Partisan Review from Philip Smith, Bookseller

New York: Added Enterprises, 1948. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 112pp (plus plates), printed wrappers. This issue includes an account of a visit to Martin Heidegger, a dialogue between James Burnham and Andre Malraux, Lionel Trilling on the Kinsey Report, and work by other prominent figures. Unmarked copy (aside from faint pencil figures… Read more about this item

New York: Foundation for Cultural Projects, Inc, 1952. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 128pp, printed wrappers. Contains a review essay by Delmore Schwartz (on Ralph Ellison and others), plus a poem by Allen Tate, a symposium with contributions from Norman Mailer, James Burnham, et al., and work by a range of other important… Read more about this item

New York: Foundation for Cultural Projects, Inc, 1952. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 128pp, printed wrappers. Issue includes an advance excerpt from Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, plus two poems by Dylan Thomas and work by a range of other important contributors. Unmarked copy, a bit of toning, soil and reading wear.

New York: The American Committee for Cultural Freedom, Inc, 1961. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 160pp, printed wrappers. Includes translations from Baudelaire by Robert Lowell and writing by Mary McCarthy, Dwight Macdonald, and a range of other great contributors. Unmarked copy, light cover soil, some surface abrasion and faint sunning to spine.

New Brunswick, NJ: Partisan Review, Inc, 1966. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 160pp, printed wrappers. Includes the first appearance of Susan Sontag's essay Yugoslav Report (Poague & Parsons B24; has only been reprinted in a Partisan Review anthology decades ago). Unmarked copy, some toning and surface abrasion to covers.

New York: American Committee for Cultural Freedom, Inc, 1963. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 160pp, printed wrappers. Includes the first appearance of Susan Sontag's review The Flowers of Evil (Poague & Parsons D7; later collected in Against Interpretation as "Sartre's Saint Genet"). Unmarked copy, a bit of wear and soil (small closed tears to… Read more about this item

New York: American Committee for Cultural Freedom, Inc, 1965. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 160pp, printed wrappers. Includes the first appearance of Susan Sontag's essay Marat/Sade/Artaud (Poague & Parsons B16; later printed with minor changes in Against Interpretation). Issue also includes contributions from a range of prominent writers. Unmarked copy, a little outer toning.

New York: The American Committee for Cultural Freedom, Inc, 1962. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 160pp, printed wrappers. Includes the first appearance of Susan Sontag's review Demons and Dreams (Poague & Parsons D3), plus scenes from Saul Bellow's play Humanitis and contributions from a range of important writers. Unmarked copy, small closed tear to… Read more about this item

New York: American Committee for Cultural Freedom, Inc, 1963. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 160pp, printed wrappers. Contains the first appearance of Susan Sontag's review essay "Is the Reader Necessary?" (Poague & Parsons B4). This "differs considerably" from the version published in "Against Interpretation" as "Nathalie Sarraute and the Novel." Issue also contains… Read more about this item

New York: Added Enterprises, 1948. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 96pp (plus 32 duplicated pages), printed wrappers. This issue includes a symposium on American Writing that includes Wallace Stevens and H.L. Mencken, plus work by other prominent figures. Unmarked copy with toning to spine and a bit of general wear and light soil.

New York: The American Committee for Cultural Freedom, Inc, 1959. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. VG. 8vo, 160pp, printed wrappers. Includes "The Gift" by Delmore Schwartz (possibly an influence on the student story of the same name by Lou Reed, later adapted by The Velvet Underground). Also poetry by Olson and others, and a range of other great… Read more about this item

New York: The American Committee for Cultural Freedom, Inc, 1961. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 108pp, printed wrappers. Special double issue on Dissonant Voices in Soviet Literature, includes Boris Pasternak, Isaac Babel, et al. Unmarked copy, patches of abrasion and soil to covers.

New York: Foundation for Cultural Projects, Inc, 1958. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 160pp, printed wrappers. Includes a poem by Allen Ginsberg, plus contributions from a range of other major contributors. Minor marginalia to under 10 pages, bump to one corner, light toning to spine, clean overall.

New York: Partisan Review / The John Reed Club of New York, 1934. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 64pp, printed wrappers. Rare early issue of one of the most important American literary and intellectual reviews, includes writing by Nelson Algren, Edwin Rolfe, et al. Unmarked copy, a bit of general wear and soil.

New York: Partisan Review / The John Reed Club of New York, 1934. 1st edition. Soft cover. Good /No Jacket (as issued). Good+. 8vo, 64pp, printed wrappers. The historic first issue of one of the most important American literary and intellectual reviews, includes writing by James T. Farrell, Edwin Rolfe, et al. A moderately worn copy, small chip to spine,… Read more about this item

New York: Partisan Review, 1953. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 140pp, printed wrappers. Partisan Review side publication of a symposium on America and the Intellectuals, which had originally appeared in installments in the journal. Unmarked copy, bit of reading wear and some toning to wrappers.

New York: American Committee for Cultural Freedom, Inc, 1963. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 160pp, printed wrappers. Includes the first appearance of Susan Sontag's review The Death of Tragedy (Poague & Parsons D6). This includes a final paragraph omitted from the version published in Against Interpretation. Issue also contains a review of Naked Lunch… Read more about this item

New York: Foundation for Cultural Projects, Inc, 1954. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 128pp, printed wrappers. Includes the original appearance of Bernard Malamud's The Magic Barrel (later the title story of the author's 1958 story collection), plus an essay on Charles Chaplin by Robert Warshow and writing by a range of important contributors. Unmarked… Read more about this item

New York: Foundation for Cultural Projects, Inc, 1954. 1st edition. Soft cover. Good /No Jacket (as issued). Good+. 8vo, 128pp, printed wrappers. Issue includes a review of Saul Bellow's The Adventures of Augie March by Delmore Schwartz, other interesting content. Edgewear to front cover and first four or so interior pages (does not affect text), a few notations… Read more about this item

New York: The American Committee for Cultural Freedom, Inc, 1962. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 160pp, printed wrappers. Includes the first appearance of Still Life by Bernard Malamud, plus Leslie Fiedler on J. D. Salinger and contributions from a range of important writers. Library stamp to front cover (else unmarked), toning and… Read more about this item