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

Oakland, CA: The End, 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 33 leaves (printed one-side), stapled wrappers. Rare first issue of this seventies mimeo revolution mag, includes work by Ted Berrigan, Alice Notley, and others (with a section of French poets in translation). Unmarked copy, minor wear to cover.

New York: The Poetry Project, 1979. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 72pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce 1979 issue of this seminal little magazine, includes striking covers by Trevor Winkfield and writing by Eileen Myles et al.. Unmarked copy, a little spotting to front cover.

Palo Alto, CA: Lip, 1969. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 56pp, stapled wrappers. Nicely produced underground magazine, with writing by William S. Burroughs (Two "Abstracts," Schottlaender C233), Scott Cohen, George DiCaprio, and others. Patches of sunning at spine and back cover.

Berkeley, CA: Yardbird Publishing Cooperative, 1973. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, xiv+226pp, printed wrappers. Second issue of this important seventies literary magazine focused on African-American culture and history. Unmarked, internally clean copy, rubbing to covers.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, [viii]+88pp, printed wrappers. Warmly INSCRIBED by the author to fellow poet Clarence Major in an attractive hand on the half-title page (dated 1972). Minor pencil notations to the contents section and a few poems, an attractive copy overall with an important association.

Oberlin, OH: Oberlin College, 1969. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 74pp, printed wrappers. INSCRIBED by editor David Young on title page. Scarce 1969 little magazine, includes two Concrete Poems by Ian Hamilton Finlay, plus Wendell Berry et al. Subscription card laid in. Nice unmarked copy, a little toning to wrappers.

Oberlin, OH: Oberlin College, 1974. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 92pp, printed wrappers. Scarce 1974 little magazine, includes three poems by Frank Stanford, plus work by Charles Simic, Annie Dillard, and a number of other great writers. Unmarked copy, light toning and wear.

Bellingham, WA: Stooge, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 76pp, stapled wrappers. This version (1 of 3 known variants) features an illustration of a seeming ox on the covers. Clean copy of this brilliant experimental review, includes writing by Tom Raworth, John Brandi, Erica Jong, et al. Unmarked copy, light spine wear and outer soil.

San Diego, CA: Stooge, 1974. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 60pp, stapled wrappers. This issue of Geoff Young's important experimental review is entirely devoted to visual poetry by Guy Williams. Unmarked copy, light spotting.

Bellingham, WA: Stooge, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 76pp, stapled wrappers. This version (1 of 3 known variants) features an illustration of a bull on the covers. Clean copy of this brilliant experimental review, includes writing by Tom Raworth, John Brandi, Erica Jong, et al. Unmarked copy, light spine wear and outer soil.

Oconomowoc Lake, WI: Stooge, 1974. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 84pp, stapled wrappers. Another scarce issue of this brilliant experimental review, includes photographic covers by William Wegman and writing by Joe Brainard, Margaret Atwood, et al. Light spotting and toning to covers, small closed tear to back cover near head of spine, contents clean.

Bellingham, WA: Stooge, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 76pp, stapled wrappers. This version (1 of 3 known variants) features an illustration of a cow nursing a calf on the covers. Includes writing by Tom Raworth, John Brandi, Erica Jong, et al. The blank inside cover has a game grid of some sort handwritten on it (else unmarked), light wear and outer soil, some abrasion to edge of spine.

n.p.: Stooge, 1973. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 52pp, stapled wrappers. Clean copy of an uncommon issue of this brilliant experimental review, includes writing by Tom Raworth, Ray DiPalma, et al. Unmarked copy, a bit of staple rust.

Berkeley, CA: Stooge, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 128pp, printed wrappers. Scarce and very cool avant-garde review from 1975 Berkeley, includes inside covers by John Baldessari and writing by Kathy Acker, Paul Auster, Opal Louis Nations, et al. Unmarked copy, light outer wear, spine has typical toning.

Oconomowoc Lake, WI: Stooge, 1974. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 84pp, stapled wrappers. Another scarce issue of this brilliant experimental review, includes photographic covers by John Baldessari and work by Clark Coolidge, Opal Louis Nations, Douglas Blazek, et al. Unmarked copy, light corner bumps.

Albuquerque, NM: Stooge, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 72pp, stapled wrappers. This version has the cover printed on blue stock. Rare earlier issue of this brilliant experimental review, includes writing by Philip Whalen, Erica Jong, et al. Unmarked copy, light wear.

Albuquerque, NM: Stooge, 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 90pp, stapled wrappers. Rare early issue of this brilliant experimental review, includes the lyrics to three Dylan songs ("Please Mrs. Henry," "Million Dollar Bash," "Too Much of Nothing" and "Country Pie"), printed without attribution, plus a variety of wildly experimental text and art. This copy includes 6 pages laid in and 6 pages (total) not seen in the one other copy compared (including some printed on paper towel-type paper); one sheet (4 pp) is bound in upside-down. A wild relic of an era whose wildness challenges its reliquaries. Unmarked copy, towel page edges extend beyond text block and have some fraying wear, light staining to front cover.

Milwaukee, WI: Membrane Press, 1978. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 4to, 32pp (stapled self-cover). The final issue of Karl Young's important seventies underground literary magazine, devoted to the vivesection of Clark Coolidge. Four pages in a section devoted to correspondence between Coolidge and Paul Metcalf have pen marginalia; final leaf has some staining and edgewear.

Milwaukee, WI: Membrane Press, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 80pp, printed wrappers. Scarce first issue of Karl Young's important seventies underground literary magazine. Unmarked copy, final two leaves (advertisements) have been taped in place (at some time in the distant past), some toning and soil to covers and spine.

Milwaukee, WI: Membrane Press, 1976. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 86pp, printed wrappers. Scarce penultimate double issue of Karl Young's important seventies underground literary magazine. Unmarked copy (except for handwritten correction to one typo), light toning and to covers, pages have some spotting that seems related to paper stock.