Io Magazine from Philip Smith, Bookseller

Somesville, ME: Io Magazine, 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 256pp, printed wrappers. First printing of the seventh issue of this esoteric underground intellectual review, importantly directed toward ecological concerns around the time of the first Earth Day. Unmarked copy (aside from publisher's copyright stamp to inside front cover), slight yellowing to spine (as… Read more about this item

Plainfield, Vermont: Io, 1974. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 304pp, printed wrappers. Presentation inscriptions to first interior page and some ink marginalia scattered throughout. Huge issue of this essential 1970s literary/hermetic magazine, guest edited by Thelemic poet and biotechnologist Harvey Bialy (an associate of Harry Smith, Kenneth Anger, and Anton LaVey). This issue includes… Read more about this item

Cape Elizabeth, ME: Io Publications, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 312pp, printed wrappers. Thirteenth issue of this esoteric underground literary and intellectual review. A thick selection of varied and quality writing. Unmarked copy, minor outer wear.

Plainfield, VT: Io Publications, 1973. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 256pp, printed wrappers. Sixteenth issue of this esoteric underground literary and intellectual review. Includes illustrations by Joe Brainard throughout. Unmarked copy, line of sunning to cover at top edge and a little outer wear and soil.

Ann Arbor, MI: Io Magazine, 1968. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 160pp, printed wrappers. First printing of the fifth issue of this esoteric underground literary and intellectual review. Unmarked copy, light outer toning and soil.

Cape Elizabeth, ME: Io Books, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 96pp, printed wrappers. This collection of poems by Io co-founder Lindy Hough constitutes the 11th issue of Io magazine. Unmarked copy, light wear.

Ann Arbor, Michigan: Io, 1967. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 168pp, printed wrappers. Sound copy of the first printing of the influential fourth issue (devoted to Alchemy) of this esoteric underground literary and intellectual review. Includes excerpts from two 1966 lectures on UFOs by Mel Noel. Unmarked copy, a bit of light… Read more about this item

Cape Elizabeth, Maine: Io Publications, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 324pp, printed wrappers. One of the great massive early issues of Io, including scientific, poetic, and ethnological material centering around dreams. One writer describes a dream in which Miguel Serrano appears. Unmarked copy, light outer toning and soil, surface wear to… Read more about this item

Ann Arbor, MI: Io Magazine, 1966. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 84pp, stapled wrappers. First printing of the third issue of this esoteric underground literary and intellectual review. Unmarked copy, light outer toning and soil and minor surface wear.

Amherst, MA: Io Magazine, 1965. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 36pp, printed wrappers. The scarce first printing, with $0.25 cover price, of the first issue of this esoteric underground literary and intellectual review. Includes an excerpt from a late 1964 letter from Ray Bradbury to Richard Grossinger. A solid, unmarked copy with… Read more about this item

Amherst, MA: Io Magazine, 1966. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 80pp, stapled wrappers. Nice copy of the uncommon first printing of the second issue of this esoteric underground literary and intellectual review. Unmarked copy, light wear.

Cape Elizabeth, Maine: Io Publications, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 176pp, printed wrappers. Nice copy of the twelfth issue of this esoteric underground literary and intellectual review. Includes text of a lengthy telegram from Buckminster Fuller to Edmund Muskie, a reprint of the 1965 Spider Magazine interview with Kenneth Anger, etc.… Read more about this item

Plainfield, Vermont: Io Books, 1973. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 272pp, printed wrappers. A thick anthology issue, featuring early work by Kathy Acker and Jayne Anne Phillips. Nice unmarked copy, light wear.

Cape Elizabeth, ME: Io Publications, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, [iv]+224pp, printed wrappers. Ninth issue of this seminal literary and intellectual review, entirely devoted to prose and verse by founder Richard Grossinger. Unmarked copy, minor outer wear and toning.

Ann Arbor: Io Publications, 1969. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 212pp, printed wrappers. Stated second printing (1971). Another impressive book-length issue of Io, includes an early piece on DNA and the I Ching by Harvey Bialy. Unmarked copy with a bit of toning at spine and minor outer soil.

Santa Barbara: Tree Books, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 12pp, stapled card wrappers. 1 of 175 stated copies of the original letterpress printing of this early Tree Press chapbook. This original limited-edition version has dark brown card wrappers and an initial letter printed in a separate color (a less deluxe later… Read more about this item

Santa Barbara: Tree Books, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 12pp, stapled card wrappers. This version, which is presumably subsequent to the brown-wrappered original edition, has buff card wrappers and appears photo-offset from the earlier edition (which is somewhat more common). Three pages have section break notations in the author's hand. Minor… Read more about this item

Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 1991. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 328pp, printed wrappers. The 1991 edition of this thick compendium of writing relating to alchemy. Unmarked copy, minor wear.

Plainfield, Vermont: North Atlantic Books, 1974. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 256pp, printed wrappers. The third book of the Cranberry Island sequence by Io Magazine founder Richard Grossinger. Unmarked copy, light rubbing to covers.

Plainfield, Vermont: North Atlantic Books, 1976. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, [iv]+176pp, printed wrappers. A mid-'70s collection of literary reflections on a wide range of topics by Io Magazine founder Richard Grossinger. The first and last interior pages incorporate frames from "Crossroads" by Bruce Conner. Unmarked copy, light wear.