The Poetry Library of Marie Bullock - Locus Solus Rare Books

touch of rubbing. Presentation copy, very warmly inscribed with a verse quote to Mrs.
Bullock. $75
930. VINAL, HAROLD. The Compass Eye. New York: The Comet Press, (1944). First edition.
8vo, blue cloth. Fine in a lightly sunned dust jacket, uniformly toned from slipcase, and
intact but abraded slipcase. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the poet, the entire
edition. This copy is additonally inscribed by Vinal on the front flyleaf to Mrs. Bullock. $75
931. VINAL, HAROLD. Hurricane: A Maine Coast Chronicle and Other Poems. New York:
Stephen Daye Press, (1957). New edition, originally published in 1936. 8vo, blue cloth. Fine
in a very lightly faded dust jacket with a bit of rubbing. Presentation copy, inscribed by the
poet on the front flyleaf to Mrs. Bullock. $50
932. WAGONER, DAVID. Who Shall Be the Sun? Poems Based on the Lore, Legends, and
Myths of Northwest Coast and Plateau Indians. Bloomington: Indiana University Press,
(1978). First edition. 8vo, brown cloth. Spine lightened very slightly, without dust jacket.
Inscribed on the title page: “To a great patron of the arts - from David Wagoner.” $50
933. WAGSTAFF, BLANCHE SHOEMAKER. After the Flesh. Foreword by William Rose
Benet. Manchester, Maine: Falmouth Publishing Company, (1953). First edition. 8vo, green
cloth. Fine in a lightly rubbed gold-paper dust jacket, with a touch of wear to extremities. $45
934. WAGSTAFF, BLANCHE SHOEMAKER. Sonnets to Parsifal. Boston: Bruce Humphries,
(1960). First edition. 8vo, cloth. Fine in a rubbed dust jacket, bright, but with some loss of
paper to extremities. Signed by Wagstaff on the front flyleaf, and with publisher’s review
slip. $30
935. WARREN, GRETCHEN. Humanity: Twenty-Six Poems. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1953.
First edition. 8vo, decorative printed boards. Very slight bowing, tips a trifle rubbed, fine. A
nice presentation copy from the time of publication to Mrs. Bullock. $45
936. WARREN, ROBERT PENN. You, Emperors, and Others: Poems 1957-1960. New York:
Random House, (1960). First edition. Large 8vo, black cloth. Some small spots to front
cover, else uncommonly fine in a very lightly nicked dust jacket with a few small rubs. $75
937. WARREN, ROBERT PENN (editor). Selected Poems of Herman Melville: A Readers
Edition. Edited, with an Introduction by Robert Penn Warren. New York: Random House,
(1970). First edition. 8vo, brown and white cloth. Fine in dust jacket. One of 4000 copies
(Grimshaw B34). A presentation copy, inscribed by Warren on the front free endpaper in red
ink to Mrs. Bullock. $300
938. WARREN, ROBERT PENN. John Greenleaf Whittier’s Poetry: An Appraisal and a
Selection. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, (1971). First edition. 8vo, cloth
backed boards. Faint paper clip impression to the front board, light shelf-rubbing, else fine in
a lightly rubbed dust jacket with just a touch of wear. Inscribed by Warren on the front
endpaper to Mrs. Bullock. $200
939. WARREN, ROBERT PENN. Selected Poems: 1923-1975. New York: Random House,
(1975). First edition. 8vo, cloth-backed boards. Fine in a dust jacket with one closed tear at
the top of the spine and a small chip to the rear panel. Signed by Warren on the half title
page. $100
940. WARREN, ROBERT PENN. Brother to Dragons: A Tale in Verse and Voices. A New
Version. New York: Random House, (1979). First edition. 8vo, cloth-backed boards. Fine in
dust jacket. Presentation copy, inscribed by Warren on the front flyleaf to the Bullocks. $200
941. WARREN, ROBERT PENN. New and Selected Poems: 1923-1985. New York: Random
House, (1985). First Trade edition. 8vo, black cloth. Just about fine in a very lightly used
dust jacket. Presentation copy, inscribed and signed (“Red Warren”) on the front endpaper at
the time of publication to the Bullocks. This edition was preceded by a signed edition issued
by the Franklin Mint. $225