william duffy editors (5 Ergebnisse)

First edition. Near fine in wrappers. Contributors: Fourteen German poets, James Wright, Donald Hall, etc. Bly on Robert Lowell, Henry Taylor's parody "James Dickey in Orbit," etc.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 84 pages. First edition. Winter 1964. Contributors include Pablo Neruda, Russel Edson, Cesar Vallejo, Vincente Huidobro and James Dickey. Parodies of James Dickey by Crunk and Howard Nemerov by Henry S. Taylor. The Blue Toad awarded to Arthur Mizener. Fine book in wrappers. A beautiful copy!

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Small quarto, 60 pages. Illustrated wrappers. Two tiny tears to the right side of front wrapper, otherwise fine. - First edition. Inscribed by Robert Bly on index page: Best Wishes RB. Summary: Some New American Poets: James Wright, Margaret Scheinin, Robert Bly, Jerome Rothenberg, George Kresensky; Some thoughts on Lorca and Rene Char; Poems of Paul Celan; The Necessity of Rejecting a Shakespeare Sonnet; Poems of Mirko Tuma; The Work of Donald Hall, - Crunk; Four City Poems: Louis Simpson, David Ignatov, Denise Levertov; Note on Hydrogen Bomb testing; Madame Tussauds Wax Museum; The other Night of the Blue Toad; Paul Celan; Mirko Tuma; American Contributors. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. Nine Issues, all softcovers, with publisher's promotional materials laid in. Nine Octavo issues (21.5cm); paper pictorial wrappers. Full pagination available upon request. Occasional pencilled prices to front covers and title pages. All issues lightly spine-sunned, with modest shelf-wear and -soil; overall Very Good. Issues continued from the 1950s to 1970s, with many introducing European poets in translations, parodies, and sometimes occasional reviews of contemporary poets. Contributions by Denise Levertov, John Haines, Phyllis Onstott Arone, and more. [88733].

3 volumes, complete; 8½" x 5½" (first two issues), 8?" x 5?" (third issue); pp. 52; 56; 60; very good in original printed wrappers; staples showing through the front cover on the inaugural issue, but not the first issue as described by Gustfason where the staples were through the wrappers; this copy inscribed by Bly, but Bly (or possibly someone else) has crossed out the 3-line inscription on the first leaf, but has left the name "R. Bly." The crossout is in the same blue ink so it seems likely it was crossed out by Bly. On the front cover in pencil, also in Bly's hand, are the words: "No good." Continues publication in 1960 as The Sixties. Nos. Four- [ten]. Madison, Minnesota: The Sixties Press, 1960-68. 7 volumes complete; 8½" x 5?" (nos. 4-7), 8?" x 5?" (nos. 8-10); pp. 68; 90; 80; 84; 102, 80; 79, [1]; very good in original printed wrappers; laid into no. 4 is an order form and prospectus single sheet printed both sides on blue paper; laid into no. 5 is a bifoliate prospectus and order form printed on white paper, as well as a duplicate of the order form and prospectus single sheet printed both sides on blue paper; no. 6 with a previous owner's name "Kurzon" on the first page, and with a pre-paid envlope for ordering laid in. Nos. 4 and 5 edited by Bly and Duffy, thereafter by Bly alone. Continues publication in 1972 as The Seventies. No. 1 (all published). Edited by Robert Bly. Madison, Minnesota: The Seventies Press, 1972. 8½" x 5?", pp. 95, [1]; very good in original printed wrappers. After The Seventies, no. 1 the magazine ceased publication until 2001 when no. 1 of The Thousands was issued in honor of Bly's 75th birthday. This issue is not present here, otherwise complete. The first 11 issues of this major poetry journal, with contributions by the editors as well as Henri Michaux, Gary Snyder, Donald Hall, W. D. Snodgrass, Gunnar Ekelof, Robert Creeley, James Wright, Mirko Tuma, David Ignatow, Denise Levertov, Enrique González Martínez, Antonio Machado, Federico García Lorca, George Kresenky, Pablo Neruda, Thomas McGrath, James Dickey, Galway Kinnell, Cesar Vallejo, Tomas Transtromer, and others. Gustafson A1-A11; for the ephemera see Gustfason C10, C17, and C23.