Feminism And Women Authors from Philip Smith, Bookseller

Santa Cruz, CA: Kresge College, University of California, 1996. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 138pp, printed wrappers. Number 169 of 432 numbered copies of this rare 1996 little magazine publication including work by and an interview with Dodie Bellamy (about 50pp total). Unmarked copy, minor wear.

New York: Julian Messner, Inc, 1946. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. VG+ in VG dw. 8vo, 544pp, blue cloth with spine stamped in gold, printed dustwrapper. First edition of this thick historical novel with nautical themes (by the author of the famous Witches Still Live). Unmarked copy, a little wear and soil, dustwrapper is not price-clipped and has some… Read more about this item

[Toronto]: The Eternal Network, [1975]. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 12mo, 92pp, printed wrappers. 1 of 500 stated copies of this combination of visual and textual experiment by an overlooked female creator from the orbit of Coach House Press. Unmarked copy from the collection of fellow lookers Opal and Ellen Nations; minor soil and light… Read more about this item

New York: Stonehill Publishing Company, 1976. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 224pp, printed wrappers. Publisher's original review slip laid in. Unmarked copy from the collection of Opal and Ellen Nations; spine has some sunning and edges have some spots.

Vancouver: Intermedia Press, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 76pp, printed wrappers. 1 of 950 stated copies of the wrappers edition of an uncommon poetic work with artwork by the author. Unmarked copy, a bit of toning and spotting.

Deal, England: Actual Size Press, 1975. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 16pp, stapled self-cover. INSCRIBED by Rikki Ducornet to Opal Louis Nations on the first interior page. Period photocopies of 10 leaves of prose typescripts by Ducornet are laid in. Unmarked copies with a bit of general wear and soil, the paper clips… Read more about this item

Rockland, ME: Sinister Wisdom, 1994. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 112pp, printed wrappers. This issue of Sinister Wisdom contains To Go to Berbir, a full-length book by Jill Drew about being a nurse at the time of the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon. Unmarked copy, light wear.

Elmwood Park, IL: The Review of Contemporary Fiction, 1989. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 256pp, printed wrappers. Issue includes sections on Kathy Acker, Christine Brooke-Rose, and Marguerite Young. Unmarked copy, corner bend to cover.

New York: David McKay Company, Inc, 1969 [1947]. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. VG in Good+ dw. 8vo, xii+244pp, pictorial boards library binding, printed dustwrapper. Ex-library copy of Whitney's 1947 novel for a young adult audience (stated 13th printing, 1969). Library binding, pocket, and stamps; jacket has been trimmed top and bottom for library cover and endpapers show… Read more about this item

San Francisco: San Francisco Review of Books, 1977. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 48pp, stapled self-cover. Features a cover review memorializing Imogen Cunningham. Also an interview with Adrienne Rich & Mary Daly and pieces by Ron Silliman, et al. Unmarked copy with light wear.

New York: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1961 (later printing). 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 192pp, printed wrappers. Stated sixth printing of the 1961 New Directions trade paper edition of this modernist classic. Unmarked copy, some spotting to page edges.

San Francisco: Peace & Pieces Foundation, 1976. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 32pp, stapled wrappers. Includes a 5-page Ruth Weiss section. This unmarked copy from the collection of contributor Opal Louis Nations. Light sunning and soil, light spotting to page edges.

Chicago: Radical America / Surrealist Editions / Black Swan Press, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 48pp, stapled wrappers. Text in English translation. Rare 1972 Radical America / Chicago Surrealist Editions / Black Swan Press version of this classic text. Ownership signature of printer Peter Koch to inside front cover (no other markings),… Read more about this item

Great Barrington, MA: The Figures, 1983. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 96pp, printed wrappers. Unmarked copy, a little spotting to page edges and sunning to wrappers.

New York: Living Hand, 1976. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 88pp, printed wrappers. Number 313 of 500 stated copies of the author's rare first book. Unmarked copy, a little spotting to page edges and sunning to wrappers.

Santa Barbara, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1976. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 92pp, printed wrappers. A nicely designed anthology issued shortly after the author's death. Unmarked copy from the collection of Opal Louis Nations, spotting to page edges and light outer soil and sunning.

Berkeley, CA: Cloud Marauder Press, 1978. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 48pp, printed wrappers. 1 of 500 stated copies of the wrappers version of Scalapino's third book. Unmarked copy, minor wear.

Buffalo, NY: Top Stories / Hallwalls, 1980. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, [ii]+26pp, stapled wrappers. First printing of this early entry in the Top Stories series (featuring experimental writing by women authors). Unmarked copy, light wear.

Buffalo, NY: Top Stories / Hallwalls, 1983. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 24pp (one leaf duplicated), stapled wrappers. First printing of this scarce entry in the Top Stories series (featuring experimental writing by women authors). Publisher's order form bound in. Library stamp and related pen markings to front cover, internally clean and unmarked. One… Read more about this item

New York: Top Stories, 1985. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 40pp, stapled wrappers. First printing of this scarce entry in the Top Stories series. Minor pen lines and wear to front cover, internally clean and unmarked.