Kenneth Rexroth from Philip Smith, Bookseller

Annandale-on-Hudson, NY: Bard College, 1957. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 48pp, stapled lap wrappers. Uncommon issue of this important literary magazine from 1957, includes the first appearance of Kenneth Rexroth's long poem The Homestead Called Damascus (later published by New Directions), plus an essay on Rexroth (and this work) by Lawrence Lipton.… Read more about this item

New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1991. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in unclipped VG+ dustwrapper. 8vo, xx+444pp, half-red cloth with spine stamped in silver, printed dustwrapper. A nice copy of the first printing of the first edition. No markings, minor wear to dustwrapper.

London: Peter Owen, 1975. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in unclipped VG+ dustwrapper. 8vo, xx+316pp (with cancel title), grey cloth with spine stamped in silver, printed dustwrapper. First printing of the UK edition. Unmarked copy, faint shadowing to pages adjacent to endpapers, minor wear to dustwrapper.

Chapel Hill, NC: The Carolina Quarterly, 1960. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 80pp, printed wrappers. Issue leads with three short essays by Kenneth Rexroth (revised from versions published in the San Francisco Examiner). Unmarked copy, a bit of cover soil and light spotting.

New York: Herder and Herder, 1971. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. VG in unclipped VG+ dustwrapper. 8vo, 108pp, red cloth with spine stamped in gold, printed dustwrapper. Warmly INSCRIBED on the half title page by the author to two close friends. First printing of the first edition. Unmarked copy with a bit of spotting to top edge,… Read more about this item

Kobe, Japan: TB Design Institute, 1994. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 12mo, 132pp, printed wrappers. Scarce and exceptional collection of art and writing (some relating to Kenneth Rexroth). Includes a brief text by Ricky Jay as well as an excellent range of literary contributors. Unmarked copy, typical light toning to text stock.

New York: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1986. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, x+214pp, printed wrappers. First printing of the posthumous edition with afterword by Bradford Morrow, from the library of a good friend of Rexroth. Unmarked copy, light spotting and toning to pages.

New York: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1987. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine (appears unread) in Near Fine dustwrapper. 8vo, x+326pp, dark grey cloth stamped in silver, printed dustwrapper. Nice copy of the first printing of the first edition, from the library of a good friend of Rexroth. Unmarked copy, jacket is not price-clipped.

New York: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1956; 1971. 5th or later edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, xii+148pp, printed wrappers. Warmly INSCRIBED by Kenneth Rexroth (with phrase and Chinese ideogram) to friends on the half-title page. Stated fifth printing of the wrappers edition. Spotting to page edges, no other markings.