Robert Bly David Ray (13 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine in original wrappers with brief foxing.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Toning to wraps, else fine. Not marked, but from the collection of William Stafford.

Paperback. 135p., essays, appreciations, critiques, poetry, haiku, photos, bump at head of spine, lightly worn trade paperback literary journal in pictorial wraps.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Madison, MN: The Sixties Press; stated 1967 second printing; 63pp. "This book is a collection of poems and prose pieces that have been chosen by various poets and read by the poets at poetry readings against the Vietnam war. The poets have not gathered to read propagandistic poetry, but to testify by the presence of their bodies on stage that they were opposed to the United States pursuit of the Vietnam War" (rear cover). Contributions and excerpts from poets Walt Whitman, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Denise Levertov, Jacques Prevert, Arthur Rimbaud, political figures ranging from Abraham Lincoln to Hermann Goering, and many more poets and others. List of Sixties Press titles laid-in. Spine is uncreased, binding sturdy. Light corner/edgewear; extensive toning to wraps, mostly along top edge and to/near spine; also liquid damage at tail of spine, affecting bottom edge of text block but not interior, which is free of markings. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Stapled gray wrappers. 47pp. Fine. Four poems by Paul Neruda translated by James Wright and Robert Bly. Some poems by Vincente Huidobro translated by William Witherup and Serge Echeverria. Publisher's letter and subscription card laid in. Other contributors are Greg Kuzma, Ron Welburn, Dave Kelly, James Haining, Stuart Peterfreund, Peter Klappert, Sam Periera, G.S. Sharat Chandra, David Ray, Robert Bly, Dan Gerber, Peter Wild, Clarence Major, Stephan Taugher, William Witherup, Orville Hayden, Pat Garvey, James Tipton, D.V. Smith, and Peter Cooley.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Madison, MN: The Sixties Press; stated 1967 second printing; 63pp. "This book is a collection of poems and prose pieces that have been chosen by various poets and read by the poets at poetry readings against the Vietnam war. The poets have not gathered to read propagandistic poetry, but to testify by the presence of their bodies on stage that they were opposed to the United States pursuit of the Vietnam War" (rear cover). Contributions and excerpts from poets Walt Whitman, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Denise Levertov, Jacques Prevert, Arthur Rimbaud, political figures ranging from Abraham Lincoln to Hermann Goering, and many more poets and others. List of Sixties Press titles laid-in. Spine is uncreased, binding sturdy. Light corner/edgewear; age-toning to spine. Interior is free of markings. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 9.5 x 5.5", pict grey wraps, 63pp, covers rubbed, spine badly sunned, extremities a bit worn, pp a bit used. Second Edition (leaving out EE Cummings' material that had to be expunged after printing). With a pamphlet advertising the William Duffy and Robert Bly literary magazine "The Sixties" (unevenly toned, tears to upper edges).

softcover. Condition: very good. second printing. Tan illustrated wrappers. 63pp. Some toning to back cover. Poems and prose pieces by General Araki,Abraham Lincoln, Galway Kinnell, Robert Duncan, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Adolph Hitler, John Kennedy, Louis Simpson, David Ray, Herman Goering, William Stafford, Robinson Jeffers, I.F.Stone, George Hitchcock, Lyndon Johnson, Walt Whitman, James Wright, Robert Peterson, Robert Creeley, Denise Levertov, Jacques Prevert, Thucydides and Others.

Small 8vo. Pp: 63. Original blue and white printed wraps with white lettering, blue lettering to spine and back. This is the expurgated first edition, there is a sticker on the half-title page that reads, "The blacked-out spaces are in mourning for the poems of E.E. Cummings, for which permission was refused by Harcourt Brace." Cummings name and two of his poems have been blacked out as his widow withdrew permission after printing, and two pages have been cut out from the book, as issued. This is a review copy with a review slip inserted at the front. Binding is visible at the front endpapers, else internally clean, there is toning to the spine and back cover of the book with some marks else very good condition.

20, 25-63 pp. Printed wrappers. A very good copy. With a poem by Göran Sonnevi (Goran Sonnevi).This is the expurgated edition, with sticker on the half-title page that reads, "The blacked-out spaces are in mourning for the poems of E.E. Cummings, for which permission was refused by Harcourt Brace." His name and two of his poems have been blacked out, and two pages have been cut out from the book, as issued.

First Edition. First edition. Expurgated due to lack of permission to include Cummings poems. This copy with formerly blacked-out portions on cover and several pages softened to gray so that while a tad messy they are nonetheless readable. Collects poems and prose by Bly, Ray, Cummings, Jeffers ("To Kill in War Is Not Murder"), Galway Kinnell, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, JFK, William Stafford, LBJ, Robert Creeley, et al. 8vo off-white paperwraps printed in blue and white; 63 pages; label on copyright page reading, "The blacked-out spaces are in mourning for/ the poems of E. E. Cummings, for which permis-/ sion was refused by Harcourt Brace" and pages 21-24 excised as called for. Formerly blacked-out portions softened to gray are Cummings' permission credit on copyright page; quote, p.15 ("a politician is an arse upon."); final 3 stanzas of poem, p.25 (from "I Sing of Olaf Glad and Big); and poem, p.41 ("Next to of course God"). Near fine with tiny chip to lower front corner. Re-set and re-published the following year without the Cummings material. This first, expurgated edition relatively scarce. TOGETHER WITH prospectus/subscription form for "The Sixties" magazine edited by Bly and William Duffy (formerly "The Fifties") which is laid in at rear. Single 9.5 x 8.25" leaf folded once to make 4 pages including covers; off-white paper, printed in black. Fine.

First edition, first printing Interesting issue edited by two friends Robert Bly and David Ray. Legend has it that the two editors had permission to publish E.E. Cummings and then at the last moment after publication, permission was removed by E.E. Cummings and this is indicated by hand with all black out lines and black out with two pages removed. This is the expurgated edition. From the library of poet William Matthews who has fully signed the opening flyleaf as a young man: "William P. Matthews III" dated 1966. Good wraps with overall gentle use and light tanning to back cover. It has been read and loved.

First Edition. Softcover, with publisher's prospectus for The Sixties laid in. Octavo (21cm); blue paper wrappers; [4],5-63,[1]pp. This edition includes a black-out effect to front wrapper and throughout text, as the "The blackout spaces are in mourning for the poems of E.E. Cummings, for which permission was refused by Harcout Brace" (see copyright page). Lightly tanned, with modest shelf-wear and -soil; Very Good. Collection of verse includes Lawrence Ferlinghetti's "Where Is Vietnam?", William Strafford's "Watching the Jet Planes Dive", and Robert Creeley's "For No Clear Reason". [87998].