The Poetry Library of Marie Bullock - Locus Solus Rare Books

450 copies printed for the Lyric Society, so identified on the title page. This copy is from the
collection of Walter Chrysler, with his leather book label on the front pastedown, above the
bookplate of the previous owner, E. Hubert Litchfield. $75
770. ROBINSON, EDWIN ARLINGTON. The Three Taverns: A Book of Poems. New York:
Macmillan, 1920. First edition. Small 8vo, maroon cloth. Endhseets offset, spine lightened
very slightly and with a few small marks, fine. $40
771. ROBINSON, EDWIN ARLINGTON. The Town Down the River: A Book of Poems. New
York: Scribner’s, 1920. First edition. Small 8vo, blue cloth, t.e.g. Spine faded, few marks,
very good. Tipped to the front pastedown of this copy is a 1916 autograph letter signed by
Robinson to Lloyd Morris, author of an early study of Robinson’s work. With Morris’s
bookplate. $150
772. ROBINSON, EDWIN ARLINGTON. Avon’s Harvest. New York: Macmillan, 1921. First
edition. 8vo, cloth-backed boards. Fine in a lightly tanned dust jacket, a bit of chipping to
the ends of the spine Jean Hersholt’s copy, with his bookplate on the front pastedown $75
773. ROBINSON, EDWIN ARLINGTON. Roman Bartholow. New York: Macmillan, 1923.
First edition 8vo, buckram-backed boards with heraldic “R” emblem, t.e.g. Spine somewhat
darkened, small ink notation on front endpaper, near fine. One of 750 numbered copies,
signed by Robinson. $75
774. ROBINSON, EDWIN ARLINGTON. The Man Who Died Twice. New York: Macmillan,
1924. First edition. 8vo, maroon cloth with printed labels. Small tape stains to endpapers;
spine faded and label rubbed, else very good. Robinson’s second Pultizer Prize-winner. $30
775. ROBINSON, EDWIN ARLINGTON. Dionysus in Doubt: A Book of Poems. New York:
Macmillan, 1925. First edition. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, printed labels. Spine label rubbed,
near fine. One of 350 specially printed and bound copies, numbered and signed by Robinson.
$75
776. ROBINSON, EDWIN ARLINGTON. Tristram. New York: Macmillan, 1927. First edition.
8vo, mauve cloth with black buckram spine, t.e.g. Near fine. One of 350 numbered copies
signed by Robinson, specially bound. Robinson received his third Pulitzer Prize for this
collection. $75
777. ROBINSON, EDWIN ARLINGTON. Fortunatus. Reno: The Slide Mountain Press, 1928.
First edition. 8vo, original thin boards, printed spine label. Two small pieces missing near
the ends of the spine, some splitting along the front hinge, a comparatively fine copy of a
book seldom found in decent condition. One of only 171 copies, signed by Robinson, printed
by the Grabhorn Press in San Francisco. A notoriously fragile volume. $175
778. ROBINSON, EDWIN ARLINGTON. Sonnets 1889-1927. New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928.
First edition. 8vo, cloth-backed boards. Spine faded just a shade, else fine. One of 561
numbered copies (including nine on green paper and 52 hors commerce), designed by W.A.
Dwiggins and printed by William Edwin Rudge, signed by Robinson. $125
779. ROBINSON, EDWIN ARLINGTON. Cavender’s House. New York: Macmillan, 1929.
First edition. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, t.e.g. Fine in a lightly worn slipcase. One of 500
numbered copies signed by Robinson. $100
780. ROBINSON, EDWIN ARLINGTON. Modred: A Fragment. New York: Edmond Byrne
Hackett, The Brick Row Bookshop, 1929. First edition. 8vo, cloth-backed boards. Fine in
original slipcase. One of 250 copies on blue paper, numbered and signed by Robinson. $200
781. ROBINSON, EDWIN ARLINGTON. The Glory of the Nightingales. New York:
Macmillan, 1930. First edition. 8vo, blue cloth. Fine in the original glassine (chipped and
torn) and publisher’s card slipcase, label rubbed and a bit discolored. One of 500 numbered
copies signed by Robinson, printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press. $100