Circle by George Leite (35 results)
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Published by Berkeley, California, 1945
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Cat's Curiosities, Pahrump, NV, U.S.A.Cat's Curiosities
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Includes Five Poems by E.E. Cummings, Neptune by Dane Ruhdyar (or possibly Rudhyer), Henry Miller's "Preface for the Power Within Us," etc. 89 pp. Reduced from $37. Jacket design by RBMM. (illustrator).

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Seller: California Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.California Books
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Seller: California Books, Miami, FL, U.S.A.California Books
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Published by Circle, Berkekey, California, 1944
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Blank Verso Books, ABAA, Mill Valley, CA, U.S.A.Blank Verso Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerSoft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. CIRCLE (1944-1948) the Bay Area's seminal literary journal. A synthesis of the surreal, eclectic, pacifist, and anarchist ideologies that formed the radical basis of the San Francisco Renaissance and was an influential precursor of the Beat Movement. CIRCLE Vol. 1, No. 3. Published by Ci…rcle, Berkeley, printed by The Greenwood Press, San Mateo, California, 1944. George Leite Editor, Assistant Editor, Bern Porter. First edition. Softcover, illustrated wrappers, 9" x 6.25", staple bound, 61 pages, illustrated with some headpiece decorations printed in brick red, and a Max Ernst painting reproduced in b&w. GOOD CONDITION: covers pulled from rear staples and disbound, spine is age toned with small tearing/wear at the ends, shelfwear, and a few light coffee droplets, internally, signs of age and use, otherwise bright, clean and unmarked and the red and black Kenneth Rexroth printed cover remains very bright. Circle number 3 is very scarce and hardly ever found. Cover by KENNETH REXROTH (1905-1982) Poet, Artist, Godfather of the San Francisco Renaissance. George T. Leite (1920-1985) controversial author, publisher, poet, taught experimental literature at UC Berkeley, owned an important bookstore and gallery space on Telegraph Ave in Berkeley, daliel's. He was friends with and published the works of Robert Duncan, Kenneth Rexroth, Henry Miller, William Everson, Philip Lamantia, Anais Nin, Jack Spicer and a devotee of the renegade Freudian Wilhelm Reich and his Orgone theory.
Published by (Berkeley, 1946
- Softcover
Seller: Colophon Book Shop, ABAA, Exeter, NH, U.S.A.Colophon Book Shop, ABAA
Contact seller4-star selleroctavo, printed wrappers. octavo, printed wrappers. (106) pp. An important Bay Area magazine. Circle 9 was issued with four different covers each designed and hand printed in five color silk-screen by Bezalel Schatz. This issue was dedicated to the memory of Gertrude Stein "dead now this July of 1946." Contains prose and poetry…by Lawrence Durrell, William Everson, Henry Miller and others. This cover feature red paper with a decorative square printed in green, blue, yellow and cream. Back wrapper missing.
Language: English
Published by Circle, 1945
- Softcover
- Magazine / Periodical
Seller: TotalitarianMedia, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.TotalitarianMedia
Contact seller4-star sellerSoft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. CIRCLE, NUMBER FIVE, 1945. George Leite (ed.) Circle. 1945. 88p. stapled trade paperback, covers bumped/scuffed/ large chip off bottom front cover corner, binding tight, text clean/unmarked, name/address sticker front endpaper—CLAY SPOHN'S WAR MACHINES by Douglas Macagy. Henry Miller, Max…Jacob herein—40.00.
Circle Number 5
George Leite, Ed; Kees, Weldon; Cummings, E.E.; Miller, Henry; Hell, Henri, etc. contributors
Language: English
Published by Circle, Berkeley, 1945
- Softcover
Seller: Maxwell's House of Books, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.Maxwell's House of Books
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. A lovely crisp clean softcover copy in very good condition, light age toning, small stains to rear of cover, mild rubbing.
Published by Literary Licensing, LLC, 1946
- Softcover
Seller: 2Vbooks, Derwood, MD, U.S.A.2Vbooks
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Add to basketTrade paperback. Condition: Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 112 p. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name EB 35.
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Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.NUDEL BOOKS
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo, bit stained on the edge of first page, bit worn but v.g, the red embryo cover.vv8/0/3.
Circle Volume 1, Number 4
Leite, George (Editor), Nin, Anais;Schoeder, Theordore; Rexroth, Kenneth; Miller, Henry, etc.
Language: English
Published by Circle, Berkeley, 1944
- Softcover
Seller: Maxwell's House of Books, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.Maxwell's House of Books
Contact seller2-star sellerSoft cover. Condition: Good. A lovely crisp unmarked softcover copy in good plus condition, rubbing to cover and spine, light age toning and price written in ink on front cover.
Published by Circle Press, Berkeley, CA, 1946
- Softcover
Seller: South Congress Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.South Congress Books
Contact seller5-star sellerSoft cover. Condition: Very Good Minus. Issue number 9 of the Journal Circle. Very Good Minus. Softcover, pictorial wraps, 96 pp. plus ads at end, b&w photos, moderate edgewear with creasing to covers and bumping to corners, else a clean and tight copy.
More imagesPublished by Circle, 1948
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Moe's Books
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. binB. Contributors include Mary Fabilli, Giuseppi Ungaretti, Harry Partch, Robert Duncan, et al. Shelfworn.
Published by (Berkeley, 1946
- Softcover
Seller: Colophon Book Shop, ABAA, Exeter, NH, U.S.A.Colophon Book Shop, ABAA
Contact seller4-star selleroctavo, printed wrappers. octavo, printed wrappers. (106) pp. An important Bay Area magazine. Circle 9 was issued with four different covers each designed and hand printed in five color silk-screen by Bezalel Schatz. This issue was dedicated to the memory of Gertrude Stein "dead now this July of 1946." Contains prose and poetry…by Lawrence Durrell, William Everson, Henry Miller and others. This copy has the cover of mainly blue with eye.

Published by Circle, Berkeley, California, 1946
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Very Good. Periodical. Octavo. 96pp., advertisements. Pictorial wrappers designed and hand printed in one of four different color silk-screen variants by Palestinian artist Bezalel Schatz. Rubbing on wraps, very good. Includes contributions by: Lawrence Durrell, Jim Fitzsimmons, Walker Winslow, Hilaire Hile…r, and more. Containing part two of "Rimbaud Opus: by Henry Miller. This issue dedicated to Miss Gertrude Stein including a photographic reproduction of the 1906 portrait by Pablo Picasso.

Published by Circle, Berkeley, California, 1945
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Very Good. Number 5. Pictorial wrappers. Wraps and spine toned, faint crease on the cover, very good. Includes contributions by: E.E. Cummings, Henry Miller, Weldon Kees, Jess Cloud, Albert Clements, Paul Radin, and more.
Published by Berkeley, CA: Circle, 1946, 1946
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Jackson Street Booksellers, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.Jackson Street Booksellers
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Very Good in stab bound red card covers with Fetus. Contributors include Lawrence Durrell, William Everson, Harold Norse, and Henry Miller. 96pp 8vo.IB.
More imagesPublished by Circle, Berkeley, California, 1946
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Tristan Navarro Rare Books & Manuscripts, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.Tristan Navarro Rare Books & Manuscripts
Contact seller5-star sellerIntellectual literary journal from the 40s published in Berkeley. [iv], 96, [8] pp. Moderately heavy wear and fading to wrappers, with some small chips with loss, owner name penciled to front and date to back. Gentle toning throughout, minor stains to outer leaves. Good Wrappers illustrated in five color silkscreen by Bezalel Sc…hatz. Black and white illustrations inside from art and photographs (illustrator).
Published by n.p.:n.p., [1946]., 1946
- Softcover
- Magazine / Periodical
Seller: Skyline Books, Forest Knolls, CA, U.S.A.Skyline Books
Contact seller4-star sellerImportant Bay Area magazine of art and literature edited by George Leite and Bern Porter. Contributions by Everson, Fabilli, Harold Norse, Lawrence Durrell, Henry Miller, George Leite, and others. Silk-screen cover illustration by Bezalel Schatz (this cover was done in 4 different color variants---this is the red version). Illus…trated with photographs and drawings. Near fine.

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Seller: Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA), Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.Ian Brabner, Rare Americana (ABAA)
Contact seller5-star sellerBerkeley: Circle, 1948. 110, [2]pp. 9 x 6 inches. Pictorial wrappers. Very minor abrasion to rear cover; very good. With articles by John & James Whitney, Mary Fabilli, Harry Partch, Robert Barlow, Robert Duncan, et al.

Published by Circle, Berkeley, 1946
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerSoftcover, stapled. Condition: Very Good to Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition. Octavo, stapled softcover in original red wrappers, hand silk-screened, black and white plates throughout, including a fold-out photo set. Issue #9 of Circle Magazine, a literary and art journal published in Berkeley, CA from 19441948 for a tota…l of 10 issues; cover art by Palestinian artist Bezalel Schatz, one of four different variants. Very Good to Near Fine, light shelf wear and fading. Bezalel Schatz (illustrator).

Published by Circle, Berkeley, California, 1945
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- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Very Good. Number 6. Illustrated with black and white plates. Glossy pictorial wrappers. One plate loose and laid in, light foxing on wraps and spine, very good. Includes contributions by: Henry Miller, James Laughlin, Thomas Parkinson, Leonora Carrington, and more.
Published by Circle, Berkeley, 1946
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.Vashon Island Books
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. CIRCLE: NO. 7-8. Berkeley, Circle, 1946. Edited by George Leite. B/w illustrations. Bibliographical references. Includes advertising matter. Stiff white pictorial wrappers, printed, green black and purple (slight toning and shelfwear to wrappers). Uncommon. contains contributions b…y, Edwin Ver Becke, Gil Orlovitz, kenneth Patchen, Jacke Jones, Hennry Miller, et al. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. B/W Photographs and Illustration (illustrator). Book.
Published by San Francisco: Circle, 1946, 1946
Seller: Aeolian Books, Marysville, WA, U.S.A.Aeolian Books
Contact seller4-star sellerPaperbound. Very Good +. First Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Published by Berkeley, Calif.: Circle., 1945
- Softcover
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. Softcover. 8vo. 6 x 9 inches. 90 pp. Article by Henry Miller on painter Knud Merrild, poems by James Laughlin, Thomas Parkinson, a play by surrealist painter Leonora Carrington. Interesting issue of this important little magazine. Cover scuffed and creased, some foxing on edges. Top half inch of spine torn, prev…ious owner signature on endpaper, tear on endpaper. Binding still sound, no loose pages. Good.
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Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents
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Add to basketCondition: VG. Berkeley, California. 1946 first edition. Literary journal. Stiff wraps. royal octavo. Issue appeared with 4 variations in cover - this cover has a red fetus in utero , mother outlined in blue, surrounded by swirls of pale green with title in black. Cover hand-printed by Bezalel Schatz. Eight pages of poems by Law…rence Durrell, "Rimbaud Opus part Two" by Miller; four poems by Selwyn Schwartz, special foldout photography plate section "Four Experimental Nudes" by Jim Fitzsimmons. VG+. just slight oning on cover. no owner marks.

Published by Berkeley, CA, 1946
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Magazine / Periodical
Seller: Test Centre Books, Norwich, United KingdomTest Centre Books
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. Wrappers. [iv], [162]pp. + foldout leaf. Illustrated. Contributors include Robert Duncan ('The Years as Catches'), Henry Miller, Anais Nin, Bern Porter (map of James Joyce's life), Kenneth Patchen, W. S. Graham, George Barrows (plus the cover), Yvan Goll, Gil Orlovitz, and more. Out…wardly spotted and rubbed, the spine chipped and scuffed, and the internal staples rusty, the text generally clean however.

Published by Circle, Berkeley, CA, 1945
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA, Springtown, PA, U.S.A.Michael J. Toth, Bookseller, ABAA
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Add to basketSoft Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket - As Published. First Edition. Bound in black and white wraps. 88 pp. Contents include: The Purcells / Weldon Kees -- Five poems / E.E. Cummings -- Neptune, evocator extraordinary / Dane Ruhdyar -- Three portraits / Jess Cloud -- Max Jacob / Henri Hell -- Trois poemes inedits / Max Jac…ob -- Clay Spohn's war machines / Douglas MacAgy -- Preface for The power within us / Henry Miller -- Four little poems / Aline Musyl -- Rain / Albert Clements -- Voltas for fugues / Alfred Young Fisher -- Photo-poems / Leite & Porter -- Artist's life / Frederic Ramsey Jr. -- A poem & a story / Nicholas Moore -- First pity / Marguerite Martin -- Journey of the soul / Paul Radin -- Two poems / Max Harris -- Books tangent to circle / Leo Levy, James Dudley Harmon, George Thurston. Rare, only one copy on OCLC/Worldcat.
More imagesPublished by Circle, [Berkeley, 1944
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB)
Contact seller5-star seller8vo, pp. [1], 74, [5]; 7 plates; staple bound in printed yellow paper wrappers; staples corroding, light mottling to spine, very good. An influential California literary mag. "Simultaneously with the arrival of Henry Miller in Big Sur (1940s), a new intellectual tendency had emerged in Berkeley, in a little magazine called Circl…e. Edited by George Leite, who became one of Miller's associates, Circle produced ten issues beginning in 1944, with what Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Nancy Peters described as antiwar, anarchist, or antiauthoritarian, civil libertarian attitudes, coupled with a new experimentation in the arts." (Schwartz, From West to East) This issue with contributions by Anais Nin, Theodore Schroeder, Henry Miller, Bern Porter, James Franklin Lewis, et al.
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Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB)
Contact seller5-star seller8vo, pp. [4], 96, [8]; 6 plates, 1 folding; pictorial paper wrappers designed by the Palestinian artist Bezalel Schatz; wrappers toned, text clean, very good. An influential California literary mag. "Simultaneously with the arrival of Henry Miller in Big Sur (1940s), a new intellectual tendency had emerged in Berkeley, in a litt…le magazine called Circle. Edited by George Leite, who became one of Miller's associates, Circle produced ten issues beginning in 1944, with what Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Nancy Peters described as antiwar, anarchist, or antiauthoritarian, civil libertarian attitudes, coupled with a new experimentation in the arts." (Schwartz, From West to East) This issue with contributions by Lawrence Durrell, C. F. MacIntyre, William Everson, Henry Miller, Alex Comfort, et al.
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Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB)
Contact seller5-star seller8vo, pp. 85, [3]; 2 leaves of "photo poems" and text illustrations; pictorial paper wrappers, wrappers, toned, owner's signature on first page, very good. With material from Henry Miller, Max Jacob, E. E. Cummings, Weldon Kees, Dane Ruhdyar, Paul Radin, and others.