Evergreen Review from Philip Smith, Bookseller

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1967. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 110pp, printed wrappers. Another peak sixties issue of this important underground literary magazine, includes William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg (with a beautiful color psychedelic illustration by Bob Branaman), Parker Tyler (on Andy Warhol), A. B. Spellman (on Cecil Taylor), Margaret Randall, Michael Rumaker,… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1958. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 188pp, printed wrappers. Early issue of Evergreen Review, featuring writing by O'Hara, Snyder, McClure, Rechy, Trocchi, et al. Plus an interesting account of the 1958 Brussels International Experimental Film Festival by Amos Vogel, and early ads for Naked Lunch and The Dharma Bums.… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1965. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 96pp, printed wrappers. Solid copy of a peak sixties issue of this important little magazine, includes the first installment of Jean-Claude Forest's Barbarella (featured on cover), plus a memoir by Maurice Girodias on the publication of Lolita, other interesting content. Period library stamp… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1957. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 160pp (plus 8-page photo insert), printed wrappers. The watershed San Francisco Scene second issue of Evergreen Review, which contained work by the core Beat writers and introduced their work to a wide audience at the inception of popular awareness of the movement.… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1968. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 104pp, printed wrappers. Another peak sixties issue of this important underground literary magazine, includes William Burroughs's Johnny 23 (Schottlaender v4.C182; Shoaf III-118), Tom Stoppard's Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Gary Snyder, Michael Horovitz, Nat Hentoff, et al. Unmarked copy, a bit… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1961. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 128pp, printed wrappers. Another excellent early issue, includes work by Ginsberg, Ferlinghetti, Alfred Chester, et al. Unmarked copy, light wear.

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1960. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 192pp, printed wrappers. The classic "What Is 'Pataphysics?" issue of this important little magazine, guest-edited by Roger Shattuck and Simon Watson Taylor. Unmarked copy with spine wear some general outer toning and rubbing.

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1966. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 96pp, printed wrappers. Nice copy of another peak sixties issue of this important little magazine, includes a classic Allen Ginsberg cover and diary fragments, plus Richard Brautigan, John Wieners, William Eastlake Phoebe Zeit-Geist, etc. Light wear, no markings.

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1962. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 128pp, printed wrappers. Another impressive early issue, includes work by Beckett, Klossowski, Coover, et al. Tight and unmarked copy, some spotting to cover and sunning to spine.

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1963. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 128pp, printed wrappers. Another impressive early issue, includes two episodes from Nova Express by Burroughs (Schottlaender C51), plus a piece on Burroughs by Ann Morrissett, a very early Diane Arbus cover, other great work. Ownership signature of poet Douglas Blazek to… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1961. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 128pp, printed wrappers. Another excellent early issue, includes a piece by Ahmed Yacoubi and a commentary on it by William S. Burroughs (Schottlaender C22), plus work by Daumal, McClure, Creeley, Paz, et al. A typewritten page of folk ballad lyrics is… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1960. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. Unmarked copy from the collection of contributor Philip Lamantia. 8vo, 196pp, printed wrappers. Early issue of this important little magazine, includes Deposition: Testimony Concerning a Sickness by William S. Burroughs (Schottlaender C14), plus Kerouac, Ginsberg, Lamantia, Duncan (Bertholf C98), et al. This… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1960. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 160pp, printed wrappers. Impressive early issue of Evergreen Review, featuring work by Samuel Beckett, Philip Whalen, Edward Dorn, et al. Unmarked copy, a little soil and abrasion to spine and light general wear.

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1959. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 192pp, printed wrappers. Impressive early issue of Evergreen Review, featuring work by Samuel Beckett, Allen Ginsberg, John Rechy, et al. Unmarked copy (aside from tiny 1963 acquisition date penciled on subscription card by original owner), a bit of outer wear, light… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1961. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 128pp, printed wrappers. Another excellent early issue, includes an interview with Celine, plus work by John Rechy, LeRoi Jones, Alexander Trocchi, et al. Subscription renewal card laid in. Unmarked copy, light wear.

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1968. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 96pp, printed wrappers. Includes a story by William Burroughs (Schottlaender C183), a report on the Chicago Democratic Convention (in which Burroughs is pictured), a reminiscence by Celine, and writing by William Eastlake, Nat Hentoff et al. Unmarked copy, light wear.

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1959. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 256pp, printed wrappers. Early issue of Evergreen Review, featuring a large section devoted to Mexican writers, plus critical writing by Frank O'Hara, William Carlos Williams, et al. Unmarked copy, a bit of outer wear and some spotting to first interior spread.

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1968. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 96pp, printed wrappers. Includes an account of Ginsberg's meeting with Ezra Pound, a memoir of Freddie Herko by Diane di Prima, an interview with Arthur Penn, writing by Nat Hentoff et al. Unmarked copy, a bit of reading wear.

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1960. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, [56]+128pp, printed wrappers. Impressive early issue of Evergreen Review, featuring a classic Larry Rivers cover and work by Albert Camus, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, et al. Original newsstand label to cover (half torn at attachment, with a bit of creasing and edgewear), else… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1964. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 98pp, printed wrappers. A landmark sixties issue of this important little magazine, includes the original appearance of Susan Sontag's essay "Against Interpretation" (Poague & Parsons B15). Also Burroughs's "Points of Distinction between Sedative and Consciousness-Expanding Drugs" (Schottlaender C75; Shoaf III-61) and… Read more about this item