Bly Robert Editors Translators (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. Small hardcover. LOC no. 61-9805. 8vo (5.5 x 8.5 in.) Plain black cloth with stamped gilt spine titling. Boards are thin material, still sturdy and clean. Jacket is white with red and black lettering. Graphical image on cover, additional publisher offerings listed on rear. It has noticeable surface wear and is missing paper and the top and bottom of spine. One small separation on spine along with a closed tear. Plain endpapers. 61 pp. Pages are slightly aged, free of markings. Trakl was German and committed suicide at the age of 27. His poems fill the reader with mental images, mostly of nature. Bly and Wright edited and translated poems from the German and both present short essays on Trakl and his work. German and English text face each other throughout. A rare book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. 103 pages in very good condition. Pages are unmarked with black and white illustrations throughout. Page 44 and 45 have some sticky residue that has caused some tearing. Maroon endpapers. Page edges are lightly marked. Bound in maroon cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Lightly faded around the edges. Red and beige dustjacket in very good condition. Lightly bumped around the edges. 1ST EDITION. NPC. VG+/VG+ Size: 5 1/2 x 7 1/2. Book. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Association Copy. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by Robert Bly on front endpaper, "For Willis | with Thanks! | Robert". From the collection of noted poet and translator Willis Barnstone. Very Good. Octavo. Damp spotting to front and rear board edges and spine. Spine text rubbed. Some foxing to textblock edges. In a Good Dust Jacket. Jacket browned sans inside flaps. Split at front spine crease. Edges chipped and rear flap damp stained. The poems are printed in Spanish on versos followed by English translation rectos. A great Association Copy. Bly, alongside William Duffy, co-founded the influential literary magazine The Fifties (later The Sixties). Barnstone actively contributed to this literary circle, and the two exchanged editorial correspondence and publications during this fertile period. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY EDITOR. Book.…