1960s : Periodicals from Philip Smith, Bookseller

Denver, Colorado: Mile High Underground, 1967. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 20pp (including wrappers), staple-bound. Scarce third issue of this important Denver 1960s underground magazine edited by James Ryan Morris. Address label to The Wormwood Review and canceled postage stamp on front cover (no other markings), remnants of original closure tape, a bit of… Read more about this item

Denver, Colorado: Mile High Underground, 1967. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 36pp (including wrappers), staple-bound. Scarce sixth issue of this important Denver 1960s underground magazine edited by James Ryan Morris. Includes an interview with and article by Timothy Leary, who mentions the Grateful Dead. (The back cover is a full-page ad for the first… Read more about this item

Berkeley: City Miner Magazine, 1979. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 48pp, stapled wrappers. Stewart Brand featured on cover and interviewed at length within (about 13 two-column pages); also includes writing by Peter Berg and Leslie Scalapino, other period content. Nice copy with light wear and typical toning of newsprint stock.

San Francisco: Nexus, 1965. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 70pp, printed wrappers. Scarce early counterculture magazine from San Francisco, includes a story by poet Al Young and an article by Paul Twitchell (mentions Eckankar). Unmarked copy with a bit of outer spotting and surface insect wear, light musty smell from decades of… Read more about this item

Berkeley: City Miner Magazine, 1980. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 48pp, stapled wrappers. Final issue of this underground communitarian magazine from Berkeley. Includes an article by Stephen Kessler on the state of American poetry going into the 1980s. Nice copy with light wear and typical toning of newsprint stock.

Berkeley: City Miner Magazine, 1978. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 48pp, stapled wrappers. This issue includes a Robert Anton Wilson essay on Morality Mania, Daniel Ellsberg on Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Energy; a look at And/Or Press, other period content. Unmarked copy with light wear (minor bump to top edge) and typical… Read more about this item

Berkeley, CA: City Miner Magazine, 1977. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 48pp, stapled wrappers. Important late-seventies Bay Area community magazine, this issue includes a cover story on the Ohlone by Malcolm Margolin and a feature on a call service operated by The Hog Far,. Unmarked copy, minor wear, typical toning to newsprint… Read more about this item

Berkeley: City Miner Magazine, 1977. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 48pp, stapled wrappers. Important late-seventies Bay Area community magazine, this issue includes features and cover devoted to "Women on Prostitution." Unmarked copy, bound with two covers (duplicate), minor wear, typical toning to newsprint stock.

London: Donald Carroll Ltd, 1969. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 8pp, stapled self-cover. Rare newsletter of this adventurous publishing firm (though its eponymous founder had left before this was issued). Includes a paragraph about casting for Stanley Kubrick's unrealized Napoleon film (then in production). Also notes of miscellaneous interest and art by… Read more about this item

London: Donald Carroll Ltd, 1969. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 8pp, stapled self-cover. Rare newsletter of this adventurous publishing firm (though its eponymous founder had left before this was issued). Includes notes of miscellaneous interest and a cartoon by Ralph Steadman. Unmarked copy, has been folded for mailing.

San Francisco: Nexus, 1965. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 58pp, printed wrappers. Nice copy of this scarce early counterculture magazine from San Francisco, includes verse by Al Young, Douglas Blazek, William J. Margolis, et al. Unmarked copy, minor signs of age.

Berkeley, CA: City Miner Magazine, 1977. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 48pp, stapled wrappers. First issue of this important late-seventies Berkeley community magazine, includes an interview with Moe Moskowitz of Moe's Books on Telegraph Avenue, plus a variety of local writing. "Complimentary Copy" stamp to cover (else unmarked), bump to bottom edge,… Read more about this item

Berkeley, CA: City Miner Magazine, 1977. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 48pp, stapled wrappers. Important late-seventies Bay Area community magazine, this issue includes an interview with Peter Berg of Planet/Drum. Unmarked copy, small closed edge tear to cover and minor bending, typical toning to newsprint stock.

San Francisco: Nexus, 1965. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 66pp, printed wrappers. Scarce early counterculture magazine from San Francisco, includes a brief article on D.H. Lawrence by Eckankar founder Paul Twitchell. Library stamp to cover (barely visible; no other markings) and light outer wear.

San Francisco: Nexus, 1967. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 64pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce early counterculture magazine from San Francisco, includes a very early poem by Ron Silliman as well as a full-page photo of Big Brother and the Holding Company, cartoons by Jay Lynch, and other 1960s content. Unmarked copy, subscription form… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Nexus, 1965. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 66pp, printed wrappers. Scarce early counterculture magazine from San Francisco. Unmarked copy, light outer wear and soil.

San Francisco: Nexus, 1965. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 68pp, printed wrappers. Scarce early counterculture magazine from San Francisco. Unmarked copy, spine has some fraying.

Berkeley: City Miner Magazine, 1978. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 48pp, stapled wrappers. Includes an essay by Robert Anton Wilson on The End of the Work Ethic, an interview with Ishmael Reed, Alta on the San Francisco Film Festival, other period content. Nice copy with minimal wear, just about as new (except… Read more about this item

Berkeley: City Miner Magazine, 1978. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 48pp, stapled wrappers. Includes an essay by Robert Anton Wilson on Raymond Chandler (includes some extracts from Chandler novels arranged as poetry by Wilson), Bob Callahan on Turtle Island, other period content. Nice copy with light wear and typical toning of newsprint… Read more about this item