Search Results: Authors starting with A from Philip Smith, Bookseller

Santa Barbara, CA: Am Here Books, 1981. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Fine. 4to, [iv]+148pp, printed wrappers. A massive catalogue of "A Collection of Post-Modern Poetry Books, Manuscripts & Letters" with substantive notes on some entries written by a distinguished list of contributors. This is the "trade edition" which includes the text of "The Last Words of Hassan-i-Sabbah" by William S. Burroughs (Schottlaender C462; printed along the tops of all pages) but does not include the vinyl EP included with the "special edition." Uncirculated-looking copy with very minor wear.

Berkeley, CA: Blue Suede Shoes, ca. 1974. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 20 leaves (mimeographed one-side), stapled wrappers. Another scarce issue from the incomprehensible-numeration phase of this journal edited by Keith Abbott, with a range of experimentalismitistic contributors. (While the issue contains no internal indicators of number or date, this has been determined from secondary sources.) Unmarked copy with some light general wear.

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.

Monterey, CA: Blue Suede Shoes, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 24 leaves (mimeographed one-side), stapled wrappers. 1 of 125 copies of the regular edition of this experimental work, constituting a rare early issue of this experimental poetry magazine edited by Keith Abbott. Unmarked copy with light wear.

Berkeley, CA: Blue Suede Shoes, 1974. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 4to, 37 leaves (mimeographed one-side), stapled wrappers. Another scarce issue from the incomprehensible-numeration phase of this journal edited by Keith Abbott, devoted to two works - "Face" by Michael-Sean Lazarchuk and "Can 'Ice Knockey' Teams Provide Chocolate Winter?" by Michael Sowl - printed dos-a-dos with separate cover designs. The Sowl cover and first page are detached from staples (was not well stapled when published). Otherwise an unmarked copy with some light general wear.

Berkeley, CA: Blue Suede Shoes, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 13 leaves (printed one-side), stapled wrappers. A rare issue from the incomprehensible-numeration phase of this journal edited by Keith Abbott, entirely devoted to Abbott's verse, with illustrations by Opal Louis Nations. Unmarked copy from Nations's collection, with some light general wear and faint storage must.

Berkeley, CA: Blue Suede Shoes, 1973. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 27 leaves (mostly mimeographed one-side), stapled wrappers. Another scarce issue from the incomprehensible-numeration phase of this journal edited by Keith Abbott, with a range of experimentalistianistic contributors (including three poems by Richard Brautigan). Unmarked copy from the collection of contributor Opal Louis Nations, with some light general wear and toning and staple rust.

Bellingham, WA: Blue Suede Shoes, ca. 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 4to, 25 leaves (mimeographed one-side), self-stapled. Rare early issue of this experimental poetry magazine edited by Keith Abbott and Steve Carey. Unmarked copy with detached final leaf, staple issues (middle staple missing and bottom half-attached) and a little general wear.

Berkeley, CA: Blue Suede Shoes, ca. 1973. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 4to, 31 leaves (mimeographed one-side), stapled wrappers. Another scarce issue from the incomprehensible-numeration phase of this journal edited by Keith Abbott, with a range of avowedly anti-square contributors. Unmarked copy from the collection of Opal Louis Nations (who contributes a full-page illustration), with some light general wear and toning and staple rust (back cover loose from bottom staple).

Bellingham, WA: Blue Suede Shoes, ca. 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Good /No Jacket (as issued). Good+. 4to, 28 leaves (mimeographed one-side), stapled front wrapper. Rare early issue of this experimental poetry magazine edited by Keith Abbott and Steve Carey. Front cover has marginal corner loss; otherwise, an unmarked copy with a bit of reading wear, and staining to the bottom margins of later pages.

n.p.: Blue Suede Shoes, ca. 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, ~20 leaves (mimeographed one-side), self-stapled. Scarce issue of this experimental poetry magazine edited by Keith Abbott, in very nice condition. This is numbered “.5” and appears to be the 16th issue. Minor corner bumps, no markings.

Monterey, CA: Blue Suede Shoes, ca. 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 32 leaves (mimeographed one-side), stapled front wrapper. Rare "American Indian Issue" of this experimental poetry magazine edited by Keith Abbott, with a range of bewildering experimentalists in tow. Unmarked copy, last leaf detached from staples, a little reading wear.

Monterey, CA: Blue Suede Shoes, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 24 leaves (mimeographed one-side), stapled wrappers. Number 22 of 25 SIGNED and NUMBERED copies with a handwritten poem by the author. Rare early issue of this experimental poetry magazine edited by Keith Abbott. Unmarked copy with light spots to cover.

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.

Bellingham, WA: Blue Suede Shoes, ca. 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 4to, ~50 leaves (mimeographed one-side), self-stapled. Rare early issue of this experimental poetry magazine edited by Keith Abbott and Steve Carey. Unmarked copy, last leaf detached, a bit of reading wear and some outer spotting.

Monterey, CA: Blue Suede Shoes, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 30pp (mimeographed), stapled wrappers. Rare issue of this experimental poetry magazine edited by Keith Abbott, includes a range of early seventies experimentationaliticalists. Unmarked copy with some inevitable toning to mimeo paper and wrappers.

London: The Strange Faeces Press, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 38pp (mimeographed), stapled wrappers. 1 of 200 copies. Scarce crossover issue (with Strange Faeces) of this experimental poetry magazine edited by Keith Abbott. Nice unmarked copy with light outer wear and soil.

Cincinnati, OH: F. & W. Publishing Corporation, 1960. 1st edition. Soft cover. Good /No Jacket (as issued). Good-. 8vo, 80pp, stapled wrappers. This hard-to-find issue of the long-running magazine includes an essay by Allen Ginsberg (mentions Kerouac, Olson, Pound, Williams, Blake, etc.). Unmarked copy with dampstain at bottom margin throughout, yellowing of cheap paper stock, and general reading wear.

San Francisco: e.g, 1988. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 52pp, stapled wrappers. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page in the year of publication. 1 of 300 stated copies of the first edition of this rare text by noted Bay Area experimentalist Steve Abbott. Unmarked copy, light wear and soil.

San Francisco: Steve Abbott, 1981. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 56pp, printed wrappers. The rare second issue of Steve Abbott's ambitious early 1980s literary review, includes work by Kathy Acker, Bob Perelman, Dave Morice, et al. Unmarked copy, a bit of general wear.