Comics from Philip Smith, Bookseller

San Francisco: 7 Freds Press, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 56pp, stapled wrappers. First issue of this low-circulation underground magazine that contains both text and artwork (including a classic cover and full-page interior plate by Rory Hayes). Inside front cover features an ad by R. Crumb for "Thrilling Murder Comics." Unmarked copy with… Read more about this item

New York: Fact Magazine, Inc, 1964. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 64pp, printed wrappers. Prime issue of this important sixties investigative magazine, includes an assessment of advertising by Fredric Wertham and an article on the Jehovah's Witnesses by Robert Anton Wilson. Solid, internally unmarked copy with library stamp to front cover (and offsetting from… Read more about this item

San Francisco: FITS Collective, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Good /No Jacket (as issued). Good+. 4to, 64pp, stapled wrappers. Publisher's circular (illustrated by Bill Griffith) laid in. Scarce second (and final) issue of this low-circulation underground magazine that contains both text and artwork by comix and literary luminaries. Includes 10 pages of Nancy comix by Joe Brainard and Bill Berkson.… Read more about this item

London: Nobrow Ltd, 2010. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 24pp, stapled wrappers with printed dustwrapper. A vivid graphical work first published in a limited French-language edition. Unmarked copy, just about as new.

New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith Incorporated, 1930. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. VG (no dw). 8vo, 256pp (printed one-side), printed boards, lacking dustwrapper. The magnificent first edition of the second of Lynd Ward's six wordless novels, which incorporate German Expressionist techniques and have had a lasting influence on the development of the graphic novel. Unmarked… Read more about this item

Cleveland Heights, OH: Harvey Pekar, 1991. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Fine. 4to, 56pp, stapled wrappers. Nice copy of this issue of Harvey Pekar's groundbreaking magazine of serious comics work. Unmarked copy, text stock has very light toning.

Berkeley, CA: The Print Mint, Inc, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 48pp, stapled wrappers. Classic issue of this groundbreaking but short-lived magazine of serious comics experiment. Presages RAW, Weirdo, and much else. Still one of the best things ever. Includes a William Burroughs text illustrated by S. Clay Wilson (Schottlaender… Read more about this item

Cleveland Heights, OH: Harvey Pekar, 1988. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Fine. 4to, 56pp, stapled wrappers. Nice copy of this issue of Harvey Pekar's groundbreaking magazine of serious comics work. Unmarked copy, minor wear, text stock has very light toning.

Cleveland Heights, OH: Harvey Pekar, 1980. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 56pp, stapled wrappers. Early issue of Harvey Pekar's groundbreaking magazine of serious comics work. Unmarked copy, minor wear, text stock has a little typical toning, small area of loss to bottom edge of back cover.

Cleveland Heights, OH: Harvey Pekar, 1990. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 56pp, stapled wrappers. Nice copy of this issue of Harvey Pekar's groundbreaking magazine of serious comics work. Unmarked copy, minor bump to one corner, text stock has very light toning.

Durham, N.C.: Mineshaft, 2005. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Fine copy, just about as new. 8vo, 52pp, stapled wrappers. Includes two letters and several drawings (including back cover) by Robert Crumb, plus graphic and written work by Kim and Simon Deitch, Robert Armstrong, Bill Griffith, et al.