80 428 Verne J

- Gilding trifle rubbed at places and sl. faded on backstrip. (Very) fine copy.

= "Voyages extraordinaires". Bottin, p.477. Cartonnage Type "Aux initiales J.V. et J.H.", dos Type "2", 2e plat type "C".

80/429 De Vertellingen van Duizend en één nacht Deel 1/2 13/14 Dutch adapt R van Leeuwen

- Fine set.

80 431 Whitechurch V L

80 431 Whitechurch V L

80 431 Whitechurch V L

- Lacks 2 preliminary leaves (htitle, title and contents leaf are present); owner's entry of "S.H. Batty Smiith" on first free endpaper, dated by the author "6.8.1924". Upper hinges weak; covers fingersoiled.

= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION to "Dear Sir" (S.H. Batty-Smith) mounted on upper pastedown, thanking Batty-Smith for his favourable review of the work in the Sportsman and informing him that "I am a parson!".

80 432 Wilde O

- Endpapers foxed. Covers mostly sl. dust/ fingersoiled and occas. a few sm. specks/ stains; backstrips (not uniformly) yellowed.

= Mason p.459f. The first collected edition of Wilde's works.

80/434 Adventures in Poetry No 1 12 all published Ed L Fagin

- Fine set.

= An important periodical for the second generation of the New York School of Poets w. contributions by i.a. Joe Ceravolo, Dick Gallup, Ted Berrigan, Rob Padgett, Joe Carroll and Anne Waldman. Cover art by i.a. Jim Dine, Ed Ruscha (no. 4), Joe Brainard and Rudy Burckhardt. Clay and Phillips, p.194ff: "A typical issie was 300-350 copies, consuming thirty reams of 24# mimeograph paper, run through the Gestetner machine of The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church (...) Working at the Project and attending hundreds of readings over the years was a big advantage. If I heard something I especially liked at a reading, I would rush to the podium and claim the manuscript for Adventures. I was rarely refused" (Lary Fagin).SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE IX.

80 435 Angel Hair No 1 6 all published Ed A Waldman and L Warsh

- Wrapper of 2nd issue w. 2 sm. dam. spots. Otherwise a fine, complete set.

= Important early Second Generation New York School periodical which featured New York poets, but included a few other avant figures as well. Contributions i.a. by John Ashbery, James Schuyler, Gerard Malanga, Jonathan Cott, Ron Padgett, Bill Berkson, Ted Berrigan, Michael Brownstein, John Wieners, Clark Coolidge, Denise Levertov, Dick Gallup, Larry Fagin, Philip Whalen, Kenneth Koch, Joanne Kyger, Joe Ceravolo, Tony Towle, Aram Saroyan and Edwin Denby. Clay and Phillips, p.176ff: "Angel Hair helped define the community of poets on the Lower East Side in the late 60s (...) We lived together in that apartment for three years, and the table of contents of Angel Hair reflects not only our evolving tastes as poets but the constant stream of visitors who passed through our door".

80/436 The Ark/ Ark No 1 3 all published Ed P Lamantia and S Russell

- First issue w. tiny tears in fore-edge margin and partly sunned; 2nd issue w. owner's entry on frontwrapper. Otherwise a fine set.

= A key periodical of the early years of the Californian renaissance. The magazine advocates individual liberty and supports pacifist and anarchist viewpoints. With contributions by Kenneth Patchen, James Laughlin (founder of New Directions Publishing), Kenneth Rexroth, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Charles Olson, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Richard Eberhart. Clay and Phillips, p.262.

80 437 Art and Literature An International Review No 1 12 all published Ed J Ashbery A Dunn R Moynihan and S Orwell

80 437 Art and Literature An International Review No 1 12 all published Ed J Ashbery A Dunn R Moynihan and S Orwell

- Final issue w. sm. price stamp and monogrammed in ballpoint on frontwrapper. Fine set.

= An influential literary magazine, with contributions by i.a. Frank O'Hara, Cyril Connelly, John Ashbery, Ted Berrigan, Jean Rhys, Stephen Spender, William Gass, Laura Riding, Boris Pasternak, Larry Rivers, David Hockney, Jasper Johns, Robert Bly, John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg, William Burroughs, Anthony Burgess and Jean Genet. Clay and Phillips, p.170f: "Very high style, intense, and European (...) Ashbery produced a remarkable blend of poetry, fiction, and commentary dealing not only with the world of poetry and literature, but with avant-garde art, theater, film, performance, and installation art".

80/438 Athanor No 1 6 all published Ed D Calhoun and G Butterick

- Fine set.

= Beat-generation poertry review. A long interview with Jack Kerouac is published in installments in each issue. Contributions by i.a. Charles Olson, Cid Corman, Larry Eigner, Vincent Ferrini and Anselm Hollo. No.3 with photogr. cover by Robert Brummett. Incl. a duplicate of the first issue. Clay and Phillips, p.262.

80/439 Bastard Angel No 1 3 all published Ed H Norse

- Fine set.

= "We will present new and established writers, with emphasis on the experimental and non-conformist in poetry, stories, excerpts from diaries and novels" (No.1, p.1). The third issue features the Beat Generation prints of Peter Le Blanc.

80/441 Beatitude No 2 5 7 9 11 15 18 and 21 33 Ed J Kelly B Kaufman W J Margolis a o

= Large collection of this quintessential Beat publication. Each issue is rare, especially the early issues. Started by Allen Ginsberg, Bob Kaufman, and John Kelly, Beatitude was originally a weekly newsletter for the North Beach literary scene. It quickly abandoned the weekly schedule and became the unsurpassed outlet for Beat literature. Printed out of the Bread and Wine Mission run by Congregationalist minister Pierre Delattre (who also published in Beatitude), the magazine included the work of its founders, as well as Jack Kerouac, Michael McClure, and others. No.33 is titled Anthology of Beatitude magazine, Silver Anniversary. Edited by Jeffrey Grossman. Also with an issue of Beatitude East, no.17. Clay and Phillips, p.80f. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE IX.

80/442 Berkeley Miscellany No 1 2 all published Ed R Duncan

= Second issue MONOGRAMMED on frontwrapper by Robert Duncan. Literary magazine w. contributions by Robert Duncan, Mary Fabilli, Jack Spicer and Gerald Ackerman. Clay and Phillips, p.264.

80/443 Between Worlds An International Magazine of Creativity No 1 3 all published Ed G Neiman

- First issue w. sm. dent at top of spine and some sm. ruststains from staples on upper joint; frontcover 3rd issue partly discoloured.

= An international review of poetry, prose and art. Contributors include i.a. Henry Miller, William Burroughs, Edward Abbey, Gregory Corso, Gary Snyder, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, David Ignatow, Philip Whalen, Man Ray, Harold Norse, Alfred Perles, Herbert Read, Marcel Duchamp and Malcolm Cowley.

80/444 Big Sky No 1 11/12 all published Ed B Berkson

80/444 Big Sky No 1 11/12 all published Ed B Berkson

- Very fine set.

= Mostly featuring work of the second wave of New York poets. Edited by the poet Bill Berkson, who also published books under the imprint Big Sky. Contributors include Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Anne Waldman, James Schuyler, Philip Guston, Tom Clark, Aram Saroyan, Joe Brainard, Robert Creeley, David Meltzer, David Antin, Clark Coolidge, Kenneth Rexroth, Philip Whalen, Allen Ginsberg, etc. No. 3 is the all-Clark Coolidge issue, no. 6 features a suite of 19 photographs by Rudy Burckhardt, no. 10 with drawings by Gordon Baldwin and no. 11/12 is a "Homage to Frank O'Hara". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE X.

80/445 Big Table No 1 5 all published Ed I Rosenthal and P Carroll

- First issue backstrip darkened. Otherwise a fine set.

= One of the foremost magazines of the Beat Generation with contributions by Jack Kerouac, Norman Mailer, John Updike, André Breton, Allen Ginsberg, Edw. Dahlberg a.o. The first issue was edited by Irving Rosenthal as an alternative to the Winter 1959 issue of 'Chicago Review' which refused the contributions by William S. Burroughs or Jack Kerouac. Big Table No.1 was itself subject to prosecution by the Post Office because of Burroughs and Kerouacs' contributions. The first issue contains 10 episodes of Burroughs' Naked Lunch thus its first printing in any form. Clay and Phillips, p.265.