[Rarebooks] FS: Charles Olson's first book, two copies: one INSCRIBED to Michael Sadleir and the other with a letter, both with prices reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced:    Was $2500   Now  $1750:

OLSON, Charles. CALL ME ISHMAEL. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, (1947). 
First Edition. Author's first book, a study of Melville's MOBY DICK. 
This copy INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the author "for Michael Sadleir/who, 
so early, made Melville/available again to men/With my deep respect/to 
him/Charles Olson/Washington,/May, 1948." Sadleir--publisher, author, 
book collector-- was responsible, along with Raymond Weaver, for the 
resuscitation of Melville's career. Not only did he produce the first 
bibliography of Melville, he also helped produce the first complete 
collected edition of Melville's works, the Constable Edition of the 
1920s which marked the first publication of BILLY BUDD. Very Good in a 
Very Good dustwrapper with some chipping. Superb association. 
(#011605)        $1,750.00
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Price reduced:    Was $1500   Now  $1250:

OLSON, Charles. CALL ME ISHMAEL with an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) 
and a TYPED LETTER SIGNED IN TYPE. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, (1947). 
First Edition. Author's first book, a study of Melville's MOBY DICK. 
This copy with two letters to Richard Tobin, journalist and editor of 
SATURDAY REVIEW, including an AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by the author and 
a TYPED LETTER signed in type by Olson. The holograph letter is 3 pages 
written from Gloucester addressed to Dick and SIGNED "Olson": "This 
scrabbled note-- for a bed!" Most of the @125 word letter, written in 
dark ink, pertains to travel plans and expresses hope of staying with 
Tobin. The typed letter, signed in type as Olson and also addressed to 
Dick from the John Winthrop House in "Cambritch," is 1-page, 
single-spaced, and @300 words. The purpose of the letter is to recommend 
a young journalist, but Olson's jagged sense of humor comes through from 
the first paragraph: "I've got your hat on at this moment. Why? I guess 
cause I just got in. It has a hole in the front and a hole in the back 
cause as you know it was too small and to pull it down over my longer 
and longer hair (I'm cheating the barber for a hell of a good reason - 
no gold) forace has been necessary thus the holes and thus it looks like 
a hat that did come out of the Flood. But thanks anyhow. I've liked it." 
Near the top of the letter is a neat hole representing the hole in the 
hat. Near Fine in a Near Very Good dustwrapper. (#011610)        $1,250.00

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