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IRON JOHN
by Bly, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Good
- ISBN 10
- 185230233X
- ISBN 13
- 9781852302337
- Seller
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Naas, Kildare, Ireland
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About This Item
Dorset: Element Books, 1991. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First UK Edition. first print. This is a true first edition, first printing (first impression) of the UK edition with no statement of reprint to the copyright page. In a good jacket which is not price clipped, fade to spine and some rubbing, small split to top corner, Internally pencil, and only pencil, notation to some pages. Signed, dated and inscribed by the author to the title page. [ To John, Robert Bly, Sep, 14, 1991 ] slight sketch by author incorporated into the inscription. .
Synopsis
In this timeless and deeply learned classic, poet and translator Robert Bly offers nothing less than a new vision of what it means to be a man. Bly's vision is based on his ongoing work with men, as well as on reflections on his own life. He addresses the devastating effects of remote fathers and mourns the disappearance of male initiation rites in our culture. Finding rich meaning in ancient stories and legends, Bly uses the Grimm fairy tale "Iron John"-in which a mentor or "Wild Man" guides a young man through eight stages of male growth-to remind us of ways of knowing long forgotten, images of deep and vigorous masculinity centered in feeling and protective of the young. At once down-to-earth and elevated, combining the grandeur of myth with the practical and often painful lessons of our own histories, Iron John is an astonishing work that will continue to guide and inspire men-and women-for years to come.
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- Bookseller
- Kelleher Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016512
- Title
- IRON JOHN
- Author
- Bly, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 185230233X
- ISBN 13
- 9781852302337
- Publisher
- Element Books
- Place of Publication
- Dorset
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- Signed, Robert Bly, FIRST EDITION, Iron John
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- Rubbing
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- Reprint
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Inscribed
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- Spine
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