San Francisco: ZYZZYVA, Inc. 1986. First edition - The first anniversary issue of this interesting magazine - included are excerpts from novels-in-progress by Abbey (Confessions of a Barbarian), Seth (Golden Gate), a translation of a Mrabet story by Paul Bowles, poetry by Joseph Hansen (best known for his David Brandstetter mysteries), Ron Silliman, Deborah Brunner, Dorianne Laux and more. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line.

San Francisco: Five Fingers Review. 1986. First edition - A journal of poetry and prose. Includes Dorianne Laux's poem "The Garden" and Kevin Killian's his story "T Rex." Also features "Meaningful Work: Seven Writers on Writing," "A Chicano Travelogue" by Juan Felipe Herrera, "This is Not Democracy: Essay on the New El Salvadoran Poetry" by Ruben Martinez. Fiction by Laura Beausoleil, Mark Greenside, Jill Kelly, Kevin Killian.; drama by Roberto Bedoya, poetry by Philip Levine, Cole Swenson, Charles Simic and much more. 110 pp. Cover by Mark Trousdale.

San Francisco: Five Fingers Review. 1987. SIGNED first edition - A journal of poetry and prose, SIGNED by TWO poets at their contributions - Dorianne Laux and Juan Felipe Herrerra. Other contributors include Clark Coolidge, Stan Rice, Jack Marshall, Cole Swenson, Carol Dorf, Sara Vogan and more. Notes on contributors. 138 pp plus ads. Cover by Chris Biddle.

San Francisco: Watchword, 2001. First edition - First issue of this "nearly quarterly" journal specializing in East European translations and emerging American authors. Includes poetry and short fiction by Nina Schuyler, Jana Rotescu, Saviana Stanescu, Rebekah Eppley, Randy Lyman, Sam Tsitrin and others. Notes on contributors. 58 pp. Cover art by Helene Poulshock

Cincinnati: F & W Publications, 1997. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED by Chris Adrian at his story 'Grief.' This issue includes works by Genni Gunn, Chris Adrian, Joseph Monnige, Allison Moore, Richard Bausch and others. 124 pp. .We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line.

Cincinnati: F & W Publications, 1997. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED by Chris Adrian at his story 'Grief.' This issue includes works by Genni Gunn, Chris Adrian, Joseph Monnige, Allison Moore, Richard Bausch and others. 124 pp. .We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line.

Boston: Emerson College, 1994. SIGNED first edition - A collection of stories on poems on the theme of "tribe" edited ad with an introduction by James Welch. SIGNED by TWO authors: by Sherman Alexie at his short story "Flight" and by Alberto Alvaro Rios at his story "Outside Magdalena, Sonora." Also includes contributions from Diane Glancy, Simon Oritz, Scott Momaday, Debra Earling, Charles H. Webb, Thylias Moss, Ophelia Navarro and many others. A profile of James Welch by Don Lee. Book reviews. 220 pp. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line.

Cambridge:
Granta, Spring 1987. First edition - New stories by Isabel Allende, Bruce Chatwin, Richard Ford, Primo Levi, Oliver Sacks. and more, Illustrated. Ads. 256 pp. ISBN: 014-0086021.

Albuquerque: Creative Writing Center at the University of New Mexico, 1992. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED by TWO contributors - Luis Urrea at "Bid Farewell to Her Many Horses" (an early publication, preceding his first book) and by Floyd Salas as his poem "Wedo." Also includes works by Paula Gunn Allen, Sherman Alexie, Peter Wild, Gerald Burns, Benjamin Alire Saenz, Ray Gonzalez, Reuben Sanchez, Rebecca Seiferle, Joy Harjo. Leslie Marmon Silko and many others. Notes on contributors. 221 pp.

New York: Granta, 1990. First edition - A paperback magazine of new writing, This issue includes stories and articles by authors such as Richard Ford, Salman Rushdie, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jonathan Raban, Margaret Atwood and more. 255 pp. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line. ISBN: # 0-14-013431x.

New York: Granta USA, 1993. First edition - Ten years later, this is the second selection of 20 of the best novelists in England, under the age of 40. Two of the judges were A. S. Byatt and Salmon Rushdie as well as Buford, who wrote an interesting introduction to this issue on the selection process. In addition to the writers shown above, this includes works by Anne Billson, Tibor Fischer, Esther Freud, Alan Hollinghurst, Lawrence Norfolk, Jeanette Winterson, etc. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line. ISBN: 0-14-014059x.

Gambier, Ohio: Kenyon College, 2004. First edition - Includes stories by C. M. Mayo, Maija Rhee Devine; nonfiction by Barrett, Doctorow and Ellen Bryant Voigt, poetry by Roger Fanning, Albert Goldbarth, Sandra McPherson, book reviews and more. Slightly oversized format. Cover design by Nanette Black featuring a photograph by Ron Guidry. 178 pp plus advertisements. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line.

Berkeley, CA: Manifest Press, (2000). First edition - A biannual journal of poetry plus some prose, reviews and interviews. Contributors to this issue include Clark Coolidge, Brenda Hillman, Elizabeth Robinson, Norma Cole and many others. Notes on contributors. 159 pp. ISBN: 0-967388538.

Cincinnati, OH: 1996. SIGNED first edition - Also includes stories by Chris Spain, Jamie Callan, Nanci Kincaid, Louis Berney and others. Reprints the Story classic from 1945 of Truman Capote's "My Side of the Mother." Cover by David Goldin. This copy is SIGNED by TWO authors at their stories: Rick Bass at "The Wait" and Louis Berney at "In the Weeds." We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line.

Boston: Emerson College, 1999. First edition - Contains poetry by Aliki Barnstone, Laurie Greer, William Heyen, Maxine Kumin, D. Nurske, Charles Harper Webb, and many others. Stories by George Garrett, Cynthia Kadohata, Carolyn Cooke and more. Introductions by Bell and Spires. Notes on contributors. Index to Volume XXV. 238 pp plus ads. Cover art by Kate Borowski. ISBN: 0-933277-27x.

Cincinnati: F & W Publications, 1998. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED by Bender at her story "The Healer." Also include stories by Jean Fong Kwok, Melanie Sumner, Percival Everett, A. L. Kennedy, Julia Slavin and others. Notes on contributors. 128 pp. We specialize in literary journals, and have many other issues - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line.

Pittsfield, MA: Berkshire Writers Room, 2001. SIGNED first edition - A literary journal featuring short stories, non fiction and poetry. INSCRIBED inside the front cover by William Donovan (author of the story "Solan #1"), signed as Billy and dated in July 2001. 156 pp.

Boston: Godine, 1986. SIGNED first edition - A bi-annual journal of new writing. SIGNED by TWO authors at their contributions: Mei-mei Berssenbrugge at her prose poem 'Forms of Politeness' and by Michael McClure at "The Torture Murderers Upstate in Calaveras County." This issue alsp includes contributions by William Burroughs, Barbara Guest, Dennis Silk, Paul West, Michael Palmer, Nathaniel Tarn, Ron Silliman, Coleman Dowell and more. Notes on contributors. 289 pp plus advertisements. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line. ISBN: 0-941964-159.

Cambridge, MA: Ploughshares Inc, 1975. First edition - Includes contributions by James Merrill, Octavio Paz, John Peck, Mark Strand, John Malcolm Brinnin, James McMichael, Robert Lowell, Eleanor Ross Taylor, Margo Lockwood, Nicholas Christopher, Constance St. John Marchiel, Ricardo da Silveira Lobo Sternberg, Alice Mattison, Richard Howard, Jonathan Galassi, Barry Spacks, Helen Vendler, Frank Bidart, David Ferry, F.R. Leavis, Eugenio Montale, Peter Taylor, Donald Gertmenian, Elizabeth Bishop, Peter Kaplan, Todd Boli, Horace, William Nestrick, J.V. Cunningham, Robert Pinsky, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Eliot, Proust, Stein, and Dante and more - mostly poetry but some essays including Brinnin on first meeting Auden, and David Gertmenian on Rereading Howl. Illustrated with collages by Ralph Hamilton. Notes on contributors. 249 pp plus ads.

Louisville, KY: The Kentucky Foundation for Women, 1990. SIGNED first edition - A triannual magazine of poetry and prose. Includes contributions by Marilyn Chin, Wanda Coleman, Sharon Doubiago, Caroline Knox and many others. SIGNED by TWO authors - by Chin at her poem "Autumn Leaves" and by Doubiago at her essay "The Reddest Rose Unfolds" on the poet H.D. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line. 79 pp plus notes on the contributors and ads.

Louisville, KY: The Kentucky Foundation for Women, 1989. SIGNED first edition - A quarterly magazine of poetry and prose. Includes contributions by Paula Gunn Allen, Carol Ascher, Marjorie Agosin, Sharon Doubiago, Robin Morgan, Diancy Glancy, and many others. SIGNED by Doubiago at her story "The Bride's Book." We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line.

Louisville, KY: The Kentucky Foundation for Women, 1991. First edition - A quarterly magazine of poetry and prose. Includes contributions from Barbara Kingsolver, Michelle Cliff, Kenny Fries, the first published story of E. J. Bishop, an excerpt from her first novel by Edie Meidav, poetry by Brenda Marie Osbey, and more. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line.

Saratoga Springs, NY : Pantheon, 1984. First edition - Includes a long play "The World's the World" by Alberto translated from the Italian by Arthur A. Coppotelli, an essay on "Poetry and the National Conscience" by Howard Nemerov , poetry by Adrienne Rich, David Wagoner and more. 112 pp. . We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line.

Saratoga Springs: Skidmore College, 1994. First edition - Includes essays by Mary Gordon, William Kennedy, Richard Howard and others , poetry by Terese Svoboda, David Weiss and more. Illustrated with photographs and drawings by Lowell Boyers. Notes on contributors. 273 pp. . We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line.

Saratoga : Skidmore College, 1984. First edition - A special issue of Salmagundi magazine devoted entirely to Nadine Gordimer, featuring a conversation with her by Robert Boyers, Clark Blaise and others, and the first appearance of the novella "Something Out There." Includes several articles on Gordimer - Multi-Racism by Stephen Clingman, Masters and Servants by Rowland Smith and more. 196 pp. . We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line.

New York: Granta, 1988. SIGNED first edition - A paperback magazine of new writing, SIGNED by T. C. Boyle at his story 'The Miracle at Ballinspittle.' This issue also includes stories by authors such as Ian Hamilton, Charles Nicholl, Nicholas Shakespeare, Martha Gellhorn on the 30's, Jonathan Miller, Ian Hamilton on J. D. Salinger and more. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line. ISBN: 0-14-00-86048.

New York: Granta, 1998. SIGNED first edition - "A Paperback Magazine of New Writing. " . SIGNED by T. C. Boyle at his story "Rust." Includes contributions from T. C. Boyle, Martin Amis, Paul Auster, Joyce Carol Oates, Hilary Mantel and others. Illustrated. Notes on contributors. 256 pp. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line. ISBN: 0-14-0086064.