The Poetry Library of Marie Bullock - Locus Solus Rare Books

705. NATHAN, ROBERT. Now Blue October. (Los Angeles: Friends of UCLA Library, 1979).
First separate edition. 8vo, wrappers. Fine. One of 350 copies on the occasion of a UCLA
tribute to the poet. $40
706. (NATHAN, ROBERT), BROMFIELD, LOUIS. The Work of Robert Nathan. Containing
Also a Bibliography. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, n.d. First edition. Small 8vo, printed
wrappers, stapled. A touch of edge-wear to oversized wrappers, near fine. Inscribed and
signed by Bromfield on the title page and signed by Nathan as well, both on the title page
and on the front wrapper. $150
707. NEIHARDT, JOHN G. The Stranger at the Gate. New York: Mitchell Kennerly, 1912.
First edition. 8vo, ochre cloth. Few smudges, slight soil to edges, else fine in a soiled white
dust jacket with a pair of tiny chips. Best remembered for his cult classic Black Elk Speaks,
Neihardt served as an Academy chancellor from 1951 to 1967. Scarce in jacket. $175
708. NEIHARDT, JOHN G. Laureate Address Upon Official Notification of His Choice as Poet
Laureate of Nebraska. Chicago: The Bookfellows, 1921. First edition. 12mo, cloth-backed
boards. Slight shelf wear, edges faintly sunned, else fine. One of 500 copies. $50
709. NEMEROV, HOWARD. The Salt Garden. Boston: Little, Brown, (1955). First edition.
8vo, glazed boards. Light shelf wear, near fine in a rubbed dust jacket with a couple of tears
and tape mends. $30
710. NEMEROV, HOWARD. Gnomes & Occasions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press,
(1973). First edition. 8vo, cloth. Fine in a very lightly rubbed dust jacket with a just hint of
fading to the spine. Inscribed by Nemerov to Mrs. Bullock on the half title page. $45
711. NEWMAN, JOSEPH S. Verse Yet! Illustrated by Roy Doty. Cleveland: The World
Publishing Company, (1959). First edition. 8vo, cloth-backed boards. Fine in original
glassine and publisher’s slipcase. One of 975 copies for private distribution. $30
712. NICHOLL, LOUISE TOWNSEND. Collected Poems. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1953. First
edition. 8vo, cloth. Fine in a lightly sunned, clipped dust jacket with a few small tears. One
of 746 signed copies. $40
713. NICHOLL, LOUISE TOWNSEND. The Curious Quotient. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1956.
First edition. 8vo, cloth. Fine in a lightly rubbed dust jacket with just a touch of sundarkening.
With a typescript poem, initialed by Nicholl, folded and laid in. $40
714. NICHOLL, LOUISE TOWNSEND. The World’s One Clock. New York: St. Martin’s
Press, (1959). First edition. 8vo, cloth. Fine in a lightly soiled dust jacket, spine sunned a
shade. Inscribed to Mrs. Bullock on the front endpaper. $40
715. NICHOLL, LOUISE TOWNSEND. The Blood That Is Language. New York: John Day
Company, (1967). First edition. 8vo, cloth. Fine in a lightly nicked dust jacket, spine faded a
shade. Inscribed on the front flyleaf: “Marie Bullock – dear friend of this poet, and of all
poets – Louise Nicholl, 1967, January” and additionally signed on the half title page. $30
716. NICHOLS, ROBERT. Invocation & Peace Celebration: Hymn for the British Peoples.
London: Hendersons, 1919. 8vo, printed wrappers. Light edge wear, else about fine, uncut. A
shilling pamphlet published for Peace Day, 1919. $75
717. NICHOLSON, ALFRED. Lament of Heloise and Other Poems. New York: Pageant Press,
(1958). First edition. 8vo, cloth. Fine in a lightly sunned dust jacket with just a touch of
wear. Inscribed on the front flyleaf: “To Marie Bullock, Traveler in the realms of gold –
hoping she will not find this too leaden – Alfred Nicholson.” $30
718. NIMS, JOHN FREDERICK. The Kiss: A Jambalaya. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. First
edition. 8vo, cloth. Fine in a bright dust jacket with a bit of edge wear. Inscribed on the title
page: “With thanks to Marie Bullock for all she has done to help poetry in America and in