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

Goleta, CA: Christopher Books, 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 16pp, stapled wrappers. Number 17 of 26 SIGNED and numbered copies (of a total edition of 300) of this attractive mystical chapbook. Unmarked copy, light wear, signature and numbering have a little offsetting to adjacent leaf.

Groton, CT: Alex Smith, Jr, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 40 leaves (printed one-side), stapled wrappers. 1 of 225 stated copies of this rare Mimeo Revolution title (in the tradition of Poetry Project titles). No markings, light toning and wear.

New York: The Nation Company, 1965. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 24pp, stapled wrappers. This 1965 issue of The Nation includes a review of Flannery O'Connor's "Everything That Rises Must Converge by Webster Schott" (mentioned on cover), a poem by Robert Duncan, a cover story on The Return of Flying Saucers by Daniel Cohen, other period content. Unmarked copy with toning to paper stock.

Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1964. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 370pp, printed wrappers. Extensive commemorative publication for this important 1962 festival, includes transcriptions of poems read and author remarks. Library notations to cover (else unmarked), a bit of general wear.

New York: Gegenschein, 1981. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 56 leaves (printed one-side), printed wrappers. Recently SIGNED by the author and rubber-stamped by him on the inside front cover. This issue of Gegenschein is entirely devoted to work by Opal Louis Nations. Uncirculated copy, just about as new with minor storage wear.

Calais, VT: Z Press, 1974. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. Wide 8vo, 8pp, sewn wrappers, color frontispiece. No. 127 of 300 copies. A beautifully designed and printed text by artist and OuLiPo associate Trevor Winkfield, editor of the seminal avant-garde literary magazine Juillard. Unmarked copy, light wear/sunning and outer abrasion.

Terre Haute, IN: School of Education, Indiana State University, 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 32pp, stapled self-cover. Scarce early issue of this review of Black American literature. Includes On Being Black and Writing for Television by Jeanne A. Taylor. Unmarked copy, mailing label to back cover, some wear and toning.

Chicago: The Johnson Publishing Company, Inc, 1968. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 96pp, printed wrappers. This 1968 issue is devoted to the work of Richard Wright, with a story by Wright and articles by Cecil Brown, et al. Nice unmarked copy, mailing label to front cover, a bit of spine wear.

Trumansburg, NY: New, 1968. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 50pp, printed wrappers. Scarce 1968 poetry magazine, includes Michael Ondaatje, Raymond Carver, et al. Ownership stamp to cover (else unmarked), a little edgewear, fraying at head of spine, typical toning of stock.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 12mo, 240pp, printed wrappers. Tight copy of this literary anthology from 1971, with work by Frank Stanford, Sylvia Plath, James Merrill, Allen Ginsberg, et al. Clean copy, minor reading wear.

San Francisco: The New American Poetry Circuit, 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 32pp, stapled wrappers. Ambitious program roster comprising full-page bios and photos of a range of important early seventies American poets: offers a great overview and cross-section of that fertile scene. Nice copy, no markings.

Boulder, Colorado: Artz Press, 1981. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG (but marked). 8vo, 92pp, printed wrappers. Includes work by William Burroughs, Jr., Ted Berrigan, Allen Ginsberg, et al. Many pages have marginal checkmarks and exclamation points written by poet Norm Moser. Sound otherwise with minor wear.

Cambridge, MA: Boston Critic, Inc, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. Tabloid, 32pp (self-cover). Rare literary tabloid, includes an interview (mainly on photography) with Susan Sontag (Poague & Parsons F21). Also a cookbook review by Julia Child. Library stamp and underlining to cover, else an unmarked copy, horizontal fold, typical toning.

Johannesburg, South Africa: New Classic Publications Trust Fund, 1976. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 80pp, printed wrappers. Scarce third issue of the mid-1970s revival, under black editorship, of this important South African literary magazine. Unmarked copy, light wear and spotting to wrappers.

Johannesburg, South Africa: New Classic Publications Trust Fund, 1978. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 80pp, printed wrappers. Scarce fifth issue of the mid-1970s revival, under black editorship, of this important South African literary magazine. Subscription form laid in. Unmarked copy, light wear to wrappers.

Johannesburg, South Africa: New Classic Publications Trust Fund, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 88pp, printed wrappers. Scarce second issue of the 1975 revival, under black editorship, of this important South African literary magazine. Includes A Writer's Freedom by Nadine Gordimer,. Price increase stamp to cover (else unmarked), a bit of spine lean and light wear to wrappers.

London: New Departures, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, xvi+192pp, printed wrappers. Jam-packed quadruple issue of Michael Horovitz's key avant-garde literary magazine, includes work by William Burroughs (Schottlaender C388 / Shoaf III-227) and other major Beat Generation figures, plus Bob Cobbing and other British visualists, much else. Unmarked copy, rubbing to covers and a bit of bumping to textblock.

Bisley, England: New Departures, 1981. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. A4, 44pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce later issue of Michael Horovitz's key avant-garde literary magazine, includes a cover collage of photos of the recently murdered John Lennon by Peter Blake (Lennon is also the subject of several poems inside). Also features work by other prominent contributors. Unmarked copy, light wear,

Lyme, NH: Kenyon Hill Publications, Inc, 1982. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, [viii]+274pp, printed wrappers. Thick Fifth Anniversary Issue, includes the story The Pheasant by Raymond Carver and a wide range of other contributors. Unmarked copy, light outer wear.

London: The Strange Faeces Press, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 16leaves (printed one side), stapled wrappers. SIGNED and rubber-stamped by the author on the inside front cover of this experimental visual work. Uncirculated copy, minor staple rust.