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

Buffalo, NY: Top Stories / Hallwalls, 1980. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, [ii]+26pp, stapled wrappers. First printing of this early entry in the Top Stories series (featuring experimental writing by women authors). Unmarked copy, light wear.

San Francisco: Panjandrum Press, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 68pp, printed wrappers. 1 of 750 stated copies of this collection of poems and collages by Nanos Valaoritis. Unmarked copy, light wear and some bumping at top edge.

Oakland, CA: Rejection, 1980. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 100pp, stapled wrappers. This scarce little magazine from 1980 Oakland includes work by Charles Henri Ford, Ted Joans, Harold Norse, many others. Unmarked copy, light cover sunning and toning.

San Francisco: Wire Press, 1980. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 144pp, printed wrappers. Warmly INSCRIBED by the author in 1981 on the half-title page. Unmarked copy, some outer spotting/soil.

Santa Cruz, CA: Kayak Books Inc, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 56pp, printed wrappers. Poems and Collages by Nanos Valaoritis. Unmarked copy, light wear.

Eugene, OR: The University of Oregon, 1962. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 128pp, printed wrappers. Includes 12 poems by Malcolm Lowry, with an introduction by Earle Birney. Woolmer C173-C184. Unmarked copy, light outer wear and creasing.

n.p.: Avenue Pictures, 1989. 1st edition. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. Original 8 x 10 photographic print (date-stamped on reverse by the Cleveland Plain Dealer on November 12, 1990). Minor wear, there is some date-ink transfer to front of image

Los Angeles: Boxcar, 1983. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 80pp, stapled wrappers. Compliments slip from Literary Editor Leland Hickman laid in. A scarce arts review featuring a range of written and visual work. Unmarked copy, small spot of wear to back cover.

Madrid: Fundacion Banco Exterior, 1988. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. Tall 4to, 168pp, printed wrappers with French flaps. A scarce and elegant exhibition catalogue, with contributions by Octavio Paz and others and many excellent color illustrations. Corner bump affecting early pages and some sunning to covers, a little musty, small bump to spine.

Durham, NC: North Carolina College at Durham, 1968. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 40pp, stapled wrappers. Rare Black Arts themed 1968 issue of this little magazine from Durham, NC, includes some very radical poetry ("The honkey's to blame! should I/Kill Him?") as well as artwork. Mailing address and markings to back cover (else unmarked), staple holes from mailing closure, a bit of general wear.

San Francisco: Tom Veitch, 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 28pp (mimeographed on colored mimeo paper), stapled wrappers. 1 of 100 copies printed of the rare first issue of this Surreal counterculture-era S.F. zine by underground comix participant and Star Wars content author Tom Veitch, who appears to have written all the content (Ted Berrigan, Timothy Leary, and Charles Manson are mentioned, among others). Solid copy from the collection of Opal Louis Nations, a bit of outer toning and wear.

San Francisco: Tom Veitch, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 60pp, stapled wrappers. The scarce fourth issue of this unusual zine/underground comic hybrid. Price to front cover (else unmarked), light wear.

New York: Angel Hair Books, 1974. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 160pp, printed wrappers. INSCRIBED by Tom Veitch to fellow author Opal Louis Nations in 1975. 1 of 1000 stated copies of this collection of experimental texts, with cover lettering by Greg Irons. Light cover soil and minor wear, sound overall.

San Francisco: Tom Veitch, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 60pp, stapled wrappers. Clean copy of the third issue of this unusual zine/underground comic hybrid (this one is all text, with a cover by artist Greg Irons that was printed by underground comix pioneer Don Donahue). Light bump to top edge, typical toning, no markings.

New York: The Poetry Project, 1967. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, ~40 leaves (printed one side), stapled wrappers. 1 of 200 copies of this scarce 1970 Poetry Project publication from a Tom Veitch workshop. Unmarked copy, light outer wear.

San Francisco: Tom Veitch, 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 10 leaves (mimeographed one-side on colored mimeo paper), stapled wrappers. 1 of 400 copies. A nice copy (from the collection of Opal Louis Nations) of this Surreal counterculture-era S.F. zine by underground comix participant Tom Veitch, includes a collaboration with Ron Padgett and a bizarre fantasy piece involving Mick Jagger and Bernardine Dohrn of the Weather Underground. Unmarked copy, minor wear.

San Francisco: Momo's Press, 1976. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, [vi]+106pp, printed wrappers. Special Androgyny Issue of this underground literary magazine from San Francisco, an early investigation of the subject. Unmarked copy with light spotting to back cover.

San Francisco: Momo's Press, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 72pp, printed wrappers. Includes excerpts from Jack Spicer and Lew Welch (both of whom are mentioned on the cover), other local content. Unmarked copy, light cover wear and soil with edge bands of sunning.

San Francisco: Shocks, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, [ii]+24pp, stapled self-cover. Nice copy of the rare first issue of this Bay Area underground poetry magazine (focused mainly on criticism). Includes notes on Walt Whitman by Jack Spicer (reprinted from Manroot 6/7). Unmarked copy, has not been folded or mailed, a little cover soil from staples.

San Francisco: Momo's Press, 1974. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 94pp, printed wrappers. Includes excerpts from Jack Spicer and Lew Welch (both of whom are mentioned on the cover), other local content. Unmarked copy, light cover wear and soil.