Search Results: Titles starting with F from Philip Smith, Bookseller

New York: Fact Magazine Inc, 1964. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 4to, 64pp, printed wrappers. Third issue of this important 1960s investigative magazine, includes an article on The Rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan by Robert Anton Wilson, who was Associate Editor at the time, as well as A Psychoanalytic Study of Baseball by Warren Boroson. Half-obscured library stamp to cover (otherwise unmarked); interior pages yellowed as usual with this title.

New York: Fact Magazine, Inc, 1964. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 64pp, printed wrappers. Prime issue of this important sixties investigative magazine, includes an assessment of advertising by Fredric Wertham and an article on the Jehovah's Witnesses by Robert Anton Wilson. Solid, internally unmarked copy with library stamp to front cover (and offsetting from another stamp to back); typical toning of pulp paper stock and light outer spotting.

New York: Fact Magazine Inc, 1965. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 64pp, printed wrappers. Prime issue of this important sixties investigative magazine, includes a profile of William S. Burroughs and an article on Mad magazine by Robert Anton Wilson (includes background of the Kurtzman departure). Internally unmarked copy with library stamp to front cover (and offsetting from another stamp to back); typical toning of pulp paper stock.

Oakland: Famous Last Words, 1976. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 16pp, stapled wrappers with printed outer cover. The first issue of the "Famous Last Words" series, entirely devoted to a work by Steven LaVoie. Unmarked copy, light glue offsetting from jacket flaps (presumably as issued).

Oakland, California: Whiz Press, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, ~80pp, stapled wrappers. Uncommon poetry magazine from 1975 Oakland, includes Kathy Acker, Opal Louis Nations, and other promiscuous experimentalists. No markings, light cover soil.

Oakland, California: Whiz Press, 1977. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, ~80pp, stapled wrappers. Errata slip laid in. Rare poetry magazine from 1977 Oakland with a great Iggy cover. No markings, light outer wear.

Westport, CT: Famous Writers School, Inc, 1963. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 48pp, stapled wrappers. This rare 1963 magazine from the Famous Writers School includes as a cover feature a reprint of the Time Magazine feature The World of J. D. Salinger. Also includes a short Rod Serling excerpt on how he became a free lance. Unmarked copy, light general wear.

Brooklyn, NY: Fanzini, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 88pp, stapled wrappers. Deliriously packed art magazine from 1975, almost all collage work. Nice copy with light wear and some rubbing to back cover.

Garden Bay, Canada: Fanzini, 1974. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 120pp, printed wrappers. Deliriously packed art magazine from 1974, lots of collage and mail-art work (including an enigmatical Ray Johnson page). Light wear to the fragile wrappers (small closed tear at base of spine) and some outer soil, no markings.

New York: Avon Publishing Co., Inc, 1948. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 12mo, 192pp, printed wrappers. A very nicely preserved copy of this classic 1948 Avon paperback edition of Paul Cain’s hardboiled masterpiece. Cover slightly crooked, minor reading crease to cover and fray at base of spine, distributor's letters to top edge, very clean and solid overall.

San Francisco: n.p, 1973. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 48pp, stapled wrappers. Recently SIGNED by the author and rubber-stamped by him on the inside front cover. Uncirculated copy with a bit of staple rust.

Buffalo: Duncan McNaughton, 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 39 leaves (mimeographed one side), stapled wrappers. First issue of this Duncan McNaughton-edited mimeographed poetry magazine, includes two poems by Robert Duncan; about a third of the issue is by Frank O'Hara. Unmarked copy with light general wear and some typical small tears and soil to the oversized wrappers (back cover has small patch of staining).

Buffalo: Duncan McNaughton, 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 32 leaves (mimeographed one side), stapled wrappers. Second issue of this Duncan McNaughton-edited mimeographed poetry magazine. Unmarked copy with a bit of wear and soil to the oversized covers.

Buffalo: Duncan McNaughton, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 32 leaves (mimeographed one side), stapled wrappers. This issue devoted entirely to the work of John Clarke. Unmarked copy with light sunning and wear to the lap covers.

Buffalo: Duncan McNaughton, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 64 leaves (mimeographed one side), stapled wrappers. Fourth issue of this Duncan McNaughton-edited mimeographed poetry magazine, includes two poems by Robert Duncan; about a third of the issue is by Ed Sanders. Unmarked copy with light toning and wear to the overlapping wrappers.

Buffalo: Duncan McNaughton, 1973. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 4to, 55 leaves (mimeographed one side), stapled wrappers. Fifth issue of this Duncan McNaughton-edited mimeographed poetry magazine from Seventies Buffalo. Unmarked copy, back cover detached, typical edge wear to overlapping wrappers.

Buffalo: Duncan McNaughton, 1974. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 81 leaves (mimeographed one side), stapled wrappers. The thick sixth issue of this Duncan McNaughton-edited mimeographed poetry magazine from Seventies Buffalo. Nice copy with a little of the inevitable wear to the lap cover edges and light cover soil.

Buffalo: Duncan McNaughton, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 71 leaves (mimeographed one side), stapled wrappers. The thick final issue of this Duncan McNaughton-edited mimeographed poetry magazine from Seventies Buffalo. Nice copy with a bit of the inevitable wear to the lap cover edges and faint sunning.

Los Angeles / Venice, CA: Jack Grapes / Beyond Baroque Foundation, 1981. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 24pp, stapled wrappers. Rare anthology booklet, appears issued in conjunction with Jack Grapes' Intensive Poetry Workshop, Advanced. Includes Bukowski and Plath. Unmarked copy, toning to covers and light wear.

n.p.: Two Days Press, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 36pp, mimeographed, stapled wrappers. Contains a play by Ted Berrigan, Ron Padgett, and Tom Veitch; also Clark Coolidge, Lewis MacAdams, Andrei Codrescu, artwork by Simon Deitch and Greg Irons, et al. Well-preserved, unmarked copy of a fragile item, with light outer wear and toning to paper stock.