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

Bombay: University of Bombay, 1957. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. VG+ in Good+ dustwrapper. 8vo, viii+238pp, red pebbled boards stamped in gold. Penciled ownership signature of anthropologist David G. Mandelbaum (dated Delhi 1959) to front free endpaper (no other markings beyond original Indian bookseller's store stamp). A scarce work of Hindu sociology. Clean copy with a little wear to boards; the unclipped fragile dustwrapper has some chipping to extremities.

Huntington, New York: Fly by Night, 1981. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 50pp, stapled wrappers. Uncommon magazine of avant-garde writing, includes a few concrete and collage/found works. Light wear, no markings.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf , 1917. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Near VG. 8vo, 312pp, textured black boards stamped in gold, no dustwrapper. Bookplate of bibliophile and scholar Adrian Homer Goldstone to front pastedown. This tastefully designed early Knopf title contains Smart Set era theatrical writing by George Jean Nathan. Unmarked copy, a bit of outer wear.

Cotati, CA: Back Roads, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 108pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce issue of this Californian magazine of midpoint-seventies experimental writing and artwork. Clean copy from the collection of Opal Louis Nations (unmarked except for minute marginal Xs next to his two listings in the Contents), small patch of abrasion to cover.

Cotati, CA: Back Roads, 1976. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 128pp, printed wrappers. Scarce issue of this Californian magazine of ebbing-seventies experimental writing and artwork. Clean copy from the collection of Opal Louis Nations (unmarked except for minute marginal Xs next to his two listings in the Contents, including a helpful tarot illustration), small patch of abrasion to cover.

Vancouver: Strange Faeces, ca. 1974. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/Very Good. Fine in VG+ dustwrapper. 4to, ~100pp, printed wrappers with oversize dustwrapper. A great selection of written and graphic work from the early seventies avant-garde. Nice uncirculated copy, the fragile dustwrapper (printed on thin paper) is unusually well preserved.

New York: Gegenschein, 1981. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 56 leaves (printed one-side), printed wrappers. Recently SIGNED by the author and rubber-stamped by him on the inside front cover. This issue of Gegenschein is entirely devoted to work by Opal Louis Nations. Uncirculated copy, just about as new with minor storage wear.

London: TNT Press, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 19 leaves (printed one side), stapled wrappers. Recently SIGNED and rubber-stamped by the author on the first interior page. Uncirculated copy, moderate staple rust.

Black River Falls, WI: Obscure Publications, 2006. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 40pp, sewn wrappers. Number 43 of 60 copies SIGNED and numbered by Opal Louis Nations, who has recently revisited the copy with a second signature and personal stamp. Uncirculated example, just about as new except for faint sunning.

London: The Strange Faeces Press, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 13 leaves (printed one side), stapled wrappers. SIGNED and rubber-stamped by the author on the title page of this experimental prose work. Uncirculated copy, a little wear and soil.

London: The Strange Faeces Press, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 20pp (mimeographed), stapled wrappers. 1 of 200 copies of this rare experimental work by Opal Nations. Unmarked copy, light wear.

San Francisco: Strange Faeces Press ("City Lights Books"), 1973. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 50pp, stapled wrappers. Recently SIGNED and rubber-stamped by the author on the title page. Although jokingly credited to "City Lights Books," this was in fact self-published. Uncirculated copy, just about as new.

Monterey, CA: Blue Suede Shoes Press, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 40pp (mimeographed), stapled wrappers. 1 of 200 stated copies. Scarce crossover issue (printed and publlshed by Keith Abbott of Blue Suede Shoes) of this important early seventies experimental poetry magazine edited by Opal L. Nations. Include writing by Glen Baxter, Pierre Joris, et al. Uncirculated copy with inevitable toning and some staple rust.

Cambridge, MA: The Strange Faeces Press, 1980. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, [ii]+76pp, stapled wrappers. 1 of 500 copies. This issue of Opal L. Nations's intense Seventies avant-garde magazine includes English-language writing and French works in translation. Unmarked copy, minor staple rust.

Milwaukee, WI: Morgan Press, 1974. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 7 leaves (printed one side), printed wrappers. 1 of 500 stated copies. Recently SIGNED and rubber-stamped by the author on the inside front cover. Uncirculated copy, minor wear.

London: Pirate Press, 1979. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. Oblong 8vo, 12 leaves (printed one-side), stapled wrappers. Recently SIGNED by the author and rubber-stamped by him on the inside front cover. 1 of 250 reported copies of this automotive idyll. Uncirculated copy, just about as new with minor storage wear.

Montreal: Baal Press, 1978. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 20pp, stapled wrappers. Number 76 of 250 stated copies, recently SIGNED by the author and rubber-stamped by him on the inside front cover (note that this was not one of the 50 copies of the original edition signed at the time of issue). Uncirculated copy with minor wear.

San Francisco: The Strange Faeces Press, 1973. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 8pp, stapled wrappers. Recently SIGNED and rubber-stamped by the author on the first interior page. 1 of 150 stated copies. Uncirculated copy, a bit of staple rust.

San Lorenzo, CA: Shameless Hussy Press, 1976. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 16pp, stapled wrappers. Number 76 of 250 stated copies, recently SIGNED by the author and rubber-stamped by him on the inside front cover. Uncirculated copy with minor wear and sunning.

Toronto: Proper Tales Press, 1986. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 24pp, stapled wrappers. Recently SIGNED by Opal Louis Nations and rubber-stamped by him on the inside front cover. 1 of 500 stated copies. Uncirculated example, just about as new.