The Journals

First Edition, 1975. 155 pages. 

Book measures 6.25 x 9.25 inches. Paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed spine label. First hardcover trade edition of 500 copies. Edited by Robert Kelley. These poems and notebook writings are Blackburn’s last works, with the last entry written six weeks before his death in 1971. Quintessential work by this often overlooked poet from the 1950s and 60s. Near Fine in Near Fine clear acetate dust jacket which shows light rubbing. Scarce in hardcover.