Art : Periodicals from Philip Smith, Bookseller

Boston: Vincent Rossi, 1978. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 32pp, stapled wrappers. Rare seventies cultural magazine combining art and poetry. Includes an Andy Warhol portrait of Christopher Makos. Unmarked copy from the collection of marked contributor Opal Louis Nations, a bit of staple rust.

Vancouver: Intermedia Press Limited, 1978. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 40pp, stapled wrappers. Number 348 of 500 copies of this rare seventies Canadian art magazine. Unmarked copy, a bit of staple rust and minor reading wear.

Madison, WI: Arts in Society, 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 184pp, printed cardboard wrappers. This thick 1970 issue of this brilliant McLuhanesque 1960s cultural magazine focus on the foundational era of the California Institute of the Arts, with contributions from prominent associated artists. Unmarked copy, small closed tear to base of spine and… Read more about this item

Madison, WI: Arts in Society, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 4to, 156pp, printed wrappers. This thick 1971 issue of this brilliant McLuhanesque countercultural establishment magazine includes contributions from prominent thinkers and artists. Unmarked copy, a bit of overall wear and waviness.

San Geronimo, CA: R. J. Lambert, ca. 1976. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. Small folio, 60pp (glossy paper), stapled wrappers. 1 of 500 stated copies of the second issue of this L.A. art scene mag, includes 3 pages on the famous 1976 COUM Transmissions performance at L.A.I.C.A. with photos and a note from Genesis and… Read more about this item

New York: Unpublished Editions, 1976. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 36pp, stapled wrappers. Warmly INSCRIBED by Knowles to Opal and Ellen Nations. Cover mimics its Great Bear Pamphlet precursor. Sound copy with small light stain to fore-edge.

West Glover, VT: Something Else Press, Inc. - A Great Bear Pamphlet, 1967. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 16pp, stapled self-cover. Has $1.50 price and no advertising on back cover. From the collection of Opal Louis Nations. Unmarked copy of an early title in this important series from Dick Higgins's Something Else Press,… Read more about this item

New York: Something Else Press, Inc. - A Great Bear Pamphlet, 1966. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 16pp, stapled self-cover. First state, printed on heavy textured stock, with 8 titles listed in back-cover ad. From the collection of Opal Louis Nations. Unmarked copy of an early title in this important series from Dick Higgins's… Read more about this item

New York: Something Else Press, Inc. - A Great Bear Pamphlet, 1967. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 16pp, stapled self-cover. Has ad listing 20 tiles on back cover. From the collection of Opal Louis Nations. Unmarked copy of an uncommon title in this important series from Dick Higgins's Something Else Press. Small chip to… Read more about this item

New York: Something Else Press, Inc. - A Great Bear Pamphlet, 1966. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 16pp, stapled self-cover. First state, printed on heavy textured stock, with 10 titles listed in back-cover ad. From the collection of Opal Louis Nations. Unmarked copy of an early title in this important series from Dick Higgins's… Read more about this item

New York: Something Else Press, Inc. - A Great Bear Pamphlet, 1966. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 16pp, stapled self-cover. First state, with 10 titles listed in back-cover ad. From the collection of Opal Louis Nations. Unmarked copy of an early title in this important series from Dick Higgins's Something Else Press,… Read more about this item

New York: Something Else Press, Inc. - A Great Bear Pamphlet, 1966. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 32pp, stapled self-cover. Second state, with 20 titles listed in back-cover ad. From the collection of Opal Louis Nations. Unmarked copy of this important 1966 collection from Dick Higgins's Something Else Press.

New York: Herbert George, 1976. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 76pp, printed wrappers. From the collection of contributor Opal Louis Nations. Uncommon 1976 art magazine, also includes a cover and contextual essay by Claes Oldenburg as well as work by Barnett Newman and others. Unmarked copy, light reading wear and minor outer spots.

Garden Bay, Canada: Fanzini, 1974. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 120pp, printed wrappers. Deliriously packed art magazine from 1974, lots of collage and mail-art work (including an enigmatical Ray Johnson page). Light wear to the fragile wrappers (small closed tear at base of spine) and some outer soil, no markings.

Chicago: Franklin Rosemont, 1973. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 64pp, printed wrappers. The scarce second issue of this important latter-day Surrealist review from Chicago, which was prescient in the breadth of its political and cultural range. Unmarked copy, a bit of edgewear, some spotting to top edge.

New York: Convolution, 2011. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 236pp, printed wrappers. Poster insert and erratum slip laid in. First issue of this relatively lavish journal colliding experimental work in all realms. Unmarked copy, a little outer wear.

New York: Omnivore, 2003. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 176pp, printed wrappers. Elegant one-off prototype journal of written and visual culture, printed in Iceland, with a stellar and diverse roster of contributors. Unmarked copy, not a remainder, just about as new.

Iowa City, IA: Association for the Study of Dada and Surrealism (University of Iowa), 1988. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, [vi]+154pp, printed wrappers. INSCRIBED to Wallace Fowlie (as "Wallace") by editor Anna Balakian. Special Andre Breton issue. Balakian has underlined her name on the masthead page (no other markings), light wear.

New York: Longview Foundation, Inc, 1963. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. Square 8vo, 100pp, printed wrappers. Lavish art and literature mag with cover and article by Larry Rivers. Donald Barthelme was the Managing Editor, Harold Rosenberg was Co-Editor. Includes work by Kenneth Koch, Robert Rauschenberg, Saul Steinberg, Marshall McLuhan, Willem de Kooning, Saul… Read more about this item

Brooklyn, NY: Fanzini, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 88pp, stapled wrappers. Deliriously packed art magazine from 1975, almost all collage work. Nice copy with light wear and some rubbing to back cover.