Annandale-on-Hudson: Matter, 1968. First edition, oblong 8vo, unpaged; text printed from typescript on double leaves; original purple printed wrappers, yapp edges; near fine. An early poetry collection by an American molecular biologist. More
Boston: Richard G. Badger The Gorham Press, 1906. First edition, 12mo, pp. 114; title-page vignette; original gray paper-covered boards, spine and upper cover gilt; near fine. More
Long Beach, CA: published by the author, 1967. Oblong chapbook, 8.5 x 11 inches, 26 foliated leaves, 2 illustrated plates; staple bound with cardboard lower cover and white paper upper cover. Textblock browned, slight wear to covers, overall very good. Although not stated, this is from the library of Israel... More
New York: Caterpillar Press, 1967. One of 300 multilithed copies, 4to, 7 leaves, text printed on recto only, staplebound in blue paper wrappers. Light fading and wear to edges, fine. Although not stated, this is from the library of Israel "Izzy" Young, former owner of the Folklore Center in Greenwich Village, New York. More
Baltimore: James Young, 1873. 8vo, pp. 168, [2], 9 (index), [1]; 2 engraved portrait plates, text illustrations, many full-page, throughout; contemporary green cloth, upper cover lettered in silver, gilt-lettered spine; bottom half of upper joint broken, edges rubbed, front hinge rather weak. Promotional item from the Baltimore Telegram with their... More
Harper Woods, MI: Adagio Press, 1982. Edition limited to approximately 200 copies signed by Bahr (this, no. 16), 8vo, pp. [32]; printed in red, black and blue; fine copy in original brown printed wrappers, publisher's mailing envelope with this title printed on the address panel. Original prospectus laid in. More
London: Oxford University Press, 1925. 8vo, pp. lvi, 453, [1]; portrait frontispiece, 15 plates; original blue cloth, upper cover and spine stamped in gilt; bookplates on both pastedowns; about fine. More
London: Eric Partridge Limited at the Scholartis Press, 1933. One of the last titles produced by the Scholartis Press. Edition limited to 240 numbered copies, 8vo, pp. 37, [3]; art vellum covers, printed paper label, unopened; light wear to edges, near fine. More
London: Eric Partridge at the Scholartis Press, 1930. Edition limited to 260 copies, 8vo, pp. xvii, [1], 103, [1]; original full black cloth, title gilt direct on spine, t.e.g., corrigenda slip laid in; bookseller's label on pastedown, very good. Presentation copy from Blakeney inscribed, "From EHB 1930" on flyleaf. More
N.p. Jan., 1883. Two-page autograph poem on a12mo bifolium, spine reinforced with small strip of linen, very good. A 21-line poem in 3 stanzas first published in "The Century Magazine," January, 1883, and again in his "Selected Poems" (1901). In fact, the author has written "Century, Jan. 1883" below his signature. More
Homestead, Fla. Olivant Press, Winter, 1967-8. 4to, pp. 44; printed from typescript on pink paper; staple-bound; original printed wrappers slightly soiled; very good. Art and drawings by James Lassiter. Contributions by Charles Bukowski, Harvey Tucker, Tuli Kupferberg, Harold Briggs, and others. Although not stated, this is from the library of... More
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, [1972]. Second edition, large 8vo, pp. xvi, [2], 420; photographic frontispiece portrait; fine in original charcoal gray cloth lettered in gilt on front cover and spine. Detailed and authoritative entries. More
New York: Interim Books, 1964. First edition, staplebound pamphlet, 9 x 6 inches, pp. 48; white printed paper wrappers; fine with light sunning to spine and minor wear to top wrapper edges. Although not stated, this is from the library of Israel "Izzy" Young, former owner of the Folklore Center... More
Austin, TX: W. Thomas Taylor, 1985. Edition limited to 1000 copies, tall 8vo, pp. [2], xi, [1], 105, [1]; woodblock vignette on title page, 31 facsimile plates; original tan buckram, spine stamped, fine in fine paper-covered slipcase. More
[Iowa City]: privately printed, 1964. Edition limited to 100 copies printed at the Prairie Press, 8vo, pp. 18, [1]; fine in orig. blue printed wrappers. The author's addressograph imprint is on the rear wrapper, as is true with at least one other copy we know. Query: Are other copies so issued? Cheever 142. More
[Iowa City]: privately printed {Prairie Press}, 1964. Edition limited to 100 copies, 8vo, pp. 18, [1]; fine in orig. blue printed wrappers. The author's addressograph imprint is on the rear wrapper, as is true with at least one other copy we know. Query: Are other copies so issued? Cheever 142. More
London: Reeves & Turner, 1892. First edition, square 8vo, pp. xi, [1], 125, [1]; original terracotta buckram lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; spine sunned, else near a near fine, largely unopened copy. Colbeck I, p. 73. 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 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
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
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
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
