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
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The hockey poem
[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
In a boat on Big Stone Lake / for Jack Maguire
[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
A Man and a Woman Sit Near Each Other
[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
The morning glory, another thing that will never be my friend
[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
Turkish pears in August. Twenty ramages
[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
Books of the Sixties Press
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
The sixties. Number 8. Twenty-six German poems
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
The thousands. A magazine of poetry and general opinion. Number one
Minneapolis: The Thousands Press, 2001. First edition, 8vo, pp. 96; fine in original red pictorial wrappers. This copy inscribed by Bly: "For John, a gift for Jones Ruden, fondly, Robert." Among the contributors are James Wright (a newly discovered poem), Louis Jenkins, Tomas Transtromer, and Bly himself. More
Antonio Machado. Canciones...
West Branch, Iowa: Toothpaste Press, [1981]. 4.5" x 7.5" press anouncement for Canciones, translated by Robert Bly. More
Issa. Ten poems. English versions by Robert Bly
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
Tennessee Poetry Journal.
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
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