The Poetry Library of Marie Bullock - Locus Solus Rare Books

793. ROSE, ELIZABETH. There Was a Moment. N.P. N.p., (1974). First edition. 8vo,
wrappers. Fine. Inscribed by the poet to Mrs. Bullock. $20
794. RUKEYSER, MURIEL. Orpheus. San Francisco: The Centaur Press, 1949. First edition.
8vo, printed wrappers. Fine. One of 500 copies, signed by Ruykeyser. The frontispiece
drawing is by Pablo Picasso. $125
795. RUKEYSER, MURIEL. Waterlily Fire: Poems 1935-1962. New York: Macmillan, 1962.
First edition. 8vo, pink cloth. Fine in a lightly rubbed dust jacket. $40
796. [RUSSELL, GEORGE]. Vale and Other Poems by A.E. New York: Macmillan, 1931. First
American edition. 8vo, cloth. Slight soil, small chip to spine label, very good. $25
797. [RUSSELL, GEORGE]. The House of the Titans and Other Poems by A.E. New York:
Macmillan, 1934. First American edition. 8vo, cloth. Near fine in a lightly chipped dust
jacket with a bit of discreet dampstaining. $35
798. RUSSELL, SYDNEY KING. Lost Warrior. Portland, Maine: The Mosher Press, 1931. First
edition. 8vo, boards. Light toning toward page edges, else fine in a lightly soiled and sunned
dust jacket with some small tears. Presentation copy, inscribed to Mrs. Bullock. $40
799. RUSSELL, SYDNEY KING. The Listening Year. Mount Vernon, New York: (Peter
Pauper Press), 1955. First edition. 8vo, decorative boards. Spine faintly sunned, else fine in
original slipcase, slight wear at joints. One of 300 copies in the edition, this one has been
inscribed to Mrs. Bullock. $35
800. RUUTZ-REES, CAROLINE. Places and Other Poems. New York: Margent Press, 1947. First
edition. 8vo, cloth. Paper clip impression on title page, blue cloth faded at spine and toward
upper margins, else near fine in chipped and torn glassine. Signed by the poet on the front
flyleaf and with an ALS from her to Mrs. Bullock. $25
801. SALOMON, I.L. Unit & Universe. New York: Clarke & Way, (1959). First edition. 8vo,
cloth-backed boards. Fine in a sunned dust jacket with a touch of edge-wear. A presentation
copy, warmly inscribed by Salomon to Mrs. Bullock, and additionally signed on the title
page; with the original prospectus — also inscribed — laid in. $30
802. SANDBURG, CARL. Chicago Poems. New York: Henry Holt, 1916. First edition. 8vo,
black cloth. Heel bumped, covers somewhat dull and with a short tear to the cloth at the
crown; good. The poet’s first regularly published book, first issue, with ads at the rear dated
“(3’16)” $200
802. SANDBURG, CARL. Smoke and Steel. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920. First
edition. 8vo, gray paper-covered boards. Offsetting to endsheets and toning to edges of poor
quality paper; two internal pages offset from a clipping; tips a trifle bumped and a shallow
chip at the crown, still a bright and attractive copy, near fine, of a fragile book. With a nice
inscription signed by Sandburg on the front flyleaf. Above Sandburg’s signature is a second
signature of one “Margaret V. Sanders,” at whose request he may have signed the book as a
gift for her friend. $200
804. SANDBURG, CARL. Slabs of the Sunburnt West. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1922.
8vo, orange cloth. Spine darkened a bit, a pair of marks on the rear and general soil to the
cloth, very good. First issue, with text ending on p.75. $75
805. SANDBURG, CARL. The People, Yes. New York: Harcourt, Brace, (1936). First edition.
8vo, blue cloth. Light fading to spine and edges, tips a trifle rubbed, a good copy, without
jacket. $30
806. SANDBURG, CARL. Complete Poems. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1950).
First edition. Large 8vo, blue cloth. Trace of shelf rubbing, else fine in a bright dust jacket