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

New York: The Expatriate Review, 1974. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 44pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce first issue of this impressive early seventies review. Includes a memoir by Walter Lowenfels (discusses Henry Miller et al.). Unmarked copy, light outer wear.

Padua (Oakland: Octavo), 1606; 2004. 1st edition. Other Binding. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG (as new, except for abrasion to back cover label). Digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on CD-ROM disc; this is not a printed book) of the first edition of this exceptionally rare (fewer than 10 copies known) early work by Galileo Galilei, from a copy in the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection at the Library of Congress. Galileo's "geometrical and military compass" (or sector) was a mathematical device -- a sort of calculating ruler based on the principle of proportional magnitudes -- that brought speed and accuracy to computations about armaments and their trajectories. Its employment, however, extended well beyond the battlefield. It was widely used for rapid and complex calculations of proportion, volume, and square or cube roots, well before the advent of logarithmic tables -- and eventually the slide-rule and computer. Galileo's little book, privately printed in an edition… Read More

Venice (Oakland: Octavo), 1610; 2000. 1st edition. Other Binding. New/No Jacket (as issued). New copy, still in shrinkwrap. Digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on CD-ROM disc; not a printed book) of a copy of the first edition of one of the most important works in the history of the science of astronomy. Galileo Galilei's telescopic observations marked a defining moment in the Renaissance departure from ancient cosmology, as they provided experimental verification to the heliocentric theory of Copernicus. In this book, Galileo reported his earthshaking findings in vivid, immediate terms and lucid diagrams. This Octavo Edition contains detailed digital images (may be magnified at up to 800% of original size) of every page of the original edition as well as a searchable full English translation of the text and new introduction by Albert Van Helden. The Latin text of the original is also fully searchable.

New Orleans, LA: The Southern Press, Inc, 1974. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 160pp, printed wrappers. Solid copy of this rare 1974 little magazine, includes a statement (from a 1974 exhibition) and two plates by Clarence John Laughlin, plus work from a range of other contributors. Unmarked copy, light wear and toning to covers.

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.

London: Audit, 1963. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 40pp, printed wrappers. Includes a very early 12-page story by Vito Hannibal Acconci, an interview with Saul Bellow, etc. Ink marks to cover (else unmarked), some general wear and spotting, staples have some rust.

Montreal, Canada: CrossCountry Press, Ltd, 1976. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 72pp, stapled wrappers. From the collection of tasteful non-poetaster Opal Louis Nations. Includes work by a range of jovial experimentalists. Unmarked (except for Nationian underlining to Contents page and one publisher's textual correction), light toning to spine.

Montreal, Canada: CrossCountry Press, 1977. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 112pp, printed wrappers. From the collection of contributor Opal Louis Nations. Includes an interview with bp Nichol and work by a range of experimentalists. Unmarked copy, light wear.

West Stockbridge, MA: Hard Press, 1994. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 168pp, printed wrappers. Includes an 8-page interview with George Herms by John Yau. Also two full-page color photos of Herms assemblages, a Clark Coolidge collaboration, etc. VG+ with a superficial crack to spine.

Elmwood, CT: Potes & Poets Press Inc, 1996. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 20pp (corner stapled), horizontal mailing fold. Scarce 100th issue of this long-running experimental publication, entirely devoted to "other... and" by Peter Ganick. Unmarked copy, has not been addressed or mailed.

Elmwood, CT: Potes & Poets Press Inc, 1985. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 14pp (corner stapled), horizontal mailing fold (though this copy has not been mailed). Scarce early issue of this long-running experimental publication, entirely devoted to "Prose and Verse from the Early Eighties" by Jackson Mac Low. Unmarked copy, light toning and wear at fold, has not been addressed or mailed.

Elmwood, CT: Potes & Poets Press Inc, 1993. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 18pp (corner stapled), horizontal mailing fold (though this copy has not been mailed). Scarce ssue of this long-running experimental publication, entirely devoted to Romantic Traceries by David Bromige. Unmarked copy, clean with moderate handling wear.

San Francisco: Heirs Magazine, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. Square 4to, 72pp, printed wrappers. Scarce and nicely produced 1971 double issue of this cultural magazine from San Francisco. Unmarked copy, light wear.

San Francisco: Heirs, Incorporated, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 96pp (including printed wrappers). Scarce and nicely produced cultural magazine from 1975 San Francisco. Unmarked copy, light wear.

Chico, CA: John Gardner, 1961. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 124pp, printed wrappers. Rare first issue of this important literary review edited by novelist John Gardner, includes early work by a range of important contributors. Dated Spring 1961 on opening page, Summer 1961 on spine. Unmarked copy, light wear.

Western Springs, IL: December, 1966. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 104pp, printed wrappers. This issue includes the first appearance of the early story Pastoral (10pp) by Raymond Carver. Unmarked copy, light wear and soil.

Toronto: Impulse, 1974. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+, 8vo, ii+190pp, printed wrappers. Thick double issue of this avant-garde literary magazine from 1974 Toronto, constituting "W)here? The Other Canadian Poetry," an anthology of contemporary practice with prominent contributors. Review sheet laid in. Unmarked copy, a bit of general wear.

Toronto: Impulse, 1974. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, ~80pp, printed wrappers. Avant-garde literary and arts magazine from 1975 Toronto, includes a review of Jodorowsky's "El Topo" and a very eclectic range of mid-1970s avant-gardism. Nice unmarked copy.

New York: Dynamic America / Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Ltd, 1945 [1944]. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 48pp, stapled wrappers. Unusual 1945 Dynamic America reprint of the work first published by The Caxton Printers the preceding year. Distributor stamp to front cover (else unmarked), wrappers have small chip to top of front cover and some marginal staining to back cover and adjacent leaf.

Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1996. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 256pp, printed wrappers. Includes memories of founding editor Rajat Neogy by Paul Theroux and others, an interview with Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck, other interesting content. Unmarked copy (from the collection of Clarence Major), some bumping and wear.