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

Northampton, MA: Norman Fitts, ca. 1921. 1st edition. Soft cover. Good /No Jacket (as issued). Good-. 8vo, 12pp, stapled self-cover. The rare 15th issue of this landmark Modernist little magazine. Unmarked copy with dampstain at spine/gutters, mainly affecting top half (most pronounced on front cover, but affects entire book). The top staple is exteriorly missing from corrosion. A seldom-seen monument of the early interwar avant-garde.

New York: SOME, 1973. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 84pp (plus extract section cover), stapled wrappers. Scarce issue of this early seventies literary magazine, includes a special section of poet Bill Knott, plus writing by Clarence Major, Robert Bly translations, other interesting content. Unmarked copy, light wear.

New York: SOME, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 84 pp, stapled wrappers. Includes a section of a poem by Ezra Pound deleted from his "Canzoni" (1911), plus a lengthy pre-publication excerpt from C. David Heymann's biography of Pound, including an account of his meeting with Allen Ginsberg. Nice copy, minor signs of wear.

San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1979. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. VG in VG+ dw. INSCRIBED by the author on the FFEP. 8vo, 256pp, blind-stamped oatmeal cloth with spine stamped in gold. An ambitious work of historical fiction published by the Sierra Club. A few pieces of ephemera relating to the author are laid in. Book is unmarked (aside from inscription with some foxing to the cloth; jacket has minor toning and spots.

Barnsley, England: Sad Traffic, 1969. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 20pp, stapled wrappers. Nice copy of the first issue of this underground literary magazine from 1969 Yorkshire. No markings; light soil to back cover.

Orono, ME: The University of Maine at Orono, 1982. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 208pp, printed wrappers. Nice copy of the third issue, devoted to Robert Creeley, of this important little magazine (from the collection of Robert Duncan, though unmarked). Includes work by and about the poet, with a range of stellar contributors. Clean, tight, unmarked copy, light wear.

Orono, ME: The University of Maine at Orono, 1982. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 168pp, printed wrappers. Nice copy of the second issue of this important little magazine. Includes Michael Andre Bernstein on Duncan, Cid Corman on Louis Zukofsky, other exceptional content. Clean, tight, unmarked copy, light wear.

Orono, ME: The University of Maine at Orono, 1984. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 160pp, printed wrappers. Nice copy of an Objectivist-focused issue of this important little magazine. Includes interviews with the Oppens and with Charles Bernstein and Douglas Messerli, plus other prime content. Clean, tight, unmarked copy, light wear.

Orono, ME: The University of Maine at Orono, 1982. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 168pp, printed wrappers. Nice copy of the first issue of this important little magazine. Includes Oppen on Pound, Fielding Dawson on Charles Olson, other exceptional content. Clean, tight, unmarked copy, light wear.

New York: George Braziller, 1963. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in VG dw. Large 8vo, viii+626pp, black cloth stamp in silver and purple, printed dustwrapper. Nice copy of the first American edition of this English translation of a monumental work on Genet by Sartre. Cloth has minor soil to back cover (internally clean), jacket has price clipped and shows some toning to spine and a closed tear to cover.

New York: Larry Fagin, 2000. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 52pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce second issue (preceded by number 0) of this later Larry Fagin-edited little magazine of experimental writing. Unmarked copy, light wear.

New York: Larry Fagin, 2013. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 138pp, stapled wrappers. Contributor Bill Berkson's copy (though unmarked) of what appears to have been the final issue of this later Larry Fagin little magazine. Unmarked copy with light wear.

New York: Larry Fagin, 2004. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 82pp, stapled wrappers. Poet Bill Berkson's copy (though unsigned), with a few marginalia and a number of check marks in what appears to be his hand. Sound copy overall with light wear.

New York: Larry Fagin, 2006. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, ~100pp, stapled wrappers. This issue of Sal Mimeo was issued without any attributions or contextual information, but appears to be a collection of work by familiar contributors. Unmarked copy, bump to one corner.

Saratoga Springs, NY: Skidmore College, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 316pp, printed wrappers. Thick 10th Anniversary Issue, includes an interview with Susan Sontag (20pp; Poague & Parsons F23). Also includes work from other prominent contributors. Unmarked copy, light outer toning and soil.

Saratoga Springs, NY: Skidmore College, 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 98pp, printed wrappers. Issue leads with "The Case for George Lukacs" by Fredric Jameson (33pp). Also includes an essay on Film Semiology by Norman Silverstein and poetry by Joyce Carol Oates and others. Unmarked copy with light outer spots/toning.

Saratoga Springs, NY: Skidmore College, 1990. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 380pp, printed wrappers. Thick double issue, includes a symposium on Kitsch with Susan Sontag (Poague & Parsons G107; includes a memorable photo of Sontag with Gary Indiana). Also includes work from other prominent contributors. Unmarked copy, a bit of light cover wear and soil, minor sunning at spine.

Tacoma, WA: Dick Bakken and Lee Altman, 1966. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 28pp (mimeographed), stapled wrappers. 1 of 500 stated copies of this rare Mimeo Revolution title from Tacoma, includes a range of interesting contributors and an early xerographic cover. The fragile title slip is still attached to the front cover (small corner chip); minor edge wear and typical toning of stock.

Portland, OR: Dick Bakken and Lee Altman, 1967. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 42pp (mostly mimeographed), stapled wrappers. 1 of 500 stated copies of this rare Mimeo Revolution title, includes work by Bukowski, Ginsberg, Berge, et al. A mimeographed announcement of a forthcoming double issue devoted to Allen Ginsberg (never issued) is laid in. Unmarked copy, light outer wear.

Tacoma, WA: Dick Bakken and Lee Altman, 1966. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 40pp (mimeographed), stapled wrappers. 1 of 500 stated copies of this rare Mimeo Revolution title from Tacoma, includes an interesting summary of finances for the first six issues (as well as an index of them). The fragile title slip is still attached to the front cover (small corner chip); minor edge wear (small corner chip to many pages) and typical toning of stock.