THE VILLAGE MAGAZINE [wrapper title] by Lindsay, Vachel - 1925

Springfield, Illinois: Jeffersons Printing Company, 1925. Fourth revision. Wraps. Very Good. 31.5 x 23.5 cm. x169pp. Illustrated. Limited to 800 copies, the introduction calls it the fourth revision. Bound in red wrappers. Spine is chipped and worn but still holding. The final form of Lindsay's work, first "issues" was printed in 1910, a revised and expanded edition done in 1920, and two printings done in 1925.

Jeffersons Printing Company Trade Paperback -- Very Good -- Clean and tight with only slightest of wear -- No date noted, circa 1920's -- Appears limited to 800 copies -- 169 pages with illustrations throughout. Trade Paperback. Very Good.

Springfield: : Jeffersons Printing Company,, 1920. second edition. Wraps. verygood. Pictorial wrappers. 128pp. Second imprint. The original Village Magazine was issued ten years before this printing in an edition of 700 copies. This second edition is limited to 1000 copies. Lovely black and white drawings accompanied by poetry. Pencil markings on inside front cover states: "Gift of the author Nicholas Vachel Lindsay Springfield Illinois." Loss of bottom half of spine. Housed in a custom brown case.

Springfield: Jeffersons Printing Company, 1925. Paperback. 4to. Stiff red wrappers with extensive black and white lettering and decorations. x, 169pp. Numerous line drawings. Very good. Faint binding wear only (mainly spine head/tail), else remarkably tight and fresh and internally fine. Handsome "Fourth Imprint" of this hefty assortment of the troubador poet's verse, many of them also illustrated by him as he was once an art student in Chicago and New York, pen and ink being his specialty. This fourth printing he notes on contents page is limited to "eight hundred copies" which he hopes "to last until January first, 1926, so please, I most earnestly beg, remember the letter that asks for a copy of the present imprint must certify that the person who wants the book is indeed and intimate and patient friend of mine...." The first edition (76pp) was published in 1910 limited to 700 copies, the second edition (128pp) in 1920 limited to 1000 copies, the third edition (168pp) in 1925 limited to 200 copies… Read More

US: Jeffersons Printing Co., 1920. Jeffersons Printing Co. 1920 4th Printing Fair/ Fourth imprint of the Village Magazine with some items added in 1925. Signed by "Vachel Lindsay" the author and illustrator. Cover is loose from text block, with text block fragil. About half the spine is missing. With bright numbered wall poster (28 x 34 inches) laid inside with minimal tearing at folds, #1948 Signed by the author "Vachel Lindsay" February 28, 1926 folded to 10 x 8 5/8 inches. Cover protected with clear dust jacket cover.. Signed by Author. 4th Printing. Paperback. Fair.

Jeffersons Printing Co., Springfield, Ill., no date, ca.1920, "second imprint of The Village Magazine, 10 years after the first". 128pp., illusts., signed inscription by author to unknown person, spine missing, covers stained & chipped, contents themselves foxed & about G $

San Rafael, CA: By the editor. Near Fine. 1982. Softcover. Light soil to covers. ; Signed by Robin Bullard bottom margin first page. 24pp; 8vo; pale yellow wrappers; a chronological narrative of 18 full page black & white photographs with captions depicting Suspicions, Questions, Arrest, Atomization, etc. ; Signed by Author(s) .

(San Francisco): Room 101 Publications. Fine. N.D.. First Edition. Softcover. 24 unnumbered pages; 8vo; photo-illustrated light gray wrappers with illustrated acetate cover overlay. Illustrated with 13 images, chiefly photographs, or negatives in various sizes 5" x 3.5" , 4" x 5", etc. , all laid in loose, but inserted into pasted down photo corners, with facing text . .

United States: Hillman Periodicals, 1950. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. December vol. one has mild edgewear, toned pages and the magazine band is still attached. January vol. two has mild edgewear and two pages have closed tears that does not effect the text. February vol. 3 has edgewear and spine creases. This is the complete run.

Georgetown, Guyana: Kunsorn Comics Inc., 1993. Staple-Bound Pamphlet. Near Fine. Text unmarked. Light wear to covers. Securely bound with two staples. Not from a library. 24 pages.

United States: Bell Publications, 1953. Soft cover. Very Good. Malcom H. Smith; Robert Gibson Jones. Magazines have some edgewear, spine creases and toned pages. There is a small closed tear on the front cover of the first issue as well a small tape repair on the bottom of the spine. Issue #2 has a date stamp on the rear cover. Volumes 1, 2, 4, 7 and 9. Original cover price is 35 cents.

San Francisco: Ron Silliman, 1978. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. Folio, 42pp (mimeographed both sides), printed covers on blue card stock. Scarce issue of this rare "private circular for interested parties" edited by Ron Silliman (estimated circulation 50-150 copies). Contains work by important language poets. No markings, light overall wear.

Iowa City: Drawing Legion. Near Fine. 1990. Softcover. Page 1551 to 1632; sq. 8vo; stapled wrappers; articles, essays, copier art; inserted sleeve with RRR/R12 EP record, with fold-out section of 'liner notes'. Light wear to covers, record fine. Scarce .

Lans-en-Vercors, France: Locus Solus, 1961. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 12mo, 168pp, lap-edge wrappers. The first issue of one of the most impressive and influential English-language literary periodicals of the 1960s. Includes John Ashbery, Rudy Burckhardt, Edwin Denby, Barbara Guest, Kenneth Koch, Harry Mathews, Frank O'Hara, Fairfield Porter, James Schuyler, et al. Unmarked copy with light toning and wear to wrappers (spine has reading creases).

Normal, IL: Illinois State University, 1968. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 64pp, stapled self-cover. Scarce literary magazine edited by William Wantling during his time at Illinois State University, includes four poems and an excerpt from a novel by Wantling. Unmarked copy, outer leaf pulling at staples, which have some rust.

Monterey, CA: Blue Suede Shoes, ca. 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 14 leaves (mimeographed one-side), self-stapled. Rare early issue of this experimental poetry magazine edited by Keith Abbott and Steve Carey, in very nice condition. This sixth issue mainly comprises material prepared before the first issue of this series.