Sale 2478 - 19th & 20th Century Literature, May 15, 2018

1 c   ASHBERY, JOHN. Some Trees. 8vo, publisher’s black cloth, spine titles gilt; unclipped dust-jacket, spine panel tanned, two 5mm closed tears at top edge. Fine copy in near-fine jacket. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1956 [400/600] first edition , presentation copy inscribed : “for David Nielsen / John Ashbery / KGB [almost certainly referencing the New York City bar of the same name] 10/18/99.” Ex-collection Donald M. Allen with his erased but still visible pencil signature on the front endpaper, editor of the influential anthology, The New American Poetry 1945-1960, that featured various post-war non- academic schools of poetry in the United States. 1 Images of each lot can be found at swanngalleries.com 2 c   ASIMOV, ISAAC. The Bicentennial Man. 8vo, publisher’s gold paper covered boards; dust jacket, light rubbing to spine panel ends with small abrasion near head. first edition , the dedication copy , warmly inscribed and signed by asimov to “Judy-Lynn [del Rey]” in the year of publication. Fine in near fine jacket. (ESS) Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1976 [300/400] 3 c   ASIMOV, ISAAC. The End of Eternity. 8vo, publisher’s black cloth, spine stamped in red; unclipped dust jacket, trace of rubbing to spine panel tips and flap folds; internally clean and unmarked. first edition , presentation copy , inscribed : “For Stanley [Simon] / Isaac Asimov / 2 July 1983.” A bright crisp copy in unfaded jacket. (ESS) Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1955 [500/750] 2 3