Books from the Library of Peter Taylor and Eleanor Ross Taylor

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1 Books from the Library of Peter Taylor and Eleanor Ross Taylor Between the Covers

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3 This catalog contains a very small sampling of books from the library of author Peter Taylor and his wife, the poet Eleanor Ross Taylor. We purchased their library this past summer and have been slowly cataloging the books as time allows. Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor was a Tennessee born novelist, playwright, and short story writer. He studied at Vanderbilt, and then later at Kenyon College with poets John Crowe Ransom and Allen Tate, where his friend and fellow-student was the poet Robert Lowell. He was close friends with other significant American authors as well, notably Robert Penn Warren, Randall Jarrell, Katherine Anne Porter, Jean Stafford, and Robie Macauley. At Kenyon, he and Lowell were roommates and they remained lifetime friends. While Taylor was talented in most genres, he is probably best known for his short stories and is considered one of the best American short story writers of the 20th Century. His novel A Summons to Memphis won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and his collection The Old Forest and Other Stories won the PEN/Faulkner Award in He also taught in the English department at the University of Virginia. He died in 1994, although his library remained intact until recently when it was sold by his family. His wife, Eleanor Ross Taylor was a considerable poet in her own right. In 1998, she was awarded the Shelley Memorial Award by the Poetry Society of America. She received the 2000 Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry, which honors a substantial and distinguished career. In 2009, she was elected to the Fellowship of Southern Writers and was awarded the Carole Weinstein Poetry Prize. In March 2010, her volume Captive Voices: New and Selected Poems, received the William Carlos Williams Award for the year s best volume of poetry from a small or university press. More recently she won the Poetry Foundation s 2010 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, which honors poets whose lifetime accomplishments warrant extraordinary recognition ; the prize was $100,000. One of our colleagues, whose opinion we respect, referred to her poetry as the real deal. Additionally, the Taylors had many other literary connections including Eleanor s sister who was married to the poet Donald Justice, and her two brothers each wrote novels. In particular, her brother James Ross wrote a single but highly praised noir novel, They Don t Dance Much, in Additionally the Taylor s son, Peter Ross Taylor, is a published poet. This is just a small selection from the library. It includes copies of their own works, books inscribed to them from other authors (many of whom were also personal friends), as well as books reflecting their multiple intersts, particularly books on Tennessee and Southern history. For the most part we have tried to price these books as reasonably as possible. We think that the importance of the Taylors in contemporary literature, and especially as representatives of the second generation of the Southern Literary Renaissance, has been greatly overlooked. As time goes by, we will be cataloging other books from their library so please advise if you have additional interest.

4 AGEE, James. A Death in the Family. New York: McDowell, Obolensky (1957). First edition with all points. Sunning to the edges of the boards, else near fine in near fine dustwrapper with several small tears and foxing on the flaps. Agee's posthumously published, Pulitzer Prize winning novel. This copy bears the ownership Signature of the author's fellow Tennesseeborn Pulitzer Prize-winner Peter Taylor. # $1,250 AMMONS, A.R. Briefings. New York: W.W. Norton & Company Inc. (1971). First edition, hardcover issue. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Advance Review Copy with publicity photograph of the author laid in. With the ownership Signature of Eleanor Ross Taylor. # $250 (Anthology) BLACKBURN, William. Under Twenty-Five: Duke Narrative and Verse, Durham: Duke University Press First edition. Introduction by William Styron. Foxing on the boards else near fine in very near fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Blackburn to Peter and Eleanor Taylor: "For Peter and Elinor(sic) with warm regards, Bill. 3 April 1963." An anthology of writings by Duke students, including two of Anne Tyler's earliest book appearances, two stories: "I Never Saw Morning," eventually incorporated into her first novel, If Morning Ever Comes; and "The Saints in Caesar's Household." Other contributors include Reynolds Price, Guy Davenport, Fred Chappell and James Applewhite. # $275

5 (Anthology) CRUMP, Galbraith M. and Martin J. Garhart. The Kenyon Poets: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Founding of the Kenyon Review. Gambier, Ohio: Kenyon Review First edition. Large octavo. Slight sunning, very near fine, issued without dustwrapper. This is one of 70 copies of this anthology designated as an "Author's Copy" and belonged to Peter Taylor. There were also 680 copies of the trade edition. # $200 (Anthology) SMITH, Lee, Elizabeth Spencer, Fred Chappell, Walter Sullivan, Madison Jones, George Garrett, Mary Lee Settle, and George Core (editor). Southern Excursions. [No place]: Fellowship of Southern Writers First edition. Fine in fine slipcase. Copy number 50 of a total of 200 copies Signed by all the authors. The first publication by the Fellowship of Southern Writers and intended as a fundraiser for that organization. # $250 (Anthology) THURSTON, Jarvis A. Reading Modern Short Stories. Chicago: Scott, Foresman and Company (1955). First edition, hardcover issue. A bit rubbed, a very good copy. With Peter Taylor's ownership Signature, and a complimentary slip from the publisher affixed. Taylor is represented in the book by his story "A Spinster's Tale." # $100 ARNOLD, Matthew. Selected Poems of Matthew Arnold. London: Macmillan First edition. 24mo. Brown mottled tree calf, gilt edges and borders with red morocco spine label. About very good with aging to the spine and corners. # $200

6 ASHBERY, John. Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror. Poems. New York: The Viking Press (1975). First edition. Internal hinge tender, else near fine in an about fine dustwrapper with a little wrinkle on the front panel. With Eleanor Ross Taylor's ownership Signature, and a page of closely written notes in her hand laid into the text of the title poem. Winner of the Putlitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. A nice copy. # $125 AUDEN, W.H. Nones. New York: Random House (1951). First edition. Near fine in an about very good dustwrapper with small stains and chipping. With Eleanor Ross Taylor's bookplate, and a complimentary slip laid in from Random House editor David McDowell. # $125 AUDEN, W.H. Thank You, Fog: Last Poems. New York: Random House (1974). First edition. Foxing on the boards, thus very good in a just about fine dustwrapper. With the ownership Signature of Eleanor Ross Taylor. # $100 AUSTEN, Jane. (Hugh Thomson). Mansfield Park. London: Macmillan and Co First edition designed and illustrated by Hugh Thomson. With an introduction by Austin Dobson. Octavo. xviii, 429pp., with 40 full-page illustrations and Thomson's trademark peacock endpapers. Publisher's maroon cloth with a decorative gilt design, all edges gilt. A handsome, near fine copy. # $175

7 AWAD, Joseph. The Big Bang: A Poem in Twelve Cantos. (Richmond, Virginia): The Poet's Press (1999). First edition. Cover illustration and frontispiece by the author. Trade Paperback. 35pp. Fine in wrappers. Inscribed by the author to Eleanor Ross Taylor. Awad was the Poet Laureate of Virginia in One of a limited edition of 350 copies, with a lovely poetry association. # $150 BAUSCH, Richard. Spirits and Other Stories. New York: Simon and Schuster First edition. Spotting on the boards else very good in an agetoned, near fine dustwrapper. Bausch's own copy with his embossed library stamp, and additionally Inscribed by him to Peter Taylor: "For Peter Taylor with respect & admiration, from Richard Bausch. April 27, 1987." # $150 BEATTIE, Ann. Chilly Scenes of Winter. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc First edition. Spotting on the boards, about very good in a modestly, worn very good dustwrapper with some slight tears. With the ownership Signature of Eleanor Ross Taylor. Beattie's first novel, published simultaneously with her first book of short stories, Distortions. Basis for the seldom-seen film with John Heard and Mary Beth Hurt that has something of a cult following. # $85

8 BEATTIE, Ann. Another You. New York: Alfred A. Knopf First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author to Eleanor Ross Taylor: "For Eleanor, with much affection Ann Beattie. November 1995." # $150 BEATTIE, Ann. Follies: New Stories. New York: Scribner (2002). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Nicely Inscribed by Beattie to Eleanor Ross Taylor: "For Eleanor who has, indeed, been my longtime fan and friend. I hope you enjoy these stories and the author's photo, as well. Love Ann." # $100 BEATTIE, Ann. The Doctor's House. New York: Scribner (2002). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Beattie: "For Eleanor with much affection. Ann." # $85

9 BECKETT, Samuel. Waiting for Godot. London: Faber and Faber First English edition. Toning on the endpapers and the boards a little bowed, about very good in a near very good dustwrapper with some rubbing and modest tears. With Peter Taylor's ownership Signature on the front fly. # $1,250 BELLOW, Saul. Mosby's Memoirs & Other Stories. New York: Viking Press (1968). First edition. Foxing to the cloth spine, near fine in an about fine dustwrapper with a couple of tiny tears. With the ownership Signature of Peter Taylor. # $350 BIDART, Frank. The Book of the Body. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1977). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Warmly Inscribed by the author in the year of publication: "For Eleanor and Peter - With much love, and admiration Frank. April 3, 1977." # $350 BISHOP, Elizabeth. The Complete Poems. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux (1969). First edition. A trifle rubbed and foxing on the foredge, else fine in a slightly spine-faded, near fine dustwrapper with a small crease on the front flap. With the ownership Signature of Eleanor Ross Taylor. A nice copy of an important collection, winner of the National Book Award. # $400

10 BISHOP, Elizabeth. Geography III. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1976). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with very slight wear. Laid in is a complimentary slip from the publisher sending the book at Bishop's request. With Eleanor Ross Taylor s ownership Signature. # $750 BISHOP, Elizabeth, translated and edited by. The Diary of "Helena Morley". New York: Ecco Press (1977). Second edition, and first paperbound edition. Near fine in wrappers. Inscribed by Bishop: "For Eleanor Ross Taylor affectionately, Elizabeth Bishop. November, 1978." Laid in is a postcard for the 11th Annual Key West Literary Seminar featuring the poetry of Bishop that has been addressed to Peter Taylor. # $1000 BLACKWOOD, Caroline. The Stepdaughter. (London): Duckworth (1976). First edition. Foxing on the foredge, near fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author: "To Peter and Eleanor with all love from Caroline." # $200

11 BORCKE, Heros von. Translated by Stuart Wright. Colonel Heros von Borcke's Journal 26 April-8 October 1862: A German Narrative of the First Four Parts of Memoirs of the Confederate War for Independence. [Winston-Salem, North Carolina]: Palemon Press [1981]. First edition. Foxing on the boards, else near fine in an about fine slipcase. Inscribed by Wright: For Peter and Eleanor with affection Stuart." One of 180 copies, this copy lacks the manuscript leaf. # $150 BROMELL, Henry. The Slightest Dis- tance. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company First edition. A bit of foxing at the extremities, and the boards a little splayed, very good in near fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author: "For Peter Taylor, whose work I have always admired. Henry Bromell Feb. 21, 1975." Also laid in is a brief Autograph Letter Signed from Bromell to Taylor. Author's first book. # $125 CAPERS, Gerald M. Jr. The Biography of a River Town: Memphis Its Heroic Age. [New Orleans]: Gerald M. Capers, Jr Second edition with a new preface. Fine in a slightly rubbed, very near fine dustwrapper. With Tennessee-born Peter Taylor's ownership Signature. # $100

12 CARVER, Raymond. Winter Insomnia. Santa Cruz: Kayak First edition. Fine in yellow and green wrappers. Faint sticker shadow on rear wrap else fine. One of 1000 copies of the author's second book. # $150 CARVER, Raymond. At Night the Salmon Move. Santa Barbara: Capra Press First edition, wrappered issue. Printed wrappers. Fine. # $225 CARVER, Raymond. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. New York: Alfred A. Knopf Third printing. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with some disturbance in the lamination. With Eleanor Ross Taylor's ownership Signature on the front fly. Author's second major collection of stories. A book that was surprisingly poorly manufactured for Knopf, copies are often found with binding or other major flaws. This is a lovely copy. # $85 CASEY, Jane Barnes. I, Krupskaya: My Life With Lenin. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company First edition. Near fine in near fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author: "For Peter and Eleanor Love & kisses, blushes & sighs, Jane." First novel, by the wife of author John Casey. # $100

13 CASEY, John. Spartina. New York: Alfred A. Knopf First edition. Very slightly cocked, else fine in fine, price-clipped dustwrapper. Inscribed by Casey: "Peter & Eleanor with love, John." A nice copy of this National Book Award winner with a nice association (Casey and both Taylors taught at the University of Virginia). # $550 CHAPPELL, Fred. Castle Tzingal. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press First edition, wrappered issue. Fine. Inscribed by the author: "For Peter & Eleanor With blushing! gratitude and all our love ever Fred & Susan." # $150 (Children) BROWN, Margaret Wise and Garth Williams. Wait Till the Moon is Full. New York: Harper & Brothers (1948). First edition. Pictures by Garth Williams. Quarto. Very good in pictorial boards with edgewear in very good, priceclipped dustwrapper with small chips and holes, particularly at the spine ends and flap folds. # $150

14 Dedication Copy (Children) LYONS, Mary E., Terry Widener. (Zora Neale Hurston). Roy Makes a Car. New York: Atheneum Books (2005). First edition. Thin quarto. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Children's book based on a Florida folk tale collected by Zora Neale Hurston for the Federal Writers' Project. The Dedication Copy, Inscribed by Lyons to Eleanor Ross Taylor (with a drawing of a car): "For Mrs. Taylor, With great gratitude and appreciation. Mary E. Lyons (and Roy). Merry Christmas 2004." The printed dedication reads: "Dedicated to the floating-ride, stabilitated, noncollision poet Eleanor Ross Taylor who first led me to Roy. M.E.L." # $225 CIARDI, John. For Instance. New York: W.W. Norton (1979). First edition, hardcover issue. Fine in an about fine dustwrapper that has been clipped by the publisher and has a publisher's price sticker, which has offset on the front fly. Inscribed by Ciardi: "for Eleanor and Peter, the true maker, the modest attendent, all in good graces. Fondly, John and Judith. Happy Valentine, 1982." # $300 CLAIBORNE, Craig. Craig Claiborne's The New New York Times Cookbook. (New York): Times Books (1979). First edition. Slight spotting on the boards, foxing on the page edges, very good in very good dustwrapper with some modest tears. Inscribed by Claiborne: "For Peter and Eleanor Taylor fond regards Craig Claiborne " # $250

15 (Classical) LIVY. (George Baker). Livy (Seven volume set). London: Printed by A.J. Valpy, M.A Small octavos. Complete seven volume set. Translated, with a biographical sketch and notes by George Baker. Volume one with an engraved frontispiece plate. Contemporary half levant leather and cloth boards, gilt spines, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. A handsome set, very good or better with moderate scattered rubbing to the joints and corners. Complete sets are very scarce. # $400 (Classical) TACITUS. (Arthur Murphy). Tacitus (Five volume set). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley Small octavos. Complete five volume set. Translated, with a biographical sketch, arguments, and appendices by Arthur Murphy. Volume one with an engraved frontispiece plate. Contemporary half levant leather and cloth boards, gilt spines, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. A handsome set, very good or better with moderate scattered rubbing to the joints and corners. Complete sets are very scarce. # $350 COULETTE, Henri. The War of the Secret Agents and Other Poems. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons' First edition. About fine in near very good dustwrapper with some tears. Inscribed by the author: "For Peter & Eleanor, Friend & future friend. Hank. 2 Jan 80." # $150 COULETTE, Henri. The Family Gold- schmitt. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1971). First edition. Scattered foxing else near fine in slightly foxed near fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author on the title page and Inscribed by him: "For Peter & Eleanor Welcome to the Family! Hank. 2 Mar 80." # $85

16 DAVIDSON, Donald. An Outland Piper. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company First edition. Older owner's signature, spine-toned, a very good copy without dustwrapper. Peter Taylor s copy of Davidson s first book. An interesting association linking two generations of important Southern authors. # $125 DAVIDSON, Donald. The Tall Men. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company First edition. A bit soiled and the corners worn, but a very good copy without the dustwrapper. This copy Inscribed by Davidson: "For Evelyn Norton with best regards, Donald Davidson." Author's second book of poetry. # $225 DAVIS-GARDNER, Angela. Forms of Shelter. New York: Ticknor & Fields First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author on the title page, and additionally Inscribed by her: "For Peter & Eleanor, With admiration, love, and profoundest thanks, Angela " # $125 DERRICK, Freda. Gothic Wanderings in Somerset. London: Simpkin Marshall, Ltd First edition. Endpapers and the bottom of the spine toned, very good or better in a bit tattered good or better dustwrapper. With Peter Taylor's ownership Signature. Scarce in jacket. # $85

17 DEW, Robb Forman. The Time of Her Life. New York: William Morrow and Company (1984). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author: "September 10, 1984 For Eleanor and Peter With my deepest affection and best wishes - Robb." An interesting association Dew is a prize-winning novelist and granddaughter of the poet John Crowe Ransom. # $85 DICKEY, James. Poems Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press (1967). First edition. Some foxing on a few pages, and foxing on boards, else near fine in a rubbed, very good or better dustwrapper with slight tears. Inscribed by the author: "To Peter and Eleanor Ross Taylor with admiration and affection James Dickey, Utah. Summer, 1967." # $650 DICKEY, James. Deliverance. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company First edition. About fine in a modestly rubbed near fine dustwrapper with foxing on the endpapers. With Peter Taylor's ownership Signature. The poet's first novel. Dickey also wrote the screenplay for (and has a small part in) the memorable John Boorman film with Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, and Ronny Cox (the latter two in their film debuts). # $450

18 DINESEN, Isak. Out of Africa. New York: The Modern Library (1952). Reprint. Introduction by Bernardine Kielty. Near fine in very good dustwrapper. With Peter Taylor's ownership Signature. # $100 DUCKWORTH, Alistair M. The Improvement of the Estate: A Study of Jane Austen's Novels. Baltimore: John Hopkins Press (1971). First edition. Slight spotting on the boards, near fine in near fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author: "To Peter and Eleanor in the hope that this will help in the improvement of their own estate. Alistair Duckworth. Charlottesville, Christmas 1971." # $100 FAULKNER, William. The Hamlet. New York: Random House First edition, first issue. Very good or better without dustwrapper. With both the bookplate and ownership Signature of Eleanor Ross Taylor. The first volume of the Snopes trilogy. # $175 FAULKNER, William. Go Down, Moses. New York: Modern Library (1955). Reprint. Name crossed out on the front fly, some slight foxing and staining on the endpapers and bottom page edges, else near fine in a very good, price-clipped dustwrapper with a modest stain on the front panel. With Peter Taylor's ownership Signature. A collection of interconnected stories published as a novel, including the comic masterpiece "Was" and the first book appearance of his classic novella The Bear. # $150

19 FIELDING, Henry. The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling. London: Printed for J. Johnson; J. Nichols and Son; [et al.] mo. Two volumes in one. Volume 1: [12], 292pp.; Volume 2: [10], 317pp. Ex-library, with an engraved bookplate and two small ownership stamps on the half-title and title pages. Near contemporary boards with a later dark full leather binding. Very good with moderate scattered foxing to the text pages, the leather cover is still soft and clean. Scarce in the trade. OCLC locates six copies. # $85 FORD, Richard. A Piece of My Heart. Boston: Harper & Row (1976). Advance Reading Copy. Light foxing to the front wrap else near fine in wrappers as issued. Advance issue of the author's first book, a novel. # $300 FORD, Richard. Wildlife. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press (1990). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Author's comlimentary slip laid in. # $75

20 FRIES, Adelaide, Stuart Thurman Wright and J. Edwin Hendricks. Forsyth: The History of a County on the March. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press Revised edition. Old owner's name, else about fine in lightly soiled, near fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by coauthor Wright to Peter Taylor. # $100 FROST, Robert. Steeple Bush. New York: Henry Holt and Company (1947). First edition. Fine in price-clipped, very near fine dustwrapper with very slight age-toning. # $100 GARRETT, George. Entered from the Sun. New York: Doubleday (1990). First edition. A stain on the foredge else very good in near fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author: "For Peter & Eleanor our neighbors with admiration & affection. George. 9/23/90." # $250 GASS, William. In the Heart of the Heart of the Country. New York: Harper and Row (1968). First edition. Boards a little bowed, as frequently seems the case with this title, slight foxing to facing pages 34-35, else near fine in lightly worn near fine dustwrapper. With Eleanor Ross Taylor's ownership Signature. A nice copy of perhaps the author's most important book. # $125

21 GLUCK, Louise. The House on Marsh- land. New York: The Ecco Press (1975). First edition, hardcover issue. Fine in fine dustwrapper. # $150 GORDON, Caroline. The Women on the Porch. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons First edition. Clipping on the front pastedown, else near fine in homemade dustwrapper made from "Happy Father's Day" paper. With Peter Taylor's ownership Signature dated in the year of publication. At the time Gordon was married to Allen Tate, who was an important mentor to Taylor. Author's sixth book. Gordon's reputation as the "den mother" for the Southern Literary Renaissance has overshadowed the excellence and enduring qualities of her own work, which are certain to be better appreciated by future generations of critics. # $350 GORDON, Caroline. Green Centuries. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons First edition. Some modest stains on the boards, chips to the margins of one leaf, a good copy without dustwrapper. With Eleanor Ross Taylor's bookplate. # $100

22 GOYEN, William. Wonderful Plant. [No place]: Palaemon Press (1980). First edition. Marbled papercovered boards with paper label. Fine. One of 60 copies numbered with Roman numerals, this is copy xxi (of a total edition of 160) Signed by the author. Additionally this copy is Inscribed by publisher Stuart Wright to Peter and Eleanor Taylor. Mailing label addressed to the Taylors laid in. # $250 GRABO, Carl H. The Technique of the Novel. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1928). Second printing. Corners bumped, a little foxing and soiling on the boards, a very good copy. With Peter Taylor's ownership Signature: "Hillsman Taylor Jr., Douglass House." Douglass House was where Taylor lived as a student at Kenyon. # $150 GRAHAM, Jorie. The End of Beauty. New York: The Ecco Press (1987). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. # $100 GURGANUS, Allan. Blessed Assurance: A Moral Tale. Rocky Mount: North Carolina Wesleyan College Press First edition. Fine, without dustwrapper as issued. Number 1365 of 2000 copies Signed by the author. This copy with a warm and effusive Inscription from Gurganus to Peter Taylor. # $300

23 HARDY, Thomas. The Woodlanders. New York: Harper and Brothers [circa 1935]. Reprint. Spotting on the cloth, a near very good copy in the Harper's Modern Classics series. With Peter Taylor's collegevintage ownership Signature from his time at Kenyon College: "Hillsman Taylor, Jr. Gambier, Ohio 1940." # $125 HEANEY, Seamus. Poems : Death of a Naturalist, Door into the Dark, Wintering Out, North. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux (1980). First American edition. Fine in very near fine dustwrapper with a slight bit of toning at the spine. # $100 HELLMAN, Lillian. Another Part of the Forest: A Play in Three Acts. New York: The Viking Press First edition. Foxing on the boards, else very good in very good dustwrapper with toning and small nicks and tears. With Peter Taylor's bookplate. # $250

24 HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Across the River and into the Trees. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons Early reprint. Cocked, and with foxing on the endpapers, very good in moderately worn, very good dustwrapper. With Peter Taylor's ownership Signature dated in December # $200 HEMPHILL, George. Allen Tate. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press (1964). First edition. Stapled wrappers. Small spot on front wrap, else near fine. Although not marked by the Taylor's, this copy is Inscribed by Hemphill to another student of Tate's, the poet Robert Lowell. Lowell and Peter Taylor were lifelong friends, and roommates as undergraduates at Kenyon College. # $275 HILLS, L. Rust. How To Do Things Right: The Revelations of a Fussy Man. Garden City: Doubleday & Company First edition. Near fine in near fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author: "for Eleanor and Peter Taylor with all disorderly affection. Rust Hills." # $150

25 HIRSCH, E.D. Jr. The Philosophy of Composition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author: "For Eleanor and Peter with love from Donald. Oct 1977." # $100 HOLLIS, Christopher. Death of a Gentleman: The Letters of Robert Fossett. London: Burns Oates (1944). Third printing. Some foxing, very good in an about very good dustwrapper with some chips and tears. With Eleanor Ross Taylor's bookplate, and with Peter Taylor's Inscription to her: "Love from Peter, Christmas 1944." An odd novel based on the life of, and prefaced by the letters of, a country squire killed in the war. # $275 HOWARD, Richard. Findings. New York: Atheneum First edition. Very near fine. Inscribed by Howard: "For Eleanor & Peter, Fondly Richard '71." # $250

26 (HOWARD, Richard). Preferences: 51 American Poets Choose Poems from their own Work and from the Past. NewYork: Viking Press (1974). First edition. Commentary and introduction by Richard Howard. Paper over front hinge is a little cracked, else near fine in very near fine dustwrapper. Warmly Inscribed by Howard to the Taylors and with Peter Taylor s ownership Signature. # $400 HUDDLE, David. Intimates: A Book of Stories. Boston: David R. Godine (1993). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Huddle to the Taylors. # $100 HUGHES, Ted. The Hawk in the Rain. New York: Harper and Brothers (1957). First American edition (H-G on the copyright page). Modest offsetting to the front fly from clippings, else fine in near fine dustwrapper with slight spine toning. The author's first book. # $300 HUGO, Richard. What Thou Lovest Well, Remains American. New York: W.W. Norton (1975). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. With the ownership Signature of Eleanor Ross Taylor. A very nice copy. # $100

27 HUGO, Richard. Selected Poems. New York: W.W. Norton (1979). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a touch of rubbing. With the ownership Signature of Eleanor Ross Taylor. # $100 HUGO, Richard. The Right Madness on Skye. New York: W.W. Norton (1980). First edition, hardcover issue. Fine in fine dustwrapper. With the ownership Signature of Eleanor Ross Taylor. # $125 HUGO, Richard. White Center. New York: W. W. Norton & Company (1980). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. With the ownership Signature of Eleanor Ross Taylor. A superb, pretty much as new copy. # $125 HUGO, Richard. Making Certain It Goes On. New York: W.W. Norton & Company (1984). Second printing. Fine in fine dustwrapper. With the ownership Signature of Eleanor Ross Taylor on the front fly. # $75

28 IRVING, Washington as Diedrich Knickerbocker. A History of New-York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty. London: Henry G. Bohn Author's revised edition. Octavo. xxiv, 280pp. Contemporary half calf and cloth boards, morocco spine label, marbled endpapers and edges. Early owner's signature on the front free endpaper verso. A very good copy with a bump to the spine top and some scuffing to the corners. # $150 JARRELL, Randall. Selected Poems. New York: Alfred A. Knopf First edition. Small ink mark on bottom page edge (not a remainder mark) and foxing on the foredge else fine in fine dustwrapper. With the ownership Signature of Eleanor Ross Taylor. Jarrell was largely responsible for the publication of Taylor's first volume of poetry. # $125 JONES, Richard. Living in the 25th Hour. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1978). Uncorrected proof. Wrappers. Modest wear, near fine. With Peter Taylor's ownership Signature. # $100 JUSTICE, Donald. Night Light. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press (1967). Second printing. Fine in fine, price-clipped dustwrapper. Signed by the author. Justice was Eleanor Ross Taylor's brotherin-law. # $150

29 JUSTICE, Donald. Selected Poems. New York: Atheneum First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by Justice. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. # $400 JUSTICE, Donald. The Summer Anniver- saries. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press (1981). Revised edition of Justice's first book, hardback issue. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. Much revised edition of the 1959 Lamont Poetry Selection. The hardcover edition is uncommon. # $100 JUSTICE, Donald. The Sunset Maker. New York: Atheneum First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author: "For Eleanor & Peter with love Don. May 1987." # $450 JUSTICE, Donald. New and Selected Poems. New York: Alfred A. Knopf First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. This copy with Eleanor Ross Taylor's ownership signature, and Inscribed to her by Justice: "To our dear Eleanor, with much love Donald Justice." # $300

30 (LARDNER, Ring) YARDLEY, Jonathan. Ring: A Biography of Ring Lardner. New York: Random House (1977). First edition. Boards a bit cocked and some modest foxing else near fine in near fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Yardley: "For Peter and Eleanor - With the greatest professional admiration and personal affection for both of you Jon. Miami, " # $125 LEVINE, Philip. Not This Pig. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press (1968). First edition, hardcover issue. Very slight foxing on the endpapers, easily fine in fine, price-clipped dustwrapper. # $250 LEWIS, Matthew. The Monk: A Romance. London: Oxford University Press Edited with an introduction by Howard Anderson. A bit cocked, else near fine in a slightly spine-faded, near fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the editor: "For Eleanor and Peter Taylor with warm regards Howard Anderson." # $0100

31 LOFTON, Rachel, Susie Hendrix and Jane Kennedy. The Rachel Plummer Narrative: A Stirring Narrative of Adventure, Hardship and Privation in the Early Days of Texas, Depicting Struggles with the Indians and Other Adventures. [Palestine, Texas?]: Privately printed First edition. Green printed wrappers. 118pp. Ownership signature and agent's stamp on the first leaf, slight wear at the extremities, very near fine. A very uncommon narrative. # $225 LOWELL, Robert. Lord Weary's Castle. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company (1946). First edition. Endpapers a little foxed, else very near fine in very good dustwrapper with rubbing and modest chipping at the spine ends. Inscribed by Lowell using his nickname: "For Peter and Eleanor with love from Cal." Lowell and Taylor were very close friends and colleagues and were influential on each other's careers. They both attended Kenyon College where they were roommates and studied under Allen Tate and John Crowe Ransom. The author's second book and first trade publication. This title won the Pulitzer Prize. # $7,500 LOWELL, Robert. Phaedra. New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy (1961). First edition. Pictorial wrappers. Very good. Probable advance copy of Lowell's translation, with rubberstamped copyright statement. Near fine in wrappers. Inscribed by Lowell using his nickname: "For Eleanor and Peter with love from Cal. Robert Lowell. New Years 1962." # $3,500

32 LOWELL, Robert. The Old Glory. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1965). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Lowell using his nickname: "For Peter and Eleanor with all my love. Cal, Robert Lowell." # $3,500 LOWELL, Robert. Near the Ocean. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1967). First American edition. Drawings by Sidney Nolan. Some mottling on the boards, good in good dustwrapper with several tears. With Peter Taylor s ownership Signature. # $400 LOWELL, Robert. Notebook Farrar, Straus, Giroux: New York (1969). First edition. Fine in about fine dustwrapper with a small crease on the rear flap. Inscribed by Lowell using his nickname: "For Peter and Eleanor with all the love I can scribble. Cal." # $2,750

33 LOWELL, Robert. Notebook. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1970). Third edition, revised and expanded. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with rear panel yellowed a bit as usual. With Peter Taylor's ownership Signature. # $500 LOWELL, Robert. Prometheus Bound. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux (1969). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. # $100 LUBBOCK, Percy. The Craft of Fiction. New York: Peter Smith Reprint. Slightly spine faded, very good or better. With Peter Taylor's ownership Signature dated in 1952 in Chicago. # $150

34 LYTLE, Andrew. The Hero with the Private Parts. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press (1966). First edition. Foreword by Allen Tate. Top corners a little bumped near fine in a lightly worn, near fine dustwrapper with the usual spine fading. Warmly Inscribed by the author: "To Eleanor & Peter Taylor, these reflections upon a common craft Affectionately, Andrew Lytle, The Mountain 1967." A surprisingly uncommon title, with a splendid association. # $850 LYTLE, Andrew. Kristin. Columbia: University of Missouri Press (1992). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Wonderfully Inscribed by Lytle to the Taylors in a moderately infirm hand (Lytle was 89 at the time). A splendid southern literary association. # $750 LYTLE, Andrew, editor. Craft and Vision: The Best Fiction from The Sewanee Review. New York: Delacorte First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a tiny tear. Signed by Andrew Lytle. # $150

35 MASON, Bobbie Ann. Shiloh and Other Stories. New York: Harper & Row (1982). First edition. Slightly cocked else very near fine in fine dustwrapper. With the ownership Signature of Eleanor Ross Taylor. The author's first book of fiction. Winner of the Hemingway Foundation Award. # $100 McALEXANDER, Hubert Horton. The Prodigal Daughter: A Biography of Sherwood Bonner. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press (1981). First edition. A trifle foxed on the endpapers else fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author: "For Peter Taylor this glimpse of our part of the world and one of its writers Hubert." McAlexander wrote two books about Peter Taylor including Peter Taylor: A Writer's Life in # $150 McCARTHY, Cormac. All the Pretty Horses. New York: Alfred A. Knopf Uncorrected proof, first state in mauve wrappers reading "A Border Trilogy" in the subtitle, and without the addition of the numeral "4" to the publication date. "A" has been handcorrected to "The" in the sub-title, sometimes advanced as being second state, but clearly it could have been corrected at any time. Fine in wrappers. Complimentary card from Gary Fiskejon laid in. The book which propelled the literary author to the top of the bestseller list, winner of both the National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award. Basis for the Billy Bob Thornton film with Matt Damon and Penélope Cruz. # $500

36 McPHERSON, James Alan. Hue and Cry. Boston: Little, Brown (1969). First edition. Fine in a rubbed and price-clipped, very good dustwrapper with a couple of small tears and an "Atlantic Grant" award sticker on the front panel. With the ownership Signature of Eleanor Ross Taylor. An important first book and highspot of postwar African-American fiction. # $100 MERRILL, James. Divine Comedies: Poems. New York: Atheneum (1976). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. With Eleanor Ross Taylor's ownership Signature. Pulitzer Prize for poetry. # $100 MERRILL, James. Mirabell: Books of Number. New York: Atheneum First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Merrill: "with greetings to Peter & Eleanor from JM, DJ & the talking bird. Key West. Jan. 79." Mirabell won the National Book Award. # $750

37 MERRILL, James. From the First Nine: Poems New York: Atheneum First edition. Foxing on the boards else near fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author: "Years & years of rhyme & meter, with love to Eleanor and Peter. Jimmy. Oct 1982." # $1000 MERRILL, James. The Changing Light at Sandover. New York: Atheneum First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Includes several previously published works, plus previously unpublished material. Very scarce. # $350 MERRILL, James. A Scattering of Salts. New York: Alfred A. Knopf First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Card laid in indicating that before his death Merrill asked that this complimentary copy be sent. # $100

38 MILLER, Heather Ross. Gypsy with Baby. Hammond, LA: Louisiana Literature Press, Southeastern Louisiana University (2005). First edition. Wrappers. Fine. Inscribed by the author: "Love and good fortune go with you, Aunt Eleanor, into the New Year Heather. February 2005." # $100 NERUDA, Pablo. Alturas de Macchu Picchu / The Heights of Macchu Picchu. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux (1967). First American edition. Translated by Nathaniel Tarn. Corners a little bumped, slight sunning at the top of the boards else near fine in near fine dustwrapper with a few short tears. # $125 NORRIS, Walter Biscoe, Jr. Westmoreland County Virginia Montross, Virginia: Westmoreland County Board of Supervisors First edition. Thick octavo. 699pp. Near fine in near fine dustwrapper. Warmly Inscribed by the author to Peter Taylor. # $150 O'CONNOR, Flannery. The Habit of Being: The Letters of Flannery O'Connor. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux (1979). First edition. Selected and edited by Sally Fitzgerald. Boards very slightly bowed, and a little foxing on the foredge, near fine in fine dustwrapper. Complimentary slip from Robert Giroux laid in. O'Connor's letters are masterpieces of insight, introspection, and humor. # $150

39 O'CONNOR, Frank. Domestic Relations. New York: Alfred A. Knopf First American edition. Near fine without dustwrapper. With Peter Taylor's ownership Signature. # $150 ORR, Gregory. Gathering the Bones Together. New York: Harper & Row (1975). First edition, hardcover issue. About fine in a bit soiled, very good or better dustwrapper. With the ownership Signature of Eleanor Ross Taylor. Author's second book, the hardcover issue is uncommon. # $75 ORR, Gregory. The Red House. New York: Harper & Row (1980). First edition. Foxing on the page edges, else about fine in wrappers. Inscribed by Orr: "For Peter and Eleanor, with my fondest wishes, Greg Orr. 9/10/80 Charlottesville." # $100 ORR, Gregory. New and Selected Poems. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press (1987). First edition, wrappered issue. About fine in wrappers. With the ownership Signature of Eleanor Ross Taylor. Inscribed by Orr: "For Eleanor and Peter, in friendship and admiration, Greg Orr. 12/9/87." # $100

40 OWSLEY, Harriet Chappell. Peace and the Presidential Election of [No place]: Reprinted from the Tennessee Historical Quarterly Offprint. Slightly bumped, else near fine. Inscribed by the author to Peter Taylor. # $100 PERCY, William Alexander. Sewanee. New York: Frederic C. Beil First edition. Introduction by Walker Percy. Illustrated by Katherine Pettigrew. Quarter cloth and papercovered boards gilt. Fine. Inscribed by the publisher Beil to the Taylors. # $85 (Photography) VALENS, E.G. and Berenice Abbott. The Attractive Universe: Gravity and the Shape of Space. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company (1969). First edition. Boards a little bowed, very good in a rubbed, very good dustwrapper with a few modest tears. # $150 PINSKY, Robert. Sadness and Happiness. Princeton: Princeton University Press (1975). First edition, hardcover issue. Fine in a lightly rubbed, near fine dustwrapper. Scarce hardcover issue of the author's uncommon first book of poetry. A nice copy of a book usually found well-worn. # $150

41 PLATH, Sylvia. Ariel. New York: Harper & Row (1966). First American edition. Introduction by Robert Lowell. Some spotting on the top edge, near fine in near fine dustwrapper with age-toning with some soiling. With Eleanor Ross Taylor s Signature on the front free endpaper. Author's extremely influential collection of poetry, written in the last months of her life. A very nice copy. # $250 PORTER, Katherine Anne. The Days Before. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company (1952). First edition. Foxing on the endpapers and a little fading on the boards, a very good copy in good or better dustwrapper with a chip at the foot and some other overall wear. Inscribed by the author on the front fly: "For Peter, from one of his earliest admirers and believers, these pieces from a kind of journal! With affection, Katherine Anne. 28 September 1952 New York." Affixed to the front pastedown is a 3.5" x 5.5" portrait photograph of Porter which is also Inscribed: "For Peter with delightful remembrances. Katherine Anne. 15 May 1954." # $1,500 POWERS, J.F. Morte D'Urban. New York: Doubleday and Company, Inc First edition. Modest wear with some foxing on the endpapers, else near fine in an about very good dustwrapper with a tear and modest wear. Winner of the National Book Award. With the ownership Signature of Peter Taylor. # $300

42 PRICE, Reynolds. A Perfect Friend. New York: Atheneum First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Price: "for Eleanor with happy memories & love from Reynolds. iv 2001." # $450 PRICE, Reynolds, translated by. The Good News According to Mark. [No place]: (Privately Printed for the Author 1976). First edition. Illustrated wrappers. Fine. One of 300 copies issued by the author as a Christmas greeting. This copy Inscribed: "for Peter & Eleanor with warm regards at Christmas from Reynolds " # $850 PRUNTY, Wyatt. The Times Between. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press (1982). First edition. Foxing on the foredge else fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author: "For Peter Taylor Whose voice is the closest I've come to the uncanny. Highest regards, Wyatt Prunty." # $100

43 PRUNTY, Wyatt. What Women Know, What Men Believe. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press (1986). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author: "For Peter and Eleanor with real admiration Highest Regards, Wyatt 5/21/86." # $85 Dedication Copy, Sort of PRUNTY, Wyatt. Since the Noon Mail Stopped. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press (1997). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author: "For Eleanor And on the following page, for Peter too. Love, Wyatt." Peter Taylor, who died in 1994, is one of the three dedicatees of the book published three years later. # $225 PURDY, James. The House of the Soli- tary Maggot. Garden City: Doubleday First edition. A little rubbing on the spine else near fine in very good dustwrapper with a couple of tears. With Peter Taylor's ownership Signature. # $125 PURDY, James. The Candles of Your Eyes. New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson (1987). Uncorrected proof. Fine in wrappers. Letter from the publisher to Peter Taylor sending the proof. # $85

44 RANSOM, John Crowe. Chills and Fever. New York: Alfred A. Knopf First edition, first binding. Spine label and edges of the boards rubbed, else a near very good copy lacking the dustwrapper. With the bookplate and ownership Signature of Eleanor Ross Taylor. A founding member of The Fugitives, Ransom was a major influence on Peter Taylor, who he taught at Kenyon. # $400 RICH, Adrienne. Snapshots of a Daughterin-Law: Poems, New York: Harper and Row (1963). First edition. Slight foxing on the boards, near fine in slightly age-toned near fine dustwrapper. With the ownership Signature of Eleanor Ross Taylor. # $150 SAINTSBURY, George, edited by. (Chris Hammond). Letters From Sir Charles Grandison. London: George Allen Octavos. Complete two volume set. Edited by George Saintsbury, with illustrations by Chris Hammond. Dark green publisher's cloth with decorative gilt designs, all edges gilt. A very good set with light soiling to the boards. # $85 SARTRE, Jean-Paul. The Words. New York: George Braziller (1964). Second printing of the American edition. Slightly cocked, else near fine in near very good dustwrapper with a few modest tears. With the ownership Signature of Peter Taylor. # $125

45 SHAKESPEARE, William. The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare; from the text of the Corrected Copies of Steevens and Malone. Hartford: William Andrus One volume edition. 12mo. xx, 844pp., [1] engraved frontispiece plate. With "A Life of the Poet," by Charles Symmons, and "The Seven Ages of Man," (illustrated with wood-engravings) at the front, and a glossary at the rear. Contemporary dark red full crushed morocco with two gilt centerpieces, and decorative borders stamped in blind. Three small early owner's signatures and manuscript annotations to the front fly leaves and the blank recto of the frontispiece. Lacks one leaf (pages 59/60 from "Twelfth Night"), binding neatly detached at the front hinge, else good. A scarce American imprint, presumably the first collected edition "Complete In One Volume." No copies of the 1842 imprint in OCLC. # $150 SIMMONS, J. Edgar. Pocahontas and Other Poems. (Williamsburg, Virginia: Virginia Gazette 1957). First edition. [12]pp. Stapled illustrated wrappers. Modest age-toning and oxidation of the staples, very good or better. With a full-page Inscription by the author to Peter Taylor mentioning John Crowe Ransom. Poetry by a Mississippi native. OCLC records five copies. # $250 SOBEL, Eliezer. Minyan: Ten Jewish Men In A World That Is Heartbroken. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. This volume was the winner of the Tennessee Book Award: Peter Taylor Prize for the Novel, and is Inscribed by the author to Eleanor Ross Taylor. # $85

46 SONNENBERG, Ben. Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy. New York: Summit Books (1991). First edition. 217pp. Near fine with the spine very slightly cocked in a fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Sonnenberg to Eleanor Ross Taylor, but with a stamped signature. # $85 STAAL, Madame de. (Adolphe Lalauze). Memoirs of Madame de Staal-de Launay. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company First American edition. Translated by Cora Hamilton Bell, with 41 etchings by Adolphe Lalauze. Complete two volume set, printed in France, with [9] full-page etched plates and vignettes throughout the text. Contemporary half calf and marbled paper boards, gilt spines, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Moderate scuffing, lacking two (of four) morocco spine labels, a very good set. Small owner's signature in neat ink on the front fly leaf of each volume. # $150 STAFFORD, Jean. The Mountain Lion. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company (1947). First edition. Page edges a little soiled, else about fine in very good or better dustwrapper with nicks at the corners. Inscribed by Stafford: "For Eleanor and Peter with my dearest love, Jean." A nicer than usual copy of the author's second book. Stafford was married to Peter Taylor's college roommate Robert Lowell. # $650 STAFFORD, Jean. Children Are Bored on Sunday. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company (1953). First edition. Modest wear, a very good copy lacking the dustwrapper. With the ownership Signature of Peter Taylor. Some pencil notes in Peter Taylor's hand, with a note from Eleanor laid in noting that fact. # $225

47 STAFFORD, Jean. A Mother in History. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1966). First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with barely visible staining on the rear panel. Inscribed by the author: "For Eleanor and Peter (Taylor) with love from Eau Beane. Jean (Stafford), formerly Mrs. R.J.S. Lowell, Jr." Presumably a tongue-in-cheek inscription; the Taylors and Lowells were very close friends. # $300 STAFFORD, Jean. le mere d'oswald parle... [A Mother in History]. Paris: Editions de Trevise (1967). First French edition. Very near fine in wrappers. Advance Review Copy with the publisher's "S. P." stamp. Typed Letter Signed from the author ("Jean Liebling") to Taylor's daughter, sending her the book for her French studies. # $350 STAFFORD, Jean, John Cheever, Dan- iel Fuchs, William Maxwell. Stories. New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy (1956). First edition. Page edges a bit soiled, near fine in very good or better dustwrapper with a little age-toning on the spine. Inscribed by Jean Stafford: "For Peter and Eleanor with love, Jean. N.Y.C. Geo. W's birthday, 1958." # $450 STYRON, William. The Confessions of Nat Turner. New York: Random House (1967). Second printing. Slight foxing, near fine in near fine price-clipped dustwrapper. With the ownership Signature of Peter Taylor. Winner of the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. # $200

48 SWENSON, May. In Other Words. New York: Alfred A. Knopf First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by Swenson on the title page, as well as Inscribed by her: "To Peter Taylor hoping he'll like some of these as well. May Swenson 5/20/89." # $275 SYNGE, John M. Plays. London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. (1949). Reprint of the revised collected edition. A little foxing on the endpapers, near fine in a modestly faded, very good dustwrapper. With Peter Taylor's penciled ownership Signature. # $100 TATE, Allen. The Fathers. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons First edition. About very good lacking the dustwrapper. With the ownership Signature of Peter Taylor. Tate was instrumental in getting Taylor to attend Vanderbilt. Important Southern author's first novel with a notable association. # $400

49 TAYLOR, Bob. Lectures and Best Literary Productions of Bob Taylor. Nashville: The Bob Taylor Publishing Co First edition. Green pebble grain cloth gilt. Bookplate of Horace and Hannah Doak Miller, gilt is rubbed, a very good copy. Inscribed by Hannah Miller to Peter and Eleanor Taylor. Several clippings and a program for a 1971 production of Taylor's play A Stand in the Mountains tipped in. Bob Taylor was governor of Tennessee and Peter Taylor's grandfather. # $150 TAYLOR, Eleanor Ross. Wilderness of Ladies. New York: McDowell, Obolensky (1960). First edition. Introduction by Randall Jarrell. Some foxing to the endpapers and papercovered boards, very good or better in like dustwrapper with a little foxing. The author's own copy of her first book with her ownership Signature and Charlottesville address. # $850 TAYLOR, Eleanor Ross. Welcome Eumenides. New York: George Braziller (1972). First edition, hardcover issue. With a note by Richard Howard. Fine in a just about fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Taylor: "For Martha and Bob with much love Eleanor. Charlottesville September 21, 2001." As this was in Taylor's library it was perhaps never delivered to the recipients. The hardcover issue is very uncommon. # $150

50 TAYLOR, Eleanor Ross. Welcome Eumenides. New York: George Braziller (1972). First edition, hardcover issue. With a note by Richard Howard. Corners very slightly bumped, still fine in fine dustwrapper. The hardcover issue is very uncommon. # $85 TAYLOR, Eleanor Ross. New and Selected Poems. [Winston-Salem]: Stuart Wright, Publisher First edition. Quarter cloth and papercovered boards with printed paper spine label as issued. Fine. One of 50 unnumbered copies Signed by the author. In addition, this copy is Inscribed by the poet to her husband, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Peter Taylor: "For Peter always, Eleanor. November 25, 1983." # $450 TAYLOR, Eleanor Ross. Late Leisure: Poems. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press (1999). First edition. 72pp. Fine in fine dustwrapper. # $75

51 TAYLOR, Peter. A Long Fourth and Other Stories. New York: Harcourt Brace and Company (1948). First edition. A trifle foxed on the foredge, still easily fine in fine dustwrapper with none of the usual spine fading, and very uncommon thus. A beautiful copy of Taylor's very uncommon first book, from the author s own library. # $2,500 TAYLOR, Peter. A Long Fourth and Other Stories. New York: Harcourt Brace and Company (1948). First edition. Fine in an about fine dustwrapper with some fading to the spine, although much less than usual. Although not otherwise marked, this is the author's own copy of his first book. # $700 TAYLOR, Peter. The Widows of Thorn- ton. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company (1954). First edition. Fine in near fine, lightly rubbed dustwrapper. Although not marked as such, this is the author's copy. A nice copy of his scarce third novel. # $125

52 TAYLOR, Peter. Tennessee Day in St. Louis: A Comedy. New York: Random House (1957). First edition. Some foxing to the pastedowns, else near fine in near fine dustwrapper (unpriced variant) with light wear mostly at the spine ends. Inscribed by the author: "To Marguerite H. Andrews with best wishes from one of your new neighbors. Peter Taylor. Columbus. January 4, 1960." Taylor's first play. Although inscribed to someone else this copy was from the author s library. Curiously, we have seen another, different copy online of this title inscribed to the same person; perhaps Taylor duplicated himself and retained this copy. # $250 TAYLOR, Peter. Happy Families Are All Alike: A Collection of Stories. New York: McDowell, Obolensky (1959). First edition. Faint spotting on the boards, else near fine in very good dustwrapper with small chips and tears. Signed by the author. Although not otherwise marked, this copy is from the author s library. An important collection of short stories. # $750 TAYLOR, Peter. Miss Leonora When Last Seen. New York: Ivan Obolensky, Inc. (1963). First edition. Modest foxing to the endpapers and slight soiling on the boards, near fine in slightly toned very good or better dustwrapper. The author's own copy, Signed by him on the front fly: "Peter Taylor (my only copy 1976)." # $1000

53 TAYLOR, Peter. A Stand in the Moun- tains. New York: Frederic C. Bell (1985). First edition. Foxing on the foredge and a couple of faint spots on the boards, near fine in fine original slipcase. One of a reported 1500 copies printed at the Stamperia Valdonega. The author s own copy. # $150 TCHEKHOFF, Anton. The Black Monk and Other Stories. London: Duckworth & Co. (1914). Reprint. Translated from the Russian by R.E.C. Long. Old owner's name erased, slightly cocked, a rather handsome, near fine copy. With the ownership Signature of Peter Taylor. # $200 (Tennessee) Federal Writers' Project. Tennessee: A Guide to the State. New York: Hastings House (1949). Third edition. A bit soiled, very good or better without dustwrapper. With Peter Taylor's ownership Signature. Also laid in is a leather bookmark, inscribed on the rear to Taylor by his son. Taylor is one of Tennessee's best-known authors. # $300

54 THOMPSON, James [i.e. Thomson] and William Collins. The Seasons. Hartford [Connecticut]: Judd Loomis & Co Early American edition. 12mo. 192pp., and [6] engraved plates. Includes: "The Life of the Author" by Patrick Murdoch, and "Ode on the Death of Mr. Thomson" by William Collins. Contemporary full hard-grain sheep, gilt spine. Two small tears to the upper right corners of pages 23-26, a very good copy. A scarce early American imprint, illustrated with 6 exceptional, unsigned, white-line wood-engravings: Hymn (frontispiece), Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, and another "Hymn" at the rear, "Breathe your still Song into the reaper's heart." # $350 TILGHMAN, Christopher. In a Father's Place. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux (1990). Uncorrected proof. Drink ring on front wrap, else a near fine copy. Laid in is a typed letter signed by editor Jonathan Galassi to Peter Taylor, soliciting a blurb. Author's first book. # $100 VAUGHN, Elizabeth Dewberry. Many Things Have Happened Since He Died. Garden City: Doubleday (1990). First edition. Cocked, thus very good in near fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author: "for Peter and Eleanor Taylor with gratitude and admiration, Elizabeth Dewberry Vaughn." Georgia author's first book, with a nice association. # $225

55 VON BORCKE, Heros and Justus Scheibert. The Great Cavalry Battle of Brandy Station (June 1863). Winston-Salem, North Carolina: Palaemon Press, Ltd First edition in English. Translated from German with historical commentary by Stuart T. Wright and F.D. Bridgewater, with a Foreword by Bell I. Wiley. Trade paperback. 143pp. Near fine but for some light dampstaining on the rear wrap and some faint waviness to the pages. Inscribed [not to Peter or Eleanor Ross Taylor] by "Stuart," presumably Stuart T. Wright, the translator, with some humorous markings made on the frontispiece (a drawing of some Civil War soldiers), depicting the other contributors as the soldiers in the image. Wright ran a small publishing company, which printed Ross Taylor's poetry collection, New and Selected Poems in One of 1000 copies in a limited first edition. # $85 WARREN, Robert Penn. Selected Poems New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company (1944). First edition. Slight age-toning on the boards, very good or better in a lightly chipped, good dustwrapper. With Peter Taylor's relatively early ownership Signature: "Peter Taylor, Tidworth, April 17, 1945." Taylor was stationed at Camp Tidworth in England during the war. # $600 WARREN, Robert Penn. World Enough and Time. New York: Random House (1950). First edition. Corners a bit bumped, a very good copy in a good, price-clipped dustwrapper. Inscribed by Warren: "To Peter & Eleanor with all best Red Warren. Minneapolis April 7, 1950." A nice association between major Southern authors. # $1,850

56 WARREN, Robert Penn. Brother to Dragons: A Tale in Verse and Voices. (New York): Random House (1953). First edition. Fine in near fine, slightly spine-toned dustwrapper. With the ownership Signature of Eleanor Ross Taylor. # $100 WARREN, Robert Penn. You, Emperors, And Others Poems New York: Random House (1960). First edition. Foxing on the endpapers, else near fine in very good dustwrapper with some small chips. With the bookplate and ownership Signature of Eleanor Ross Taylor. # $125 WARREN, Robert Penn. Wilderness: A Tale of the Civil War. New York: Random House (1961). First edition. Slight foxing on the foredge, else fine in near fine, price-clipped dustwrapper. With the ownership Signature of Peter Taylor. # $350 WARREN, Robert Penn. Incarnations: Poems New York: Random House (1968). First edition. A modest scrape on the front panel, near fine in fine dustwrapper. With the bookplate of Eleanor Ross Taylor. Inscribed by Warren: "For Peter & Eleanor in affection & admiration. Red. Fairfield. November 12, 1968." An exceptional association. # $1,500

57 WARREN, Robert Penn. Or Else: Poem/ Poems New York: Random House (1974). First edition. Some light spotting on the boards, and a couple of small stains at the top of one page, very good in near fine dustwrapper with stains visible only on the interior. Inscribed by Warren: "To Peter & Eleanor in love & admiration. Red. October 5, 1974." # $1,500 WARREN, Robert Penn. A Place To Come To. New York: Random House (1977). First edition. Slight bump at the top of the front board, else near fine in an about fine dustwrapper. Note laid in from a Random House editor to Peter Taylor presenting the book. # $150 WARREN, Robert Penn. Two Poems. (Winston-Salem): Palaemon (1979). First edition. Square 12mo. Marbled papercovered boards as issued. Foxing and fading on the boards. Copy number 152 of 200 numbered copies (of a total edition of 230) Signed by the author. A delicate little volume. # $100 WARREN, Robert Penn. Being Here: Poetry New York: Random House (1980). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author: "To Peter and Eleanor our dear & admired friend. As ever, Red. Fairfield, October 18, 1980." Warren has also corrected an error on the dedication page. # $1,500

58 WARREN, Rosanna. Stained Glass. New York: W. W. Norton & Company (1993). First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author: "for Eleanor and Peter in lifelong affection. Rosanna May 1993." # $125 WATTS, Isaac. Horae Lyricae. Poems, Chiefly of the Lyric Kind. In Three Books. Exeter [New Hampshire]: I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews mo. xxii,[1],24-204pp. Contemporary full speckled sheep, morocco spine label. Front joint cracked but still snug, corners gently bumped, a very good copy. Signed on the front fly leaf by by Nancy Hinsdale, founder of an early educational institution for young women in Pittsfield, Massachusetts (circa 1800), with another early owner's signature on the title page. A handsome early American imprint of Watt's popular collection of poems. Evans # $125 WILEY, Mary Hosmer. Three Short Stories. [Charlottesville, Virginia]: The Author First edition. Fine in wrappers in slightly age-toned near fine dustwrapper. Copy number 23 of 100 numbered copies. Inscribed by the author: "For Roy with the author's love." OCLC locates a single copy, at UVa. # $150

59 WILLIAMS, John. Augustus. (London): Allen Lane (1973). First English edition. Top corners a little bumped, slightly cocked, very good or better in very good dustwrapper. This novel split the National Book Award with John Barth's Chimera. Inscribed by the Texas-born author to the Taylors: "For Eleanor & Peter with great affection John." # $400 WILLIAMS, William Carlos. The Desert Music and Other Poems. New York: Random House (1954). First trade edition. Slightest toning on the boards, else fine in very good dustwrapper with a few short tears. With Peter Taylor's ownership Signature. # $350 WRIGHT, Andrew. Joyce Cary: A Preface to his Novels. New York: Harper & Brothers (1958). First edition. A bit cocked, else near fine in slightly agetoned near fine dustwrapper. Nicely Inscribed by the author: "for Eleanor and Peter with affection from Andy. 19 ii 59." # $125 WRIGHT, Charles. Bloodlines. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press (1975). First edition, hardcover issue. Fine in lightly rubbed about fine dustwrapper with a little foxing on the rear flap fold. # $200

60 WRIGHT, James. Two Citizens. New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux (1973). First edition, hardcover issue. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a tiny tear and very slight spine-toning. With Eleanor Ross Taylor's ownership Signature on the front fly. # $100 YEATS, W.B. Four Plays for Dancers. New York: Macmillan First American edition. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac. 138pp. Very good or better with a previous owner's name on the front paste-down, some offsetting on the rear board and foxing on some early sheets, lacking the dustwrapper. # $75 ZIBART, Carl F. Yesterday's Nashville. Miami: E.A. Seemann Publishing (1976). First edition. Large octavo. Fine in near fine, price-clipped dustwrapper with a little foxing. Inscribed by the author to Peter Taylor: "for Peter who I humbly think is the best short story writer in the country today & best wishes, Carl. Nov 1, 1976." # $125