CARMAN, Bliss and Mary Perry King

Earth Deities and Other Rhythmic Masques

1914. CARMAN, Bliss and Mary Perry King. EARTH DEITIES and Other Rhythmic Masques. New York: Mitchell Kennerly, 1914. First edition. 8vo. blue cloth, lettered in gilt, t.e.g. photo frontispiece. Just lightly bumped at the bottom opening corners, with a touch of shelfwear to cloth at the edges. Slight offsetting to endpapers. A near fine copy overall, in a dust jacket with moderate overall soil, light scuffing, a few nicks and small chips, including one which just barely affects the title type at the front panel. Scarce in the dust jacket. (BAL 2712). .

Boston Book CompanyProfessional seller

Book number: 73730

(Carman, Bliss). King, Mary Perry.

Autograph Letter Signed by Mary Perry King with Whom the Poet Bliss Carman Is Said to Have Been Involved in "Something Close to a Menage a Trois".

New Canaan, Connecticut, March 3, 1919. 1919. - Three pages penned on a sheet of folded 7-7/8 inch high by 5-5/8 inch wide "Sunshine House" stationery. Mary Perry King thanks the American lecture impressario James B. Pond of the Pond Bureau for the list of "attractions" which he sent her. She took friends to Mr. Nichols' recital which they " enjoyed very much indeed. Some things - he reads hauntingly." [i.e. WW1 poet Robert Nichols] She was, however, disappointed that Pond had not sent her tickets as she'd asked "I could have used six more tickets if they had been sent to New Canaan as I asked. I left town immediately upon writing Mr. Nichols and only returned late the night before the Recital - to find that no tickets - nor any word had been sent.." She mentions her series at the Anderson Galleries and concludes by suggesting that if Pond wishes to consider it, she would be glad to talk with him concerning her programs "at any possible time that you may appoint." Signed in full "Mary Perry King". Folded once for mailing. Near fine. One of the leading proponents of oral rhythmics Mary Perry King (1865-1939) taught speech and posture to many leading actors of her day. She met the Canadian poet Bliss Carman (1861-1929) in 1896, becoming his patron and the greatest female influence on the poet's life. According to Mitchell Kennerley, Bliss Carman's roomate, "On rare occasions they had intimate relations at 10 E. 16 which they always advised me by leaving a bunch of violets - Mary Perry's favorite flower - on the pillow of my bed." According to Kennerley, her husband Dr. Morris L. King did not object and "even supported her involvement in the career of Bliss Carman to the extent that the situation developed into something close to a menage a trois". Through Mary, Bliss Carman became an advocate of Delsarte's philosophy of "unitrinianism". Carman moved in 1908 to live near the King's New Canaan estate "Sunshine House", and even spent the Summers in a cabin near the couple's Summer home in the Catskills. Mary Perry King co-authored "Earth deities and other rhythmic masques" and "Daughters of Dawn: A lyrical pageant.." with Carman. Fine .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 96225

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; MARY PERRY KING; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; 1ST EDITION; BLISS CARMAN; ORAL RHYTHMICS; JAMES POND; THE POND BUREAU; NICHOLS RECITAL; UNITRINIANISM; SUNSHINE HOUSE; POE

DEQUINCEY, THOMAS (AUTHOR); PERRY, BLISS (EDITOR)

Little Masterpieces: Thomas Dequincey [Selected Writings from Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and More]

New York: Doubleday & McClure Co, 1901. Hardcover. A 1901 edition in this collection of selected writings by the noted English essayist. Includes selections from his landmark: "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater" among others. With black and white frontis portrait of the author, as well as a brief introduction by editor Bliss Perry. An entry in the publisher's "Little Masterpieces" series of noted works in compact size. --- In full red cloth-covered boards with titling and decorations in gilt on spine; publisher's blindstamped vignette to front cover. Lacks a dust jacket (likely as issued). --- The frontis tissue guard is missing, spine has darkened and gilt titling could be brighter, otherwise a sound, attractive copy.; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; xix, 157 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

Bluebird BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 79443

Keywords: >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir >>Philosophy/Psychology/Thought

Perry, Bliss

The American Spirit in Literature : A Chronicle of Great Interpreters The Chronicles of America series, vol. 34

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1920. Hardcover. 281p. illus. Very good condition .

Brookline Village BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 33129

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: American Literature Literary Criticism

Perry, Bliss

American Spirit in Literature a Chronicle of Great Interpreters

New Haven, CT: Yale Univeristy Press, 1921. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Fep, title page and table of contents have letters colored in with pencil.

Gibson's BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 5962

Catalogue: Literature::american Literature Anthologies

Keywords: Perry, Bliss Literature American Literature

Bliss Perry

The American Spirit in Literature (Chronicles of America #34)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. The Abraham Lincoln Edition. 281p. A SPECTACULAR COPY IN EXTREMELY FINE CONDITION WITH THE ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET. A true rarity, this book is in virtually new condition, having been in storage for many years, untouched and unhandled. The red decorated cloth covers are as bright and fresh as when first published. The original paper jacket shows only mild shelf wear. A magnificent copy of this volume from the famous Chronicles of America series. While volumes from the series are not uncommon, it is truly rare to find one in this condition. As New .

Kubik Fine Books Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 196361

Catalogue: American History

Perry, Bliss

"Florence Nightingale" in Youth's Companion (May 13, 1920)

Boston, Perry Mason, 1920. First Edition. 0 pp. Soft cover. Near fine in original wrappers. Center crease. Near Fine.

Library Books / Clayton Fine BooksProfessional seller

Book number: b40632

Perry, Bliss,

And Gladly Teach: reminiscences.

NY, Houghton Mifflin, (1935). G. Edge wear, fraying at spine ends, binding & gilt lettering rubbed, owner stamp & inscription fep, foxing back of frontis.

Crabtree's Collection Old BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS028386I

Catalogue: Biography

Perry, Bliss editor

Hawthorne

Garden City, NY: Nelson Doubleday, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket; Exlibrary with markings. Edgewear; Pocket University; Ex-Library; 145 pages.

Gibson's BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 69605

Catalogue: Biography::Writers

Keywords: Pocket University Perry, Bliss Hawthorne, Nathaniel Essays Author American Literature

Perry, Bliss, edited with an introduction and notes by,

The Heart of Emerson's Essays: selection from his complete works.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1933. 1st ed. VG in G DJ. Perry, Professor Emeritus of English Literature at Harvard University has compiled this selection of 21 representative. essays with an illuminating introduction, including a brief biographical sketch. Perry has also written "The Heart of Emerson's Journals." DJ edge wear.

Crabtree's Collection Old BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS052559I

Catalogue: Philosophy

Perry, Bliss

"An Incorrigible Poet" in Scribner's (January, 1894)

First Edition. 0 pp. Near fine in original wrappers with light edgewear and a chip at the foot of the spine.

Library Books / Clayton Fine BooksProfessional seller

Book number: b6293

Perry, Bliss,

Park- Street Papers.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Pages unopened (a rarity for an Ex-lib book). ; Ex-Library; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 277 pages. Very Good+.

The Complete Traveller Antiquarian BookstoreProfessional seller

Book number: 17756

Catalogue: Biography

Perry, Bliss, & Henry Van Dyke, edited by,

The Pocket University: vols. IV, V, VII, VIII, XV, X, XXII, XIII, XIV, XX, XXI, XXII,.

NY, Doubleday, 1926. VG. 12 volumes of literature, poetry. Vol. XIII has damage to spine, vol. V & VII have damp stains. Otherwise VG. Top edge gilt, navy blue binding, gilt decoration on ft cover.

Crabtree's Collection Old BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS029810I

Catalogue: Literature

PERRY, BLISS

Pools and Ripples

USA, Little, Brown, and Co. 1927. Hardcover. Book, Boards have edgewear, heavy at corners. Interior is clean. Good/No Jacket.

Rainy Day BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 045927

Catalogue: Fishing

Bliss Perry

Richard Henry Dana 1851-1931

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1933. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 265p. A black cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Light scratch marks on front cover. Owner's address label inside front cover; otherwise, text clean and binding secure. A biography of the American civil service reformer, a leader of the Mugwumps. .

Kubik Fine Books Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 177740