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Published by Allentown, PA: Damascus Road, 1965
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 8vo, 64pp, printed wrappers. Second issue of this interesting mix of Beat and other significant writers (including Julio Cortazar). Unmarked copy with minor wear and soil to lap wrappers. Not Signed.
Published by Totem Press / Corinth Books [1962], New York, 1962
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First Edition. Small octavo (20.25cm.); original white staplebound wrappers illustrated by Jesse Sorrentino; unpaged. Wrappers a bit toned and slightly finger-soiled, light wear, else Near Very Good and sound. Bookplate signed by Wakoski laid in.
Published by New York: The Trembling Lamb / Phoenix Book Shop, 1959
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Near VG. 8vo, 48pp, printed wrappers. Prime Beat-era one-shot magazine, includes an important early work by LeRoi Jones (prefatory to his 1965 novel), an interesting late 1959 letter from Gregory Corso, Artaud on Van Gogh, Carl Solomon, and a Jean Harlow cover. Some blue crayon markings to front cover, else unmarked with a bit of wear and toning. Not Signed.
Published by Durham, NC: Hambone, 2012
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Near Fine. 8vo, [xiv]+298pp, printed wrappers. Twentieth issue of this cultural magazine edited by Nathaniel Mackey. Includes work by a range of important contributors. Unmarked copy from the collection of Clarence Major, just about as new. Not Signed.
Published by Burlingame, CA: The Chrysalis West Foundation, 1963
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 8vo, 96pp, printed wrappers. Scarce fifth issue of this eminent West Coast publication, includes a cover feature on Ken Kesey with an interview an an advance excerpt from "Sometimes a Great Notion," then in progress. Plus work by a great range of contributors. Unmarked copy (except for tiny owner initials to back cover), light reading wear. Not Signed.
Published by Pocatello, ID: Wild Dog, 1963
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Near VG. 4to, [ii]+26pp (mimeographed both sides), stapled wrappers. Scarce early issue of this important sixties mimeographed poetry magazine. Includes work by LeRoi Jones, Denise Levertov, and others. Unmarked copy with vertical creasing and wear from having been folded. Not Signed.
Published by New York: Streets Magazine, 1965
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 4to, 64pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce issue of this radical underground literary magazine. Bob Dylan's girlfriend Suze Rotolo (who appears with him on the cover of the Freewheelin' album) is credited as Art Editor on the masthead. Includes a full-page photograph of Malcolm X by Ed Druck, plus writing by a range of contributors. Unmarked copy, light wear. Not Signed.
Published by Chicago: The Johnson Publishing Company, Inc., 1972
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 8vo, 96pp, printed wrappers. Special Chester Himes issue, including a lengthy interview, an essay on Himes by Ishmael Reed and a Himes bibliography, a report on Tanzania by Amiri Baraka, and an early book review by Nikki Giovanni. Mailing label to author Clarence Major to front cover. Unmarked copy, typical toning to newsprint stock and light outer wear. Not Signed.
Published by New York: Totem Press, 1961
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 8vo, 68pp, stapled wrappers. Seventh issue of this Beat-era literary review edited by LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), with contributions by Charles Olson, John Ashbery, Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg, Frank O'Hara, Diane di Prima, Stuart Z. Perkoff, and others. Nice copy, light outer toning/soil, first page of Creeley piece has some underlining (no other markings). Not Signed.
Published by Santa Cruz, CA: Hambone, 1998
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Near Fine. 8vo, [viii]+202pp, printed wrappers. Scarce fourteenth issue of this cultural magazine edited by Nathaniel Mackey. Includes an interview with Steve Lacy, a Don Cherry-inspired sculpture by Bradford Graves, and work by a range of important contributors. Unmarked copy from the collection of Clarence Major, just about as new. Not Signed.
Published by Santa Cruz, CA: Hambone, 1989
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 8vo, [viii]+192pp, printed wrappers. Scarce eighth issue of this cultural magazine edited by Nathaniel Mackey. Includes 2 poems by Amiri Baraka, plus writing by Victor Hernandez Cruz, Ed Roberson, Elizabeth Alexander, and others. Unmarked copy, light outer rubbing wear and soil. Not Signed.
Published by Buffalo: Duncan McNaughton, 1975
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 4to, 71 leaves (mimeographed one side), stapled wrappers. The thick final issue of this Duncan McNaughton-edited mimeographed poetry magazine from Seventies Buffalo. Nice copy with a bit of the inevitable wear to the lap cover edges and faint sunning. Not Signed.
Published by Abrams w/Museum of American Folk Art, NY, 1993
Seller: Abstract Books, Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Fine; near fine dust jacket.166 pp, essays Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones) & Thomas McEvilley, notes on works Paul & Wiiliam Arnett, list collectors, exhibition history, select bibliography, 128 illustrations, 122 in color, red cloth.
Published by MacGibbon & Kee, London, 1965
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First U.K. Edition. Octavo (22cm). Black paper over boards, in cream dust jacket; [i]-xvi [17]-351,[1]pp; publisher's ads to rear jacket panel. Tapped at head and tail, bumped at lower front edge, internally fresh: Near Fine. Jacket unclipped (priced 30s), patchily but faintly discolored, with minor creases at head and tail and slight dustsoil to base of spine: Very Good. Includes contributions from Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, Diane Di Prima, et al.
Published by New York: Totem Press, 1962
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Near VG. 8vo, 64pp, stapled wrappers. Final issue of this seminal Beat-era little magazine edited by LeRoi Jones. Includes The Cut-Up Method of Brion Gysin by William Burroughs (Schottlaender C48; Shoaf III-37). Unmarked copy, light bend to front cover and early pages, small closed edge tears to back cover and late pages, general soil and wear. Not Signed.
Published by New York: Provincetown Review, 1961
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 4to, 84pp, printed wrappers. Includes "Dreams of Hippolyte" by Susan Sontag (Poague & Parsons G23), comprising material from a draft of "The Benefactor." Issue also includes Beat writers and Abstract Expressionist artists. Tight, unmarked copy, typical rubbing to covers, light bump to one corner. Not Signed.
Published by New York: Kulchur Press Inc., 1964
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 8vo, 104pp, printed wrappers. Includes an interview with Andy Warhol by Gerard Malanga, book reviews by Ted Berrigan and Ron Padgett, much else. The sixteenth issue of this seminal sixties journal of avant-garde culture, combines prose and verse with serious music content. Unmarked copy, general wear and soil, small closed tear at head of spine. Not Signed.
Published by New York: Kulchur Press Inc., 1965
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st edition. Good+. 8vo, 104pp, printed wrappers. Poet Bill Berkson s copy (though unmarked aside from an enigmatic note to back cover in what is presumably Berkson's hand). Includes writing by Joe Brainard, book reviews by Ted Berrigan, John Sinclair and Ron Padgett, an interview with Morton Feldman by Robert Ashley, much else. Spine reinforced with tape by Berkson, general wear and soil. Not Signed.
Published by New York: Kulchur Press Inc., 1963
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Near VG. 8vo, 104pp, printed wrappers. The ninth issue of this seminal sixties journal of avant-garde culture, a special number devoted to plays and the theatre. Unmarked copy with 1/2" surface chip loss to base of spine, small corner stain, and a bit of general wear. Not Signed.
Published by New York: Kulchur Press Inc., 1962
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 8vo, 104pp, printed wrappers. The eighth issue of this seminal sixties journal of avant-garde culture, combines prose and verse with serious music content. Subscription card laid in. Unmarked copy, a bit of general wear and minor spine lean. Not Signed.
Published by Buffalo, NY: Intrepid Press, 1967
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Near Fine. 4to, 50pp, stapled wrappers. Sharp copy of another impressive early issue of Allen De Loach's important underground literary magazine; includes three poems by Charles Bukowski, plus work a range of other important contributors. Unmarked copy (looks almost uncirculated) with minor wear. Not Signed.
Published by New York: Kulchur Press Inc., 1962
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. 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. Not Signed.
Published by LeRoi Jones / Diane Di Prima, New York, 1961
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Good. Magazine. (12)pp. Single sheets printed both sides and secured with a staple. Folded once for mailing with some scattered spots on front and rear wrap, with toning and the rear sheet lacking, good or better. An influential mimeograph published by Jones and di Prima featuring some of the most important poets of the 20th Century. Unlike other magazines, this so-called "newsletter" was distributed via a mailing list, many of which were noted poets, journalists, critics, publishers and artists. For this reason, most copies were hand addressed or affixed with a mailing label and stamp, and folded for mailing. This copy is addressed to poet Gil Orlovitz with his address crossed out and a new address written on beside the old one. This issue features Ed Dorn's "The Landscape Below.".
Published by Totem Press, 1959
Seller: Aeon Bookstore, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Four volumes of the venerable literary quarterly Yugen (1958-1962), edited by LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka and then-partner Hettie Cohen. Published through Baraka's own Totem Press, the journal brought together work by figures from the Beat Generation, the Black Mountain School, the New York School, and international literary modernism. The quarterly took for its namesake the Japanese aesthetic concept translating roughly to mysterious, graceful profundity. With contributions from William Carlos Williams, Allen Ginsberg, David Meltzer, Paul Blackburn, Philip Whalen, Diane Di Prima, John Wieners, Michael McClure, Fielding Dawson, Frank O'Hara, Cesar Vallejo, Jack Kerouac, Gregory Corso, Robin Blaser, Ed Dorn, Ray Bremser, Robert Creeley, Tristan Tzara, Gary Snyder, Kenneth Koch, Baraka, Gilbert Sorrentino, John Ashbery, Charles Olson, Peter Orlovsky, and many others. All 5.5" x 8.5" softcover books, saddle-stapled in card wraps, with occasional b/w illustrations. Books from the collection of a tobacco smoker, with attendant if subtle tanning mainly to spines. Shelfwear to all rather mild: some modest rubbing to covers / mild edgewear. Bindings all sound, with crisp, quite bright unmarked pages. Each journal is now in a custom cut mylar dustjacket. Issue 4 is particularly scarce. Very handsome examples.