Search Results: Beat Generation from Philip Smith, Bookseller

New York: Excelsior-Press Publishers, 1961. 2nd edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 100pp, printed wrappers. Expanded second printing (September 1961) of this classic Beat-era collection by Joans, illustrated with collage work. Unmarked copy, light spotting and wear.

Santa Barbara, CA: Am Here Books, 1981. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Fine. 4to, [iv]+148pp, printed wrappers. A massive catalogue of "A Collection of Post-Modern Poetry Books, Manuscripts & Letters" with substantive notes on some entries written by a distinguished list of contributors. This is the "trade edition" which includes the text of "The Last Words of Hassan-i-Sabbah" by William S. Burroughs (Schottlaender C462; printed along the tops of all pages) but does not include the vinyl EP included with the "special edition." Uncirculated-looking copy with very minor wear.

New York: The American Book Review, 1985. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. Tabloid, 24pp. Scarce 1985 issue, includes a review of Thomas Pynchon's Slow Learner (along with two other recent works). Issue has a considerable focus on Vietnam War literature. Unmarked copy, light toning.

Aspen, CO: Aspen Bookshop / Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies / Jargon Society, 1968. 1st edition. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. Rare letter-sized announcement printed in black on white stock, folded for mailing. While the year is not given, the date suggests this was from 1968 (presumably the referenced Cape volume was delayed). A bit of toning and general wear.

New York: The Ecco Press, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 152pp, printed wrappers. Issue includes work by Burroughs and Mrabet, Bowles translations, other prime content. Unmarked copy from the collection of printer Peter Koch, a bit of general wear.

New York: The Ecco Press, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 160pp, printed wrappers. Issue includes lists from prominent authors of Neglected Books of the Twentieth Century, including William Burroughs (Schottlaender C365), Allen Ginsberg, et al. Also includes other prime content. Unmarked copy, a little reading wear, some sunning to spine.

New York: The Ecco Press, 1973. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 128pp, printed wrappers. Issue includes Your Name My Face by William Burroughs (Schottlaender v4.C342; Shoaf III-198). Also includes Mohamed Choukri on Jean Genet, other prime content. Tight and unmarked copy, small slivers of sunning to front cover extremities.

San Francisco: Ark, 1956. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 48pp, stapled wrappers. One of the most important postwar American underground literary magazines. This issue, co-edited with Michael McClure, contains early appearances by major Beat writers, as well as a range of exceptional contemporary writers. Unmarked copy from the library of Philip Lamantia; light sunning to wrappers and a little overall wear.

Clarkson, NY: Athanor Press, 1973. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 76pp, stapled wrappers. Includes work by Charles Olson, Ginsberg, Corso, Ferlinghetti, et al. This copy includes the microbook insert (American Mirrors by Anselm Hollo). Unmarked copy, light outer soil and toning.

Clarkson, NY: Athanor Press, 1973. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 84pp, stapled wrappers. Includes a handwritten 1973 note to contributor Warren Tallman by editor Douglas Calhoun (but lacks microbook insert by John Wieners). Most of the issue is devoted to Robert Creeley. Unmarked copy, outer toning.

Clarkson, NY: Athanor Press, 1973. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 76pp, stapled wrappers. Includes work by Charles Olson, Ginsberg, Corso, Ferlinghetti, et al. This copy lacks the microbook insert by Anselm Hollo. Unmarked copy, light outer soil.

Clarkson, NY: Athanor Press, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 64pp, stapled wrappers. The rare final issue of Douglas Calhoun's impressive early seventies underground literary magazine. Faint library stamp and initials to front cover (no other markings), minor wear.

LeRoy, NY: Athanor Press, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 74pp, stapled wrappers. (Lacking the microbook insert by Larry Eigner.) Issue includes part 2 of a lengthy interview with Jack Kerouac (continued from the first issue). Solid unmarked copy with light soil to covers.

LeRoy, NY: Athanor Press, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 68pp, stapled wrappers. Microbook by Edward Dorn and publisher's original first-issue prospectus laid in. Seventeen pages are devoted to part 1 of a lengthy interview with Jack Kerouac. Issue is unmarked with light band of soil to cover; microbook is Fine.

London: Audit, 1963. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, [2]+44pp, printed wrappers. Includes a 9-page interview with Gregory Corso from Buffalo, April 1963. Light outer wear, no markings.

San Francisco: Harold Norse, 1974. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 64pp, stapled wrappers. Second issue of this literary magazine edited by Harold Norse; includes writing by many of the major Beat Generation authors, laid out with marginal illustrations throughout that are themselves a reflection of a place and time now distant. Also artwork by Marie Wilson and others. Unmarked copy from the collection of Opal Louis Nations; a little light wear and outer spotting and a bit of staple rust.

London: BeatBooks, ca. 2012. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 60pp (plus 4pp of color plates), stapled wrappers. Another scarce and exceptional BeatBooks catalogue, featuring a cover and many items relating to William S. Burroughs (the first two sections are on "Junk, Junkie & Queer" and "William S. Burroughs and The Beats," plus color plates), plus a significant section on Jeff Nuttall, Adrian Henri & Others, as well as work by other American and British writers. (Three Bukowski paintings are picture in color.) Unmarked copy, wrinkling wear at spine.

London: BeatBooks, ca. 2005. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 60pp (plus 4pp of color plates), stapled wrappers. Another scarce and exceptional BeatBooks catalogue, featuring a cover and 281 items relating to William S. Burroughs (34pp, plus color plates), plus a significant section on Brion Gysin (5pp), as well as work by other American and British writers. Unmarked copy, minor wear.

London: BeatBooks, ca. 2002. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 76pp, stapled wrappers. Another scarce and exceptional BeatBooks catalogue, featuring a cover and 280 items relating to William S. Burroughs (34pp total), a significant section on Kerouac (15pp), as well as work by Gysin, Ginsberg, and others. Unmarked copy, minor wear.

San Francisco: Beatitude, 1980. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 56pp, printed wrappers. Errata slip laid in. Clean copy of this issue of the classic San Francisco underground Beat magazine, includes "Pre American Ode" by Kirby Doyle and work from other great contributors. Unmarked copy, small bump/crease to spine and light wear.