Poetry : Modern : Ephemera from Philip Smith, Bookseller

San Francisco: 80 Langton Street Corp, 1980. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 112pp, printed wrappers. A scarce publication of 80 Langton Street, featuring capsule biographies and notices of associated writers, including Kathy Acker, Peter Schjeldahl, Clark Coolidge, et al. Unmarked copy, very minor bumping.

London: Northern Lights Publishers, 1986. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 8pp (card sheet folded twice), self-cover. Number 180 of 200 numbered copies of this broadside containing six poems by the author. Nice copy, minor signs of age.

London: Northern Lights Publishers, 1988. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 8pp (card sheet folded twice), self-cover. Number 6 of 200 numbered copies of this broadside containing six poems by the author. Unmarked copy, minor bump to one corner.

San Francisco : Poetry Center, San Francisco State University, 1977. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 112pp, printed wrappers. This 1977 catalogue of videotapes of eminent poets includes a page on each, with excerpts, photos, and biographies. Previous owner name and some notations to half title page (no other markings), minor corner… Read more about this item

Denver, Colorado: Bowery Press, ca. 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. Oversized broadside, folded once. Includes poems by James Ryan Morris, Frank Rios, and Tony Scibella. Nice copy.

San Francisco: Intersection and The Poetry Center at San Francisco State University, 1983. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, heavy card folded to form 4-page program. A scarce piece of Oppen ephemera from a 75th birthday event. A memorial booklet for Oppen collecting excerpts, a tribute leaf from his half-sister June Oppen Degnan's… Read more about this item

San Francisco: The New American Poetry Circuit, 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 32pp, stapled wrappers. Ambitious program roster comprising full-page bios and photos of a range of important early seventies American poets: offers a great overview and cross-section of that fertile scene. Nice copy, no markings.

[Albuquerque]: n.p, 1967. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. VG+. 4to, 18pp (mimeographed), stapled wrappers. Scarce tie-in for a New Mexico benefit rock concert/poetry reading for the Detroit Artists Workshop. Unmarked copy, light outer wear/toning.

Storrs, Connecticut: The University of Connecticut Library, 1973. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 4pp (card sheet folded once), self-cover. 1 of 250 copies of this broadside poem issued on the occasion of a reading by the poet on December 6, 1973. Minor wear.

n.p.: Ira Cohen, n.d. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 6pp (folded leaf with illustration insert). Illustrated broadside pamphlet, SIGNED by Ira Cohen at the end of the poem. Very light wear, no markings.