Recent Arrivals from Philip Smith, Bookseller

Milano: Edizioni Conde Nast S.p.A, 1986. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 138pp (plus poster), printed wrappers. Unmarked copy of this uncommon 1980s Italian fashion magazine. Includes a photo feature on the Hell's Angels. Light reading wear and soil, original price label to cover.

New York: The Academy of American Poets, 1979. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 12pp, stapled self-cover. Uncommon poetry newsletter, includes 5 poems by Delmore Schwartz plus a page of comment on Schwartz by Merrill Leffler. Unmarked copy, a little edge wear.

Minneapolis: Enclitic / University of Minnesota, 1977. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. Wide 8vo, 118pp, printed wrappers. Unmarked copy of this uncommon literary magazine from the late, great 1970s. Light reading wear and toning.

New York: David McKay Company, Inc, 1961. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good /Very Good. Good+ in VG+ dw. 8vo, 348pp, green cloth with spine stamped in gold, printed dustwrapper. A rare novel with ghostwritten contributions from poet Jack Spicer. Ex-library copy with stamps and tape and associated residue to endpapers; one leaf has corner loss (does not affect text);… Read more about this item

Sewanee, TN: The University of the South, 1946. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 222pp, printed wrappers. Poet William Jay Smith's copy, with a 1946 letter to him laid in. Includes "Instructed of Much Mortality : A Note on the Poetry of John Crowe Ransom" by Delmore Schwartz, plus work by other noteworthy contributors. Smith's… Read more about this item

London: Julian Symons, 1938. 1st edition. Soft cover. Good /No Jacket (as issued). Good+. 8vo, 40pp, stapled wrappers. Prime 1930s magazine of verse, includes work by Delmore Schwartz, Wallace Stevens, et al. Juvenile markings to covers and two later pages; ink marginal note to one poem. Wrappers have some wear and covers are pulling at staples.

Madras, India: Poet, 1968. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 56pp, printed wrappers. Rare poetry magazine from India; this 'American University Poets Number' reprints work by Delmore Schwartz, Allen Ginsberg, et al. Unmarked copy, light wear.

Boston, MA: The Atlantic Monthly Company, 1968. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 134pp, printed wrappers. This issue of the Atlantic Monthly features In the Ring, a brief boxing memoir by Jack Kerouac. Unmarked copy, a bit of general wear.

Boston, MA: The Atlantic Monthly Company, 1966. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 164pp, printed wrappers. This issue of the Atlantic Monthly features Rudolph Wurlitzer's fiction debut; Kale on Brando; etc. Unmarked copy, small staple puncture to front cover, a bit of general wear.

Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1964. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 370pp, printed wrappers. Extensive commemorative publication for this important 1962 festival, includes transcriptions of poems read and author remarks. Library notations to cover (else unmarked), a bit of general wear.

Gambier, OH: Kenyon College, 1946. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 176pp (plus plates), printed wrappers. Contains verse by Delmore Schwartz, Robert Penn Warren on Melville poetry, other important content. Nice unmarked copy with minor wear.

Princeton, NJ: Ontario Review, 1984. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 116pp, printed wrappers. Contains Delmore Schwartz letters (selected by Robert Phillips), other important content. Resale price to first interior page and remainder-type mark to page edges, else unmarked with some outer rubbing.

New York: Smyrna Press, 1968. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 48pp, stapled wrappers. An excellent underground poetry anthology from the height of the 1960s urban rebellion. Unmarked copy, some wear and toning to covers and minor bump.

Oberlin, OH: Oberlin College, 1979. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 108pp, printed wrappers. Scarce 1979 issue, includes a seven-page memoir of Frank Stanford by Thomas Lux (includes Stanford poems), plus work by Gary Snyder, Benjamin Peret, and a number of other great writers. Unmarked copy, light cover wear.

Los Angeles: Coastlines, 1957. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 40pp, stapled wrappers. Another issue of this important and overlooked L.A. little magazine. This issue includes an address by Arthur Miller, comments on the "Howl" controversy reprinted from the San Francisco Chronicle, and work by a range of largely coastal contributors, et al. Unmarked copy,… Read more about this item

New York: Boke Press, 1968. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 4to, 40pp, stapled wrappers. Contains works by Waldman and Warsh, bound dos a dos and graced with illustrations by Joe Brainard. Unmarked copy with some spotting to covers and first pages.

London: Oasis Books, 1977. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 40pp, stapled wrappers. Issue devoted to poetry and translations by Clayton Eshleman. Unmarked copy, minor wear.

Toronto: Art Metropole, 1977. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 4to, 26 leaves (printed one side), printed wrappers. 1 of 500 stated copies. Unmarked copy from the collection of Opal Louis Nations; a bit of cover wear and light spots to fore-edges.

Oatman, AZ: Padma Press, 1979. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 64pp, printed wrappers. INSCRIBED to Opal Louis Nations ("the big 'O'") by the author. Nice copy of a nicely produced photographic work, with minor wear.

London: Cape Goliard Press, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 4to, ~128pp, printed wrappers. Unmarked copy from the collection of Opal Louis Nations. Spine has some surface wear and a small chip to base; a bit of staining to top edge.