651. Bly, Robert.

Chrysanthemums.

First Edition. Browerville, Ox Head Press, 1976. 10,5 x 16 cm. 3 pages. Original olive colored wraps in protective Mylar. Excellent condition. Signed by Robert Bly on the title page. Number 334 of the 350 copy edition.

652. Bly, Robert.

Iron John. A Book About Men.

First edition. Reading, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1990. 15,5 cm x 23 cm. XI, 268, (3) pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name on front free endpaper and his markings and annotations in the text. Enclosed is a relevant newspaper clipping.

653. Bly, Robert.

Old Man Rubbing His Eyes. Poems by Robert Bly. Drawings by Franz Allbert Richter.

First edition. Greensboro, Unicorn Press, 1975. 13,5 cm x 21 cm. 51, (1) pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name to front free endpaper. Occasional markings in the text.

654. Bly, Robert.

Sleepers Joining Hands.

First edition. New York, Harper & Row, 1973. 15 cm x 23 cm. 67 pages. Original Softcover. Stronger signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his stamp to half title. Occasional markings and annotations in erasable pencil.

655. Bly, Robert.

The Morning Glory. Prose Poems.

First edition. New York, Harper & Row, 1975. 13 cm x 20 cm. 76 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name to front free endpaper.

656. Bly, Robert.

This Body Is Made of Camphor and Gopherwood. Prose Poems by Robert Bly. Drawings by Gendron Jensen.

First edition. New York, Harper & Row, 1977. 14,5 cm x 22,5 cm. 61 pages. Original Softcover. Spine stronger rubbed. Otherwise in very good condition with some minor signs of external wear. From the library of swiss – american – irish poet Chuck Kruger. With his name and stamp to half title. Occasional markings and annotations in erasable pencil.

657. Bly, Robert.

When Grapes Turn To Wine. Versions of Rumi by Robert Bly.

First Edition. Cambridge, Yellow Moon Press, 1986. 19,5 x 13,5 cm. Unpaginated. Ca. 20 pages. Original string-bound wraps in protective Mylar. Very good+ condition. Signed by Robert Bly on the title page. One of 500 printed copies in this edition. Only minor discolorations on the cover.

658. Boas, George.

The Heaven of Invention.

First Edition. Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Press, 1962. 8°. X, 394 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Stunning, unusually excellent condition.

659. Boccaccio, Giovanni.

Novelle Scelte, E Descrizione Della Pestilenza Stata In Firenze Nel 1348.

Firenze, Si Trova In Avignone, Presso Fr. Seguin, stampatore e librajo, 1820. Duodecimo (8.5 cm wide x 13.5 cm high). 157 pages. Original Hardcover / Original 19th century boards. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

660. Boccaccio, Giovanni / [Gabriele Giolito de Ferrari].

L’amorosa fiammetta di M. Giovanni Boccaccio, di Nuovo Corretta et Ristampata, con La Tavola et le Postille delle cose Piu Notabili.

Venetia, Appresso I Gioliti, 1584. 9.5 cm x 15.4 cm. 107, [1] pages including illustrated titlepage with Giolito’s printer mark and Giolito’s stunning colophon of Phoenix rising from the ashes and the Motto: “Semper eadem” (″Always the same”). Hardcover in custom – made solanderbox. Recently rebound in half-leather with marbled paper-covered-boards. The bookblock in very good condition with some minor, contemporary inkstains. Name of preowner “Exlibris Bernard Rielliae [″Bernard Reilly”] in contemporary ink (16th or 17th century entry). Small lesion to titlepage and first three pages only. Very faint, faded dampstain to the outer margins of a few pages.