William Duffy Editors (10 results)

Softcover. Condition: Good+. No Edition Stated. Mild toning, some creasing to corners, 1/4" tear and tiny nick to bottom spine edges, spine wrinkled, light stain to front cover ; 68 pages.

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.

Literary magazine An anthology of French Poetry, 19th anad 20th century. Plus some notes on French poetry by Robert Bly. Near fine illustrated wraps with strong square spine and clean text throughout. Review copy with publisher's sheets enclosed. Trifle chipping to top edge, nothing offensive.

Soft cover. Condition: 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.…

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Reprint. This quarterly publication is clean and unmarked in very good condition. Third Issue. Reprint. 60 pages.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Reprint. Two corners have small moisture stain. Otherwise this quarterly publication is clean and unmarked in very good condition.Second Issue. Reprint. 56 pages.

Card Covers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 68 pages, original card covers as issued. From the collection of Prof. Charles Tomlinson, 1927-2015, English poet, translator, academic, and illustrator. He retired, Emeritus Professor, having spent thirty-six years in the English Department of Bristol University. Over 30 volumes of his work were published before his death, and 7 works have been published about the man and his writing. Size: 14 x 22 cms. Category: Varied Booklets; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st. 1st printing; orange printed wraps; 60 clean, unmarked pages; includes; Four City Poems (Loujis Simpson, Denise Livertow, David Ignatow) New American Poems (James Wright, Margaret Scheinin, Robert Bly, Jerome Rothenberg, George Kresenky); Thoughts on Lorca and Rene Char; Poems of Paul Celan, Oioems of Mirko Tuma; Crunk (WOrk of Donald Hall); Note on Hydrogen Bomb Testing; Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum, Diana Trilling (the Other night in Heaven); Etc.…

Soft cover. Condition: 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). …

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.…