$1,080
Cummings, E. E. (1894-1962) Four Early Titles, Two Signed. Eight Harvard Poets , New York: Laurence J. Gomme, 1917, octavo, first edition, with six poems by Cummings, a newspaper blurb about the publication pinned to the first page of poems, and a carbon of another typed poem tipped in, foxing, original publisher's boards, with some water drops and wear; Tulips and Chimneys , New York: Thomas Seltzer, 1923, first edition of the author's first book, quarto, toning to endleaves, foxing, page 69/70 with fore-edge trimmed away unevenly (bad opening?) taking about a 1 1/2 inch of the blank margin, 8 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. HIM , New York: Boni & Liveright, 1927, signed by Cummings on ffep; in publisher's half black cloth and illustrated front board; with a collection of related clippings taped down with yellowing cello tape, inner flap fragments of the dust jacket, and an ad for The Enormous Room , all tucked inside the front board, binding slightly bumped, sunned, with finger marks, 8 x 5 1/4 in. [and] Christmas Tree , New York: S.A. Jacobs, 1928, inscribed on ffep, "for Aunt Ellen/Merry Christmas!/E.E.C." original inscription in pencil, traced over in ink, in the original half red cloth, with silver label, silver free end leaf in the front, text printed in green ink, title page and colophon printed in red and green; green paper-covered boards with silver specks, the front board has lost its green color due to sun fading, 7 3/4 x 5 in. (4)
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-11-17