The hermit at dawn
Minneapolis: The Guthrie Theatre, 2006. Broadside (approx. 9½" x 8"), printed in yellow and black; fine. Printed in commoration of Bly's 80th birthday. Designed and printed by Robert Johnson. More
Minneapolis: The Guthrie Theatre, 2006. Broadside (approx. 9½" x 8"), printed in yellow and black; fine. Printed in commoration of Bly's 80th birthday. Designed and printed by Robert Johnson. More
[Duluth]: Knife River Press, 1974. Edition limited to 500 copies, small 8vo, pp. [16]; woodcut by Ann Jenkins; fine in original blue printed wrappers. The first 50 were signed by Bly, but not this. More
[Santa Barbara: Unicorn Press, 1968. Broadside, approx. 18" x 13" letterpress printed, with a blue and yellow silkscreen by Vanden Berg; not examined out of frame; fine. Signed by Bly and printed in a limited but unspecified number. Number 2 in the first series of "Unicorn Broadsheets." More
[Minneapolis]: Coffee House Press, 1988. Edition limited to 50 copies (this, out-of-series), 11" x 15" poetry broadside, two color, printed to celebrate the rehearsal dinner for the marriage of Lori Lynn Larsen to Sam W. Grabarski, Jr. More
[Santa Cruz: Kayak Books, 1970]. The second, revised and enlarged edition, 8vo, pp. [2], 43, [3]; 12 full-page illustrations by Tomie de Paola, printed paper wrappers toned at the edges, owner's signature of the poet John Rezmerski on inner front conver, near fine. More
[Stockholm]: Midnight Paper Sales, 2005. Edition limited to 150 copies signed by Bly on the title page, and by the printer, Gaylord Schanilec, on the colophon (this being no. 10); oblong 8vo, pp. [38]; title page printed in yellow and black, 3 full-page color wood engravings by Schanilec; the beautiful..... More
[New York: Red Ozier Press, 1979]. Edition limited to 205 copies signed by Bly (this, no. 150); 8vo, pp. [20]; erratum slip laid in; prospectus laid in; printed in yellow, blue and black; illustrated title and half-title by Marta Anderson; original brown wrappers with blindstamped gray dust jacket. Fine copy..... More
Madison, MN: Sixties Press, n.d., [ca. 1962]. Broadsheet, approx. 8¼" x 5¼", printed on green paper; some toning, else fine. Announcing ten poetry publications from the press, including works by Pablo Neruda, James Wright, James Dickey, and Robert Bly, some, apparently, not published. Order form on the verso, and with..... More
Madison, MN: The Sixties Press, 1966. 8vo, pp. 102; red pictoral paper wrappers; annotation in pencil on one page; spine faded, else fine. Contributions from Robert Bly, James Wright, Donald Hall, together with the work from 14 German poets, including Bertolt Brecht, Herman Hesse, and Rainer Maria Rilke. Although not..... More
West Branch, Iowa: Toothpaste Press, [1981]. 4.5" x 7.5" press anouncement for Canciones, translated by Robert Bly. More
n.p., n.d. [privately printed], [1969]. Likely the second printing, 16mo (approx. 5½" x 4¼"); pp. [8]; printed from typescript in blue ink; self-wrappers; fine. "This booklet is a gift, and not to be sold." Ten haiku by the 19th-century Japanese master (1763-1827) as translated by Bly. Gustafson B12b. More
Vol. 2, no. 2 Winter: 1969. Special issue devoted entirely to Bly, the whole edited by Stephen Mooney; 8vo, pp. 60; printed wrappers; very good. Inscribed by Bly : "For Carl - some new prose poems in here. Affectionately Robert." Ownership signature of Carl Rakosi on upper wrap. Very good..... More
[Austin, Texas: Cold Mountain Press, 1973]. Folded broadsheet approx. 14" x 7", folding down into thirds (5" x 7") and enclosing a series of 10 postcards ("Series I, nos. 1-10), each with a Cold Mountain Press Poetry Card and dated 1973, including those from Denise Levertov, Donald Hall, William Stafford..... More