STEVENS, Wallace (1879-1955). 14 books by Wallace Stevens. Mostly New York: 1931-1989.

Including first editions, plus proof and review copies and two association copies. Comprises:

1. Harmonium. Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. “Second edition,” but first thus, with alterations. One of 500 copies in the first binding. Dust jacket.

2. Harmonium. Alfred A. Knopf, 1931. “Second edition,” but first thus, with alterations. One of 500 copies in the first binding. Association copy. Provenance: James Laughlin, 1914-1997, poet and publisher.

3. Ideas of Order. Alfred A. Knopf, 1936. Rare, second binding.

4. Transport to Summer. Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. Dust jacket, glassine.

5. Transport to Summer. Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. Association copy. Provenance: Alfred Kreymborg, 1883-1996, poet (ownership inscription, reader’s marks). Custom quarter morocco box.

6. The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens. Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. 1 of 2500 copies of the first edition, this one marked as a “Printer’s Copy.” Dust jacket (toned, shelf-worn).

7. Opus Posthumous. Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. Original page proofs, with a few production markings, dated in pencil 24 June 1957. Loose in sheets with dust jacket. Custom clamshell box.

8. Opus Posthumous. Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. Dust jacket.

9. Mattino Domenicale. Torino: Einaudi, [1963]. Original wrappers (light staining). Custom box.

10. "An Ordinary Evening in New Haven," in Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. Sesquicentennial Celebration. New Have, CT: Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1949. First appearance of this poem, written specially for the occasion. Original printed wrappers.

11. Four others, three trade editions and one 1975 exhibition catalogue in wrappers, "Thirteen Ways of Looking at Wallace Stevens," Huntington.

Together, 14 volumes. Original cloth or boards except as noted; dust jackets as noted. Condition varies; overall, very good and the jackets generally about fine.