Fifties Third Issue by Bly Robert (7 results)

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

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).

Softcover. Octavo, 60 pages. In Good condition. Spine is red with black lettering.Wraps have mild general soiling, mild shelving wear along extremities, open tearing along rear head fore corner, moderate general sun fading, and moderate liquid staining along tail edges; front cover nearly completely detached, binding exposed at spine head. Text block edges mildly age toned and scuffed; first and last pages of interior severely age toned (text legible). Shelved Room B. 1395145. Special Collections.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 8.5 x 5.5", pict wraps, 60pp, covers rubbed and unevenly sunned, extremities bumped and worn, minor chipping to spine ends and top forecorner of front cover, first and last pp toned, contents good. Poems by James Wright, Robert Bly, Louis Simpson, David Ignaow, Denise Levertov, an article on Donald Hall, etc. INSCRIBED "At the suggestion of John Beecher" AND SIGNED BY ROBERT BLY at the top of the toned contents page.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Periodical edited by Robert Bly and William Duffy which eventually mutated into one called *The Sixties.* Promotional material laid in. Light sunning on the spine, near fine. Inscribed by Bly in a tiny hand: "For Mr. Trask, Robert Bly." This issue features Bly, James Wright, Jerome Rothenberg, Denise Levertov, David Ignatow and Louis Simpson.

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.