Search Results: Authors starting with P from Philip Smith, Bookseller

New York: The New York Quarterly, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 120pp, printed wrappers. Impressive literary review from 1971 New York, includes an interview with Jerome Rothenberg and work by Robert Lax, Ron Padgett, et al. Unmarked copy, light wear.

New York: The New York Quarterly, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 144pp, printed wrappers. Impressive literary review from 1971 New York, includes an interview with Allen Ginsberg, a 25-page section on Black Poets in New York, and work by Robert Lax, Muriel Rukeyser, et al. Unmarked copy, light wear.

London: Aloes Books, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 20pp, stapled wrappers. 1 of 200 stated copies of the unsigned version of this poetic work, with cover and illustrations by George Schneeman. Unmarked copy from the collection of Opal Louis Nations, light reading wear and outer toning.

Toronto: The Coach House Press, 1973. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 144pp, printed wrappers. INSCRIBED by Tom Veitch (as "Tom & Ron") to fellow author Opal Louis Nations. 1 of 1000 stated copies of this experimental text, with cover by George Schneeman. Unmarked copy, some spotting to covers.

New York: Vintage Books, 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, xl+606pp, printed wrappers. Massive and classic anthology of exemplary work from the New York School, compiled and circulated at a time when the sky seemed the limit. Unmarked copy from the collection of Opal Louis Nations; last dozen or so pages and back cover have some wear; typical toning of paper stock.

Chicago: Chicago Review, 1959. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 92pp (including plates), printed wrappers. The first post-Irving Rosenthal issue (Vol. 12, No. 4 was famously suppressed and became Big Table). Includes a critical review of Jack Kerouac's "The Dharma Bums" by Samuel I. Bellman. Small "Do Not Remove from Journalism Library" stamp to cover, a few stray ink markings to review of Boris Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago" (no other markings).

Chicago: Chicago Review, 1959. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 208pp, printed wrappers. Includes Passages from the Studies of Narcissus by Delmore Schwartz, plus work by Colin Wilson, John Clellon Holmes, et al. Owner signature to front cover and p. 3 (no other markings), a bit of general wear and soil.

New York: The Viking Press, 1968. 2nd edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. VG+ in VG+ dw. Includes Compliments of the Author slip. 8vo, 192pp, red cloth with spine stamped in black. 1968 reissue of the author's first book, originally published in 1959. Book is unmarked with soil to top board edges; jacket is not price-clipped and has minor spotting.

Venice: Dominico de' Franceschi (Oakland: Octavo), 1570; 2000. 1st edition. Other Binding. New/No Jacket (as issued). Digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on CD-ROM disc) of the first edition of one of the most important, influential, and beautiful books in the history of architecture, from a copy in the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection at the Library of Congress. This Octavo Edition contains detailed digital images (may be magnified at up to 400% of original size) of every page of the original edition as well as a new introduction by Robert Tavernor and an authoritative complete English translation of the text by Robert Tavernor and Richard Schofield (includes a glossary of specialized terms). The high-resolution digital medium makes this the most detailed and accurate reproduction of the original ever issued.

Berkeley, CA: Synapse Press, 1965. 1st edition. Soft cover. Good /No Jacket (as issued). Good. 4to, [ii]+48pp, stapled wrappers. Rare mimeographed poetry title from 1965 Berkeley. Cover has ragged wear at spine, general reading wear, no markings.

Chicago: The Modern Poetry Association, 1987. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 276pp, printed wrappers. A nice copy of this thick double anniversary issue. Includes 2 poems by Raymond Carver and work by a huge range of other contributors. Clean and unmarked copy with 1/8" closed tear to one page.

Chicago: The Modern Poetry Association, 1985. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 64pp, printed wrappers. Subscription address label to Hildegarde Flanner on the front cover. This issue includes 4 poems by Raymond Carver. Unmarked copy with a little bumping.

Gloucester, Massachusetts: llama's Allmanac, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Good /No Jacket (as issued). Good+. 4to, [ii]+106pp, stapled wrappers. Thick, essential, and scarce one-shot review, largely centered on later Deep Image writing. Light outer wear and soil, no interior markings.

Berkeley: Associated Students of the University of California, 1952. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 32pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce 1952 issue of this UC Berkeley literary magazine, includes work by a range of contributors. Unmarked copy with some sunning and light wear to cover.

London: Strange Faeces Press, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 10 leaves (printed one side), stapled wrappers. 1 of 200 stated copies of this uncommon 1972 work. Unmarked copy (aside from penciled original price to cover) from the collection of puiblishers Opal and Ellen Nations, light wear.

Cambridge, MA: Quark Press, 1976. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 12mo, 20pp, sewn wrappers. SIGNED by the author in the year of publication on the title page. Unmarked otherwise, just about as new.

Montevallo, Alabama: Montevallo Press, 1951. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, [ii]+62pp, printed wrappers. Variant issue, with special Alabama College Bulletin wrapper. Includes two pieces by Charles Olson and a review of Olson's Y&X by Robert Creeley. Unmarked copy, light wear.

Montevallo, AL: Montevallo Press, 1953. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, [ii]+70pp, printed wrappers. Rare fourth issue of this important literary magazine, includes "Merce in Egypt" by Charles Olson. Unmarked copy, light wear and soil.

Chicago: The Yellow Press, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+, 4to, 86pp, stapled wrappers. Eighth issue of this intense underground Chicago poetry magazine from the 1970s; includes a range of outstanding contributors. Cover by Underground Comix artist Jay Lynch. Unmarked copy with small edge/marginal stain to back cover and latter half of text.

Chicago: The Yellow Press, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, ~100pp, stapled wrappers. Third issue of this intense seventies underground poetry magazine from Chicago. Includes eight very interesting pages on The Kinks, plus Berrigan, Notley, Coolidge, et al. Small marginal stray mark to contributors page (no other markings), light wear/toning.