Poetry : Modern : Books from Philip Smith, Bookseller

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.

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.

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.

Monte Rio, CA: Doris Green Editions, 1984. 1st edition. Soft cover. Good /No Jacket (as issued). Good only. 4to, 17 leaves (printed one side), stapled wrappers. 1 of 250 stated copies. Unmarked copy from the collection of known associate Opal Louis Nations; back cover has heavy band of wear with losses to outer margin, and last 5 leaves have related… Read more about this item

Monte Rio, CA: Doris Green Editions, 1984. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 25 leaves (printed one side), stapled wrappers. 1 of 250 stated copies. Unmarked copy from the collection of known associate Opal Louis Nations; soil to back cover, front cover has minor indentations (appears to be a printing artefact).

Baltimore, MD: Pod Books, 1980. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 36pp, printed wrappers. 1 of 500 stated copies of this uncommon experimental work, from the collection of avowed Fisher associate Opal Louis Nations. Unmarked copy, minor reading wear and soil.

Santa Cruz, CA: A Kayak Book, 1976. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 48pp, printed wrappers (lacking cover label). An uncommon experimental work, from the collection of Opal Louis Nations. Unmarked copy, minor reading wear and soil, lacks title label to cover.

Cherry Valley, NY: Cherry Valley Editions, 1977. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 56pp, stapled wrappers. INSCRIBED by Paul Grillo to fellow experimental laborer Opal Louis Nations in 1977. Otherwise unmarked copy, minor wear.

Carrboro, NC: Truck Press, 1976. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 220pp, printed wrappers. An unmarked copy of this uncommon experimental work, from the collection of known Fisher confederate Opal Louis Nations, minor reading wear and soil.

Barrytown, NY: Station Hill Press, 1982. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 108pp, printed wrappers. From the collection of Opal Louis Nations. Unmarked copy of this late Cage poetic work, minor wear and faint sunning.

Monte Rio, CA: Doris Green Editions, 1984. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 24 leaves (printed one side), stapled wrappers. Copy 7 of 26 signed copies with handwritten poem by Keith Abbott (dated 6-10-84). Unmarked otherwise, minor wear and soil.

Oakland and San Francisco: Burning Books, 1986. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 384pp, printed wrappers. 1 of 3000 stated copies, this INSCRIBED by contributor Charles Amirkhanian to Opal Louis Nations. Else an unmarked copy of this experimental compendium, a bit of outer wear.

n.p.: Third Story [New York: Gotham Book Mart], n.d. [1974]. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 13 leaves (printed one-side), stapled front wrapper. This appears to be a photocopy reprint of an early work written and illustrated by Glen Baxter and published originally by the Gotham Book Mart. Unmarked copy from the collection of Opal… Read more about this item

Santa Fe, NM: Burning Books, 2004. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 128pp, printed wrappers. Unmarked copy from the collection of Opal Louis Nations, clean with a whiff of sunning.

New York: Vintage Books, 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, xl+606pp, printed wrappers. Massive and classic anthology of exemplary work from the New York School, compiled and circulated at a time when the sky seemed the limit. Unmarked copy from the collection of Opal Louis Nations; last dozen or so pages and back… Read more about this item

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in VG+ unclipped dw. 8vo, xviii+426pp (plus plates), maroon boards with cloth spine stamped in gold, printed dustwrapper. INSCRIBED by Jeffrey Meyers on the title page. Stated first printing of this important biography of Frost, publisher's Complimentary device stamp to bottom edge (else unmarked), sound… Read more about this item

Detroit: Artists' Workshop Press, 1967. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 32pp (mimeographed), stapled wrappers. 1 of 500 stated copies of this, the 16th in a series of Workshop Books printed by John Sinclair (with a cover photo by Magdalene Sinclair). Includes writing by an early counterculture figure. Unmarked copy, typical toning of mimeo… Read more about this item

London: Strange Faeces Press, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 28pp, printed front wrapper. Copy H of 26 copies SIGNED and LETTERED by both authors (of a total edition of 125). An uncirculated copy of this rare work, from the collection of publisher Opal Louis Nations, just about as new.

Cleveland, OH: Mother / Asphodel Book Shop, 1966. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/Fine. Near Fine. 8vo, 36pp, plain white wrappers with printed dustwrapper. The first issue of the second edition of Oppen's first book, with text reprinted photographically from the 1934 edition and a new cover by future White Panther Party co-founder Leni Sinclair. Very nice copy, appears uncirculated.

Thornhill, Southampton, England: Last Straw Press, 1984. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in VG+ dw. 8vo, 8pp, sewn wrappers with dustwrapper. 1 of 200 stated copies of this chapbook, further warmly INSCRIBED by Bromige to Opal and Ellen Nations in 1985 (and adorned with an ebullient squiggle). Unmarked copy (except for Bromigian notations), minor wear and sunning.