The Poetry Library of Marie Bullock - Locus Solus Rare Books

742. POUND, EZRA. A Draft of XXX Cantos. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, n.d. (1933). First
American edition. 8vo, black cloth. Few scratches, tips a bit bumped, very good. One of
1000 copies printed; page 61-62 a cancel, as usual. Gallup A31c. $45
743. POUND, EZRA. Eleven New Cantos. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1934). First edition.
8vo, black cloth. Fine in a blue dust jacket with light sun-tanning and a bit of light wear to
the edges, and a small snag to the front panel. One of 1500 copies in the edition, 500 of
which were used for a later second issue under the New Directions imprint. Gallup A37a. $175
744. POUND, EZRA. The Fifth Decad of Cantos. London: Faber & Faber, (1937). First
edition. 8vo, black cloth. Small owner’s initials; tips a bit bumped, near fine in a lightly
chipped and soiled dust jacket with short tear to the rear panel. One of 1012 copies printed.
Gallup A43a. $50
745. POUND, EZRA. Cantos LII-LXXI. London: Faber & Faber, (1940). First edition. 8vo,
black cloth. Fine in a bright, crisp second-issue dust jacket with very slight sun-darkening to
the spine and a bit of rubbing to the edges. One of 1000 copies in the edition. The second
issue dust jacket was the same as the first, with the old price clipped off and the new one
printed on. Gallup A47a. $350
746. [POUND, EZRA]. CONTINO, VITTORUGO. Ezra Pound in Italy: From the Pisan
Cantos. Spots & Dots. (Venezia: Gianfranco Ivancich, 1970). First edition. 4to,
illustrated, original full red leather, stamped in gilt. Fine in the original clear plastic dust
jacket, torn. Limited issue, one of 300 numbered copies, signed by Pound. A suprisingly
uncommon publication, consisting largely of photographs of Pound, with fragments from the
Cantos and facsimiles of his handwriting. According to Gallup, copies were never distributed
and long remained in the publisher’s warehouse. This is evidently one of a handful that got
out. Gallup B100. $2,500
748. POWYS, LLEWELLYN. Impassioned Clay. With a Woodcut by Lynd Ward. New York:
Longmans, Green, 1931. First edition. 8vo, woodcut frontipiece tipped to verso of half-title;
3/4 cloth. Fine in a soiled dust jacket with a bit of light edge wear, one chip to the front
panel, and an internal tape mend. $75
749. PROKOSCH, FREDERIC. The Carnival. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1938. First edition.
8vo, red cloth. Near fine in a lightly edgeworn dust jacket, darkened on spine and toward
edges. $30
750. RANSOM, JOHN CROWE. Selected Poems. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. First
edition. 8vo, black cloth. Fine in a lightly soiled, rubbed dust jacket with a few small nicks. $100
751. RANSOM, JOHN CROWE; SCHWARTZ, DELMORE; WHEELOCK, JOHN HALL.
American Poetry at Mid-Century. Washington: Library of Congress, 1958. First
edition. 8vo, wrappers. A number of corners creased, few pencil lines, fine. Lectures
presented in the Gertrude Clarke Whittall series at the Library of Congress, with LC letter
presenting the booklet to Mrs. Bullock, who appears to have been especially interested in
Schwartz’s lecture, which she read with pencil in hand. $30
752. READ, HERBERT. Culture and Education in World Order. New York: Museum of
Modern Art, (1948). First edition. 4to, wrappers. Few marks, near fine. $25
753. RECTOR, LIAM. The Sorrow of Architecture. Port Townsend, Washington: Dragon
Gate, Inc., 1984. First edition. 8vo, wrappers. Fine. Signed on the title page and additonally
inscribed to the Bullocks. $25
754. REDMOND, JULIE. Gay Grave and Otherwise. (New York): Brentano’s, (1949). First
edition. 8vo, boards. Fine in original glassine, chipped. With a lengthy presentation
inscription signed by Redmond to Mrs. Bullock filling the front flyleaf. $40