. One of an unspecified edition of numbered copies (this
is number 52) of this poem, three years prior to the collection published under the same title.
This copy has been inscribed and signed (“Bill”) on the front wrapper for Mrs. Bullock. $175
621. MEREDITH, WILLIAM. Hazard, The Painter. New York: Knopf, 1975. First edition. 8vo,
brown cloth. Fine in dust jacket. A nice presentation copy, inscribed by Meredith on the half
title page at the time of publication to the Bullocks. $250
622. MEREDITH, WILLIAM. The Cheer. New York: Knopf, 1980. First edition. 8vo, turquoise
cloth. Small mark to front cover, else fine in dust jacket. $40
623. MEREDITH, WILLIAM. Reasons for Poetry & The Reason for Criticism.
Washington: Library of Congress, 1982. First edition. 8vo, wrappers. Fine. Two lectures
given at the Library of Congress while Meredith was Poetry Consultant. $25
624. MERRILL, JAMES. Nights and Days. New York: Atheneum, 1966. First edition. 8vo, dark
blue cloth. An unusually nice copy, fine in a lovely crisp dust jacket. Merrill received the
National Book Award for this collection. $500
625. MERRILL, JAMES. The Fire Screen. New York: Atheneum, 1969. First edition. 8vo,
printed wrappers. Fine copy. With a pencil inscription in Mrs. Bullock’s hand noting that
she’d received this book as gift from Lola Szladits, longtime curator of the Berg Collection
at the New York Public Library. $100
626. MERRILL, JAMES. Divine Comedies. New York: Atheneum, 1976. First edition. 8vo,
gray cloth. Fine in a bright, fresh dust jacket with a just two or three tiny nicks. Laid in is a
charming 1984 autograph card signed “Jimmy” to Mrs. Bullock, in an envelope inscribed by
Merrill. The poet received the Pulitzer Prize for this collection, written with the aid of a
Ouija board. $500
627. MERRILL, JAMES. The Late Settings. New York: Atheneum, 1985. First edition. 8vo,
printed wrappers. Upper rear corner creased, slightest wear to extremities, else fine and
bright. A nice presentation copy, inscribed by Merrill on the front flyleaf: “For Hugh &
Marie, gems in whatever setting - most affectionately, Jimmy, v. 85.” $300
628. MERTON, THOMAS. The Geography of Lograire. (New York): New Directions, (1969).
First edition. 8vo, gray cloth. Fine in dust jacket. Posthumous collection of poems and
meditations. With a pencil note on the front endpaper by Mrs. Bullock indicating that she’d
received the book as a gift from the publisher, James Laughlin. $50
629. MERWIN, W.S. Green With Beasts. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956. First edition. 8vo,
boards. Slight rumple to front flyleaf, a bit of fading toward edges, as often, else fine and
bright in a lovely dust jacket with the spine faded a shade, and the original wraparound band.
The poet’s third book. With the Poetry Book Society Bulletin loosely inserted. $150
630. MERWIN, W.S. The Lice. New York: Atheneum, 1967. First edition. 8vo, wrappers. Very
near fine. $25