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

Halcyon, CA: Kaldron, 1984. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. Tabloid format (on white paper), 20pp. Another impressive issue of this uncommon review of visual and experimental writing. Unmarked copy, folded a little askew, light outer soil and wear.

Manhattan, KS: Kansas Quarterly / Kansas State University, 1984. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 136pp, printed wrappers. Special Fantasy in Literature issue, with essays on J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, Tarzan, The Wizard of Oz, etc. Unmarked copy, minor wear.

Manhattan, KS: Kansas Quarterly / Kansas State University, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 128pp, printed wrappers. Scarce issue of this journal devoted to the Black Studies. Includes the text of a 1973 address by Gordon Parks, plus a section of Parks photos (and a Parks cover). Presentation inscription from editor Harold Schneider on first interior page (no other markings), price sticker to cover, light outer wear, slight spine lean.

Lawrence, KS: Cottonwood Review, 1967. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. VG+. 8vo, 52pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce 1967 anthology from Lawrence, Kansas, of poems by visiting poets and students, including Ted Berrigan, Jackson Mac Low, David Ignatow, Robert Bly, David Antin, Jerome Rothenberg, Armand Schwerner, David Ignatow, et al. Unmarked copy with bump to one corner and light general wear.

San Francisco: Shirt Pocket Editions, 2006. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 32mo, 25 leaves (printed one-side on card stock), comb binding. INSCRIBED to the painter Jack Freeman by the author on the first interior page. One of an unknown but presumably microscopic number of copies of the self-published first edition of this pocket-sized poetic collection by a key figure in San Francisco's North Beach from the Beat era until his death a few years after this was issued. Just about as new (minor marks on cover appear to be printing artifact).

Gambier, OH: Kenyon College, 1950. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 196pp, printed wrappers. A clean and unmarked copy of this 1950 issue, includes a Delmore Schwartz poem and work by and about Jean-Louis Barrault. Unmarked copy, clean corner folds to Schwartz page (was binding issue), light outer toning and wear.

Gambier, OH: Kenyon College, 1956. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 176pp, printed wrappers. Contains the original appearance of the story Greenleaf by Flannery O'Connor (Farmer C.1956.6; later included in Everything That Rises Must Converge). Subscription form laid in. Nice unmarked copy with minor wear.

Gambier, OH: Kenyon College, 1939. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 112pp, printed wrappers. The scarce second issue of this important little magazine founded by John Crowe Ransom in 1938. Includes translations from Lorca and a note on the poet by William Carlos Williams. Unmarked copy, toning and some wear and soil to wrappers.

Gambier, OH: Kenyon College, 1960. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 192pp, printed wrappers. Contains the original appearance of the story The Comforts of Home by Flannery O'Connor (Farmer C.1960.3; later included in Everything That Rises Must Converge). Also includes two poems by Sylvia Plath (The Colossus and The Beekeeper's Daughter, preceding their book publication), an essay by Robert Graves, a review by Russell Kirk, etc. Solid unmarked copy with minor wear.

Gambier, OH: Kenyon College, 1954. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 176pp, printed wrappers. Includes the short story "A Circle in the Fire" (Farmer C.1954.1) by Flannery O'Connor. Clean and tight copy, a little spine wrinkling and tilt (as often seen with this title), minor abrasion.

Gambier, OH: Kenyon College, 1952. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 184pp, printed wrappers. This 1952 issue includes a Delmore Schwartz story and work by other major contributors. Unmarked copy, a bit of outer toning and wear.

Bristol, England: The Kerouac Connection, 1989. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 36pp, stapled wrappers. Includes an interesting March 1947 reading list compiled by Neal and Carolyn Cassady plus much on Kerouac et al. Unmarked copy, a bit of general wear.

Bristol, England: The Kerouac Connection, 1989. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 36pp, stapled wrappers. Content mostly devoted to Kerouac, though the cover pictures Burroughs and there is a review of Ted Morgan's "Literary Outlaw" book on Burroughs. Unmarked copy, a bit of staple rust.

New York: Adventures in Poetry, 1973. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 46pp (plus two extra copies of one plate bound in), stapled wrappers. An early work written and illustrated by Glen Baxter and published at The Poetry Project. Unmarked copy from the collection of Opal Louis Nations, a little staple rust and associated soil and light general wear.

New York: Adventures in Poetry, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 13 leaves, stapled wrappers. 1 of 276 unnumbered copies (from a total edition of 300). Two illustrated collaborations, bound dos-a-dos by Adventures in Poetry. Unmarked copy, a bit of spotting, wear and staple rust.

Heidelberg, Germany: PANic Press, 1966. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 4to (A4), 50pp, staple-bound with publisher's tape spine. A rare issue (300 copies printed) of Carl Weissner's seminal sixties magazine from the center of the literary avant-garde. Includes cut-up and concrete work. Unmarked copy, a little spotting, faint must, includes laid-in drawing plate.

Leamington Spa, Warwickshire: Michael Gibbs, 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. Tabloid, 18pp, self-cover. 1 of 500 copies. Tabloid-format issue of this influential experimental writing magazine edited by Michael Gibbs, includes work coverage of the Colloque de Tanger with work by William Burroughs (Schottlaender v4.C406, Shoaf III-233), Brion Gysin, et al. Unread-looking copy, has been stored flat; small damp stain at bottom margin and light wear to extremities.

Amsterdam: Kontexts Publications, 1977. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 4to, 28pp, stapled self-cover. 1 of 1000 copies of this essential Sound Poetry resource. Small library stamp to first interior page (no other markings), general reading wear, 1/4" corner loss to back cover.

Nevada City, CA: Kuksu Press, 1977. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 112pp, printed wrappers. Sixth issue of this little magazine of poetry and writing, edited by ethnobotanist Dale Pendell. Includes verse by Gary Snyder and a "Poetry and Magic Initiatory Questionnaire" by Pendell. Unmarked copy, light toning to spine and cover margins.

New York: Kulchur Press Inc, 1962. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 104pp, printed wrappers. Poet Cid Corman's copy, SIGNED and dated 10th October 1962 on contents page, with marginal emphasis/comments to about 20 pages. The seventh issue of this seminal sixties journal of avant-garde culture, combines prose and verse with serious music content (A. B. Spellman reviews John Coltrane's Live at the Village Vanguard). Solid copy with moderate wear.