Robert Bly Editor David Ray (3 results)

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.

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.

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.