Henry's fate.
New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, [1977]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xviii, 93, [1]; fine in jacket. Previous owner's name in ink on front free endpaper. More
New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, [1977]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xviii, 93, [1]; fine in jacket. Previous owner's name in ink on front free endpaper. More
New York: Farrar, Straus, and Cudahy, [1956]. First edition, first printing, 8vo, pp. [47]; 10 illus. in text throughout; fine copy in a near fine jacket with 2 short breaks at the top of the spine at folds. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Illustrations by Ben Shahn. Stefanik..... More
New York: William Sloane Associates, [1950]. Second printing, 8vo, pp. [2], xv, [3], 347; frontispiece, very good copy in jacket, slightly torn at top and bottom edge. Berryman's contribution to the American Men of Letters Series. Stefanik, A 6.I.b. More
[Newcastle upon Tyne]: Galloping Dog Press, 1985. First edition, wrapper issue; 8vo, pp. [6], 66, [6]; fine copy in original printed wrappers. This copy with a greeting card from the author laid in, dated British Columbia, 1989: "Dear Allan Kornblum, I waited for the dust to settle, then I called..... More
[Boulder, Colorado]: Hollowdeck Press, [2008]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], 96; near fine copy in original printed wrappers. This copy signed by Birman on the title page and ostensibly copy no. 45 of 100 so signed per the ink annotation on the copyright page. More
Philadelphia & New York: J.B. Lippincott Co., [1972]. First edition, 8vo., jacket slightly chipped at top of spine; fine in near fine jacket. Signed by author. More
New York: McGraw-Hill, [1965]. First edition, 8vo., rear panel of jacket has small enclosed hole & is chipped at fore-edge and tail; else near fine. More
[Northampton, Mass.]: Mulch Press, [1975]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [6], 56, [2]; 10 illustrations from photographs; near fine in original pictorial wrappers with illustrations by Henri Matisse. From the library of Allan Kornblum, poet, fine press printer, and publisher who founded the Toothpaste Press and Coffee House Press. Woodward A-16..... More
London & New York: Grossman Publishing Inc. in association with Cape Goliard Press, 1968. First edition, wrapper issue (one of 3500); large 8vo, pp. [64]; 4 illustrations by Michelle Stuart; near fine in original pictorial wrappers with original plastic overlay. Allan Kornblum's copy with his ownership signature on the flyleaf..... More
Cummington, Mass. Cummington Press, 1947. First edition limited to 310 copies, (this no. 185) and one of 270 on Etruria paper; 8vo, pp. 39, [1]; original black cloth-backed paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spine; binding slightly stressed at p. [8-9], otherwise a near fine copy. From the library of..... More
Cummington, Mass. Cummington Press, 1947. First edition limited to 310 copies, this one of 40 numbered in roman numerals (no. XXV) printed on Arches paper, and signed by the author; 8vo, pp. 39, [1]; original full brown buckram, leather labels lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine; fine copy..... More
Madison, WI: Quixote, 1968. 8vo, 9 x 7 inches, pp. [72]; staple-bound; white printed wrappers, very good with black ink smudge to back wrapper and some light aging and shelfwear. Letters from Blazek to Cauble, Pete Larouche, Willie, and Brown Miller. Blazek (born 1941) is a Polish-American poet and editor..... More
New York: Whisper Shit Press, 1966. 4to, pp. 86; illustrated; staple-bound in yellow pictorial wrappers; wear along edges and cover, stain along bottom fore-edge and lower cover; a few tears along the spine; very good. Includes poems by Charles Bukowski, Clarence Major, Douglas Blazek and Harvy Tucker, among others. Also..... More
Minneapolis: Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 1989. Edition limited to 310 copies, this one of 275 signed by Carol Bly (this, no. 197), 8vo, pp. [2], 34, [5]; accordion fold; folding wrap-around pictorial gray paper wrappers by Jill Jevne, designed and printed by Gaylord Schanilec "with a gang of interns"..... 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
[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: 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
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