The Poetry Library of Marie Bullock - Locus Solus Rare Books

833. SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE. Shelley’s Lost Letters to Harriet. Edited with an
Introduction by Leslie Hotson. London: Faber & Faber, 1930. First edition. Large 8vo, blue
cloth. Offsetting to endsheets from binder’s glue, else fine in original glassine, chipped, and
soiled slipcase. One of 950 numbered copies signed by the editor. $100
834. SITWELL, EDITH. Rustic Elegies. London: Duckworth, 1927. First edition. Small 8vo,
portrait frontispiece by Cecil Beaton, black cloth. Strip of offsetting to half title from a
clipping, else fine in a lightly soiled dust jacket with a one-inch tear in the center of the
spine. $150
835. SITWELL, EDITH. Gold Coast Customs. London: Duckworth, (1929). First edition. Small
8vo, portrait frontispiece by Pavel Tchelitchew, black cloth. Small mark on half-title; else
fine in a lightly soiled dust jacket. $150
836. SITWELL, EDITH. A Poet’s Notebook. London: Macmillan, 1943. First edition. 8vo,
green cloth. A bit of lightening toward edges of covers; diagonal wrinkle from binding flaw,
else fine in a rubbed dust jacket with some edge wear and three tape mends. A nice
association copy, inscribed by Sitwell on the front flyleaf: “For Arthur Symons, Esqre, with
homage and with the deepest gratitude from Edith Sitwell.” $225
837. SITWELL, EDITH. Green Song and Other Poems. New York: View Editions/Vanguard
Press, (1946). First edition. 8vo, pale yellow boards. A hint of darkening toward the edges of
the boards, else fine in a very lightly rubbed dust jacket. The frontispiece and dust jacket are
by Pavel Tchelitchew. $75
838. (SITWELL, EDITH). A Celebration for Edith Sitwell. Edited by Jose Garcia Villa.
(Norfolk: New Directions, 1948). First edition. 8vo, wrappers. Some soil, few nicks to edges,
near fine. A tribute volume on the occasion of Sitwell’s visit to the United States, published
in the “Direction” series paperbound books. Contributors include Osbert Sitwell, Stephen
Spender, Horace Gregory, Kenneth Clark, John Lehmann, Arthur Waley, Gertrude Stein,
L.P. Hartley, W.B. Yeats, as well as a selection of Edith Sitwell’s own poems. $45
839. SITWELL, EDITH. Music and Ceremonies. New York: Vanguard Press, (1963). First
American edition. 8vo, cloth-backed boards. Crown a trifle bumped, else fine and bright in a
very lightly rubbed dust jacket. Contains four poems not included in the English edition. $35
840. SMITH, WILLIAM JAY. Poems 1947-1957. Boston: Little, Brown, (1957). First edition.
8vo, gray cloth. Spine faded a shade, else fine in a lightly sunned, lightly used dust jacket.
Presentation copy, warmly inscribed by Smith in 1969 to Mrs. Bullock. $100
841. SMITH, WILLIAM JAY. Puptents and Pebbles. Boston: Little Brown, (1959). First
edition. 4to, cloth. Fine in a lightly soiled and rubbed dust jacket. With the publisher’s
“Compliments of the Author” slip laid in. $75
842. SMITH, WILLIAM JAY. The Tin Can and Other Poems. (New York): Delacorte Press,
(1966). First edition. 8vo, dark gray cloth. Fine in a lightly rubbed dust jacket. A nice
presentation copy, effusively inscribed on the blank facing the title page to Mrs. Bullock.
With publisher’s promotion letter laid in with blurbs by Stanley Kunitz, Allen Tate, etc. $100
843. SMITH, WILLIAM JAY. Mr. Smith & Other Nonsense. Pictures by Don Bolognese.
New York: Delacorte Press, (1968). First edition. 8vo, cloth-backed boards. Fine in a lightly
rubbed dust jacket. Presentation copy, inscribed by Smith to Mrs. Bullock. $100
844. SMITH, WILLIAM JAY. Louise Bogan: A Woman’s Words. Washington: Library of
Congress, 1971. First edition. 8vo, wrappers. Near fine. Lecture delivered by Smith as Poetry
Consultant at the Library of Congress. $30
845. SMITH, WILLIAM JAY. New & Selected Poems. New York: Delacorte Press, (1971).
First edition. 8vo, red and black cloth. Top edge a bit dusty, else fine in a faintly sunned dust
jacket with a couple of tiny nicks. Presentation copy, inscribed by Smith on the front free
endpaper to Mrs. Bullock. $85