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

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. VG+ in VG unclipped dw. 8vo, 544pp (plus plates), grey boards with black cloth spine stamped in gold, printed dustwrapper. Warmly INSCRIBED by Bob Woodward in the year of publication on the first interior page. Stated first printing of this important book of political history. Unmarked copy, two leaves have dog-ear fold lines, a little soil to page edges, jacket spine has some sunning.

Redwood City, CA: John Bennett, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. Wide 8vo, 72pp (mimeographed), stapled wrappers. Another intense issue of John Bennett's mimeo revolution underground poetry magazine. Nice, unmarked copy with typical light toning to the multicolored mimeo paper (this was a later mag in the grand mimeo style).

Munich, Germany: Vagabond, 1967. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 72pp, stapled wrappers. Rare early issue, published from Munich, includes two poems by Charles Bukowski (who is also mentioned in passing in an interview with Jay Robert Nash). Unmarked copy, some stains/spotting to page edges.

Ellensburg, WA: John Bennett, 1979. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. Wide 8vo, 72pp (mimeographed), stapled wrappers. Another packed issue of John Bennett's mimeo revolution underground poetry magazine. Includes a memoir by Kent Taylor of the Ashpodel Book Shop of the Cleveland poetry scene and d.a. levy. Unmarked copy with typical light toning to the mimeo paper, top edge of cover roughly trimmed (as issued).

Ellensburg, WA: John Bennett, 1977. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. Wide 8vo, 92pp, stapled wrappers. Another packed issue of John Bennett's mimeo revolution underground poetry magazine. Includes a "self-interview" by Saul Bellow (7pp, originally published in The Ontario Observer), plus a range of other contributors. Unmarked copy with very light sunning to spine.

Ellensburg, WA: John Bennett, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. Wide 8vo, 72pp (mimeographed), stapled wrappers. Another packed issue of John Bennett's mimeo revolution underground poetry magazine, this one guest-edited by Al Masarik. Nice, unmarked copy with typical light toning to the mimeo paper (this was a later mag in the grand mimeo style).

Paris and New York: French Connection Press, 2002. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 212pp, printed wrappers. First issue of this literary journal with a stellar roster of contributors (some taken from published work). Unmarked copy, light wear.

Paris: French Connection Press and New York: Committee on Poetry, 2005. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 248pp, printed wrappers. Fourth issue of this literary journal with a prime cast of contributors (some taken from published work). Unmarked copy, light wear.

Los Angeles: Variegation Publishing Company, 1949. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 24pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce 1949 little magazine from Los Angeles, includes a poem by future avant-garde filmmaker Christopher Maclaine. Unmarked copy with soft crease to back cover and a bit of staple rust.

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 108pp, printed wrappers. An extensively illustrated collaborative work. Unmarked copy, spotting to page edges and light outer soil.

London: Strange Faeces Press, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 28pp, printed front wrapper. Copy H of 26 copies SIGNED and LETTERED by both authors (of a total edition of 125). An uncirculated copy of this rare work, from the collection of publisher Opal Louis Nations, just about as new.

Chicago: Roosevelt University, 1959. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 24pp, stapled wrappers. Uncommon little magazine from 1959 Chicago, includes poetry by Snyder, Whalen, Clarence Major, et al., as well as a brief review of "Maggie Cassidy" by Kerouac. Unmarked copy, a bit of bumping and reading wear.

New York: Angel Hair Books, 1967. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/Very Good. VG. Large 4to, 12pp (printed letterpress), plus plate, stapled lap wrappers. 1 of 500 copies printed by The Chapel Press in Williamstown, Massachusetts for Anne Waldman and Lewis Warsh's Angel Hair Press. A beautifully produced early work by this important Hermetic poet. A bit of wear (as usual) to the fragile oversized wrappers, contents clean.

Red Deer, Alberta, Canada: Virus 23, 1992. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 68pp, printed wrappers. Subscription letter laid in. Mondo 2000-adjacent literary zine from Alberta, includes a nice full-page illustration of William Burroughs. Unmarked copy with minor wear.

New York: East/West Network (for United Airlines), 1989. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 160pp, printed wrappers. SIGNED on the cover by Ken Kesey. United Airlines magazine from March 1989, includes "My Oregon Trail" by Ken Kesey, and a cover photo of the author. Near Fine, minor wear to extremities.

Waterloo, Ontario: Board of Publications, The University of Waterloo, 1964. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 56pp, stapled wrappers. Second issue of this impressive and uncommon little magazine from Canada. Unmarked copy, light sunning/soil and reading wear.

Waterloo, Ontario: Board of Publications, The University of Waterloo, 1963. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 80pp, stapled wrappers. A typescript "Sonnet on the Death of President Kennedy" by Jack Bliss and one other piece of unrelated ephemera are laid in. First issue of this impressive and uncommon little magazine from Canada. "Complimentary copy" written on first interior page (no other markings), light soil/wear to covers.

Waterloo, Ontario: Board of Publications, The University of Waterloo, 1966. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 48pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce later issue of this Canadian poetry magazine edited by Nelson Ball. About half of the issue is guest-edited by Carol Berge and contains the work of New York poets. Unmarked copy, a bit of soil to wrappers and staple rust.

Silver Spring, MD: Vort Works Ink, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 192pp, printed wrappers. Seventh issue of this important magazine of seventies experimental writing. Unmarked copy from the collection of Opal Louis Nations, a bit of reading wear.

Washington, DC: Voyages, 1968. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 112pp, printed wrappers. Special Robert Lax issue, includes work by and about Lax. Unmarked copy, rubbing to spine edge and light wear.