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

Denver, CO: Bowery Press, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 76pp (plus plates), stapled wrappers. This impressive little magazine from 1971 Denver includes an interview with Ken Kesey, letters from Kerouac and Cassady, writing by Bukowski, di Prima, et al. Unmarked copy, light staining with minor ripples at bottom margin.

Calcutta: A. Lallemand, 1948. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 92pp, printed wrappers. Rare Indian magazine, includes a 14-page overview of cannabinoid use in India (ending "to be continued"). Unmarked copy, a bit of general wear, fraying to lap wrappers.

Berkeley: Blue Wind Press, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 12mo, 64pp, printed wrappers. Original purchase receipt dated 23 October 1975 laid in. Cover features a still from "Angels with Dirty Faces." Unmarked copy with light wear to wrappers.

Albuquerque, NM: Peyote Puke Press / Associated Small Presses, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 56pp, stapled wrappers. SIGNED by co-editor David Teodoro Benedetti on the title page. Excellent copy of this exuberant "anti-magazine reaching beyond good taste" from Peyote Puke Press in 1972 New Mexico; includes a good mix of art and text, known and unknown creators. Nice, unmarked copy, light bump to one corner.

San Geronimo, CA: R. J. Lambert, ca. 1976. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. Small folio, 60pp (glossy paper), stapled wrappers. 1 of 500 stated copies of the second issue of this L.A. art scene mag, includes 3 pages on the famous 1976 COUM Transmissions performance at L.A.I.C.A. with photos and a note from Genesis and Cosey. Also a page contributed by the avant-garde Chicano conceptual/performance art group Asco. Light storage wear/rubbing to covers (typical for this title) and a little light spotting, no markings.

Sausalito, CA: Angel Island Publications, 1964. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 80pp, printed wrappers. A densely packed magazine-format later issue of this high-quality cultural review. Includes Kenneth Rexroth, a Dick Gregory interview, other interesting content. Tight, unmarked copy, a bit of sunning to front cover and spine.

Sausalito, CA: Angel Island Publications, 1964. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 80pp, printed wrappers. Impressive later issue of this important cultural review, includes The Stalingrad Elegies by James Schevill. Unmarked copy, light wear.

Sausalito, CA: Angel Island Publications, 1964. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 80pp, printed wrappers. Impressive later issue of this important cultural review, includes early essays on hallucinogenic experimentation by E.T. Guidoti and Dr. J.L.D. Lamm. Unmarked copy, a bit of reading wear, light musty smell from decades of storage.

Sausalito, CA: Angel Island Publications, 1965. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 80pp, printed wrappers. Nice copy of the magazine-format final issue of this high-quality cultural review. Includes Kenneth Rexroth, other interesting content. Unmarked copy, minor wear.

Sausalito, CA: Angel Island Publications, 1964. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 80pp, printed wrappers. A densely packed magazine-format later issue of this high-quality cultural review. Includes an Alvah Bessie piece on HUAC, other interesting content. Unmarked copy, light cover wear.

Chicago: Brilliant Corners, 1977. 1st edition. Soft cover. Good /No Jacket (as issued). Good+. 8vo, 112pp, stapled wrappers. Includes a lengthy (35pp) interview with musician Steve Lacy, plus poetry by Tony Towle and Paul Hoover, Alice Notley on Philip Whalen, etc. Unmarked copy; the first page of Lacy interview has coffee-type stains (with some offset to adjacent leaves; does not affect legibility), covers have some stains and toning.

Chicago: Brilliant Corners, 1977. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 92pp, printed wrappers. Seventh issue, includes an interview with Ned Rorem, a short essay on Frank O'Hara by Alan Axelrod, etc. Unmarked copy, light toning and soil to covers.

Chicago: Brilliant Corners, 1978. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 116pp, stapled wrappers. Eighth issue of this avant-garde cultural magazine with a jazz emphasis; includes a 10-page interview with John Cage. This copy, from the collection of poet Bill Berkson, has minor marks to the Cage Discography page and a few notes written on the back cover in what appears to be Berkson's hand. Otherwise sound with a bit of toning and soil.

Chicago: Brilliant Corners, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 48 leaves (mostly printed one-side), stapled wrappers. Rare first issue of this avant-garde cultural magazine with a jazz emphasis and references to period Chicago. Unmarked copy, small holes to back cover from insect wear (unaffected otherwise), light general wear.

Chicago: Brilliant Corners, 1978. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 96pp, stapled wrappers. Ninth issue of this avant-garde cultural magazine with a jazz emphasis; includes an interview with Gunther Hampel. Light outer wear and soil, contents clean.

Engerda, Germany: Arun, 1999. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 272pp, printed wrappers. A detailed study of the enigmatical German esotericist. Text in German. Unmarked copy, minor wear.

Welwyn, England: Brecht Times Press, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, [iv]+26pp, printed wrappers. The uncommon first issue of this politically themed underground literary review from 1972 England. Unmarked copy, light outer wear.

Gloucester, MA: Gerrit Lansing, 1963. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 32pp, stapled wrappers. The second and final issue of this classic occultic literary magazine edited by Gerrit Lansing. Unmarked copy, light stains to covers and a few leaves at base, soft bend to top right corner.

New York: Columbia Review, 1961. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 48pp, stapled wrappers. Includes 5 previously unpublished poems from 1948 by Allen Ginsberg, along with a brief introduction by the author ("I am cleaning up my papers in order to take off for the Orient..."). Unmarked copy with light toning and soil to cover.

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 1953. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 128pp (plus 8pp of Albers plates), printed wrappers. Issue includes a Josef Albers Art Feature. Poet Cid Corman's copy with his ownership signature and date to front cover. No other markings, a bit of general wear.