80/446 Birth Press BIRTH No 1 3 all published Ed T Kupferberg and S Topp 
- First issue corners sl. dogeared.
= Rare complete set of the Greenwich Village periodical. Each issue with a different theme: no. 1: Greenwich Village and Bohemianism; no. 2: Children's Writings and no.3: Stimulants. Tuli Kupferberg was a New York City-based poet, author, cartoonist, publisher, and musician. In 1958, Kupferberg started Birth Press with Sylvia Topp, which published a number of beat and anarchist-influenced magazines and pamphlets, including Birth, Swing, and YEAH. Kupferbergs work often attracted controversy; he was a dedicated activist around issues including racism, censorship, and police brutality.
Swing. No.1-4 [all published]. Ed. T. Kupferberg and S. Topp. Ibid., idem, 1960-1961, 4 issues, ills., orig. not unif. photogr. wr.
= Periodical devoted to the writings and drawings of children. Rare, complete set.
YEAH: a satyric excursion. No.1-10 [all published]. Ed. T. Kupferberg. Ibid., idem, 1961-1965, 10 issues, orig. not unif. pict. wr.
- Rare, complete set.
= The first issue was published as a single sheet, printed on both sides. No. 7 and no. 9 with the small YEAH EXTRAS bound in. No. 10 with the rare supplement "FUCK FOR PEACE" loosely inserted (fold. leaf, printed in blue and black, n.d.). Contributions by i.a. B. Brecht, Y. Yevtushenko, A. Sillitoe, C. Farllon, C. Forsberg, B. Shay, K. Herz, S. Morland, A. Kaye, K. Mayamoto and E. O'Brien. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE X.
WITH: an announcement leaf for BIRTH No.3 and two other publications (YEAH and Swing) by T. Kupferberg (fold. leaf w. col. ills. Small closed tears. Rare).
80/447 The Black Mountain College Review No 1 all published Ed M C Richards A Kemeny and H Larsen 
80/447 The Black Mountain College Review No 1 all published Ed M C Richards A Kemeny and H Larsen 
- Wrappers w. some sm. stains and sl. sunned.
= The extremely rare first appearance and only issue of the periodical published by the famous Black Mountain College. The magazine would resume publication three years later with a different issue, again numbered Vol. 1, No. 1. Black Mountain College was a private liberal arts college founded by John Andrew Rice in 1933. In the 1950's the focus of the school shifted to the literary arts under the direction of Charles Olson. The school was an important incubator for the American avant-garde movement. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XI.
80/448 The Black Mountain Review No 1 7 all published Ed R Creeley 
- Bookblock issue 7 broken and wrappers sl. smudged/ spine cracking; issue 3 and 4 sm. stain on wrappers. Otherwise a fine, clean set of this rare, complete periodical.
= With contributions by Robert Creeley (publisher of Divers Press in Palma de Mallorca), Charles Olson (who was the College Rector), Kenneth Rexroth, Paul Blackburn, Robert Duncan, Denise Levertov, William Bronk and Larry Eigner. The final issue was devoted to Beat authors and contains work by Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen, and published a pre-publication excerpt from "Willam Lee's" Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs). Clay and Phillips, p.106ff: "The Black Mountain Review, printed in Palma de Mallorca where Creeley was producing his Divers Press books, developed from the friendship in daily correspondence between Creeley and Black Mountain rector Charles Olson, who thought a quality literary journal might help increase enrollement". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XI.
80/449 Blue Beat No 1 all published Ed G Montgomery and E Kiviat Introd by K Cogden 
- Frontcover trifle foxed along outer margin. Otherwise a fine copy.
= First and only issue published. Important Beat publication. With contributions by i.a. Ted Berrigan, Paul Blackburn, Jack Micheline, Tuli Kupferberg, Gerard Malanga, John Keys and Judson Crews. Clay and Phillips, p.265. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XII.
80 450 Blue Pig No 1 14 16 and 18 
80 450 Blue Pig No 1 14 16 and 18 
- First issue w. some vague waterstains on frontwrapper; 14th issue backwrapper detached. Otherwise a fine set.
= Collection of the early Parisian editions of this periodical. In total 23 issues were published. With contributions by Ted Berrigan, Tom Raworth, John Stanton, Andrew Crozier, Anne Waldman, Lewis Warh, Ted Greenwald, Ron Padgett, Larry Fagin, Christine Grodzcki, George Tysh and many others. Covers dec. by i.a. Carl Schurer, Boltanski, Jeff Nuttall, David Batchelder, Ed Hill, Sarkis, Michael Brownstein and Samuel Buri. Clay and Phillips, p.265.
80/451 Brilliant Corners A Magazine of the Arts No 1 10 all published Ed A Lange 
80/452 Bulletin from Nothing No 1 2 all published Ed C Pelieu M Beach and C Pozo 
- Very fine.
= Underground periodical with an emphasis on collage. With collages by i.a. Norman Ogue Mustill, Claude Pellieu and Chano Pozo. Contributions by i.a. Jeff Nuttall, Poxie Powell, Ed Sanders, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, William S. Burroughs and Bob Kaufman.
80/453 C A journal of Poetry No 1 14 all published Ed L Gude and T Berrigan 
80/453 C A journal of Poetry No 1 14 all published Ed L Gude and T Berrigan 
80/453 C A journal of Poetry No 1 14 all published Ed L Gude and T Berrigan 
- Ad 1: without no.12 which was never published; occas. sl. dustsoiling. Ad 2: sm. tear in frontwrapper of C-Comic no.1.
= A very fine, complete run of this landmark Beat publication, one of the cornerstones of the 1960's mimeo revolution and poetry scene. Clay and Phillips, p.160ff: ""C" Press and its mimeograph-produced magazine and books provided an important early outlet for the writings of younger poets and their immediate predecessors. The first issue printed work bij the core group of Dick Gallup, Ron Padgett, Joe Brainard (who was also a visual artist), and Ted Berrigan (...) Berrigan's "C" magazine published poems, plays, essays, translations, and comics by a growing number of writers and artists, but always bore the distinctive imprint of its charismatic editor". No.4 was dedicated to Edwin Denby. The cover was designed by Andy Warhol and has on the covers the famed silk-screened images of Denby with Gerald Malanga. It marked the first time Warhol based a silkscreen on a polaroid, a technique that would become one of his defining methods in the 1970's. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XI.
80/454 Camels Coming! No 1 8/9 all published Ed R Morris 
- First issue w. some tiny ruststains from staples.
= A magazine devoted to the review and discussion of literature, with i.a. two letters by Charles Bukowski to the editor/publisher, Richard Morris. Morris published Camels Coming as a little magazine in the 1960s, reviving it in a newsletter format in 1972, and focusing mostly on commentary on literature. The collaboration with Ghost Dance includes highly experimental work by Opal L. Nations, Dick Higgins, Robert Bringhurst etc. Clay and Phillips, p.267. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XII.
Camels Coming Newsletter. No.1-5 [all published]. Ed. R. Morris. Ibid., idem, 1972-1975, 5 issues, orig. stapled lvs. without wr., 4to. The Camels Hump. No.1-5. Ed. R. Morris. Ibid., idem, n.d. (1966-1967), 5 issues, orig. stapled lvs. without wr., 4to.
= "The Camel's Hump is a poetry newsletter published occasionally by Camels Coming (...)".
80 455 Caterpillar a magazine of the leaf a gathering of tribes No 1 20 all published Ed C Eshleman 
- Upper hinge no.1 broken; a few vols. w. owner's entry on first leaf. No.18 completely annotated in ballpoint and pink marker.
= The complete run of Clayton Eshleman's inventive and provocative periodical whose contributors include a diverse roster of significant writers and artists: Paul Blackburn, Robert Duncan, Gary Snyder, Cid Corman, Stan Brakhage, Allen Ginsberg, Diane Wakoski, Lorine Niedecker, Charles Olson, Jack Hirschman, Nancy Spero, Leon Golub, David Antin, Jackson Mac Low, Wallace Berman, R.B. Kitaj, Carolee Schneeman, and many others representing various streams from post-Beat, Black Mountain, and avant-garde sources. This run includes the controversial wrapper on no. 2 by Carol Schneeman. Clay and Phillips, p.124f: "Commercially produced and substantial in size, it provided considerable space, over the course of its twenty issues, for work by a wide range of younger writers and artists as well as many of those associated with its precursors, The Black Mountain Review and Origin."
80 456 Chelsea Review / Chelsea No 1 38 Ed R Kelly U Molinaro S Raiziss etc 
= Contains i.a. poems and prose by i.a. Denise Levertov, Umberto Eco, Raymond Carver and Grace Paley. Writers such as W. S. Merwin, Sylvia Plath, A.R. Ammons and Paul Auster were published in the magazine when they were still emerging. The magazine ran until 2007.
80 457 Chicago No 1 6 all published Chicago The European Edition No 1 3 all published Ed A Notley 
80 457 Chicago No 1 6 all published Chicago The European Edition No 1 3 all published Ed A Notley 
80 457 Chicago No 1 6 all published Chicago The European Edition No 1 3 all published Ed A Notley 
- Trifle dustsoiled.
= Contributions mainly by New York school poets: i.a. James Schuyler, Tom Clark, Ted Berrigan, Ron Padgett, Anselm Hollo, David Drum, Dick Gallup, Jim Carroll, Bill Berkson, Frank OHara, Clark Coolidge, Anne Waldman, John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, Joe Brainard, Bernadette Mayer and Michael Bronstein. Clay and Phillips, p.268.
80 458 Circle No 2 10 Ed G Leite 
80 458 Circle No 2 10 Ed G Leite 
- Lacks the first issue. A fine set.
= Interesting typography and numerous illustrations and covers by Bern Porter, George Barrows (creative photography), Rexroth, Jean Varda (in a feature written by Henry Miller), Bezalel Schatz, Edwin Ver Becke, John & James Whitney (Audio-visual music), Jim Fitzsimons (Solarized Photography) a.o. Issue No. 9 is present in three of the four cover variants featuring original silk-screens by Bezalel Schatz. Clay and Phillips, p.269.
80 459 City Lights Journal No 1 4 all published Ed L Ferlinghetti and M Monsanto 
- Trifle fingersoiled. Otherwise a fine set.
= No. 2 with a SIGNED AUTOGRAPH DEDICATION by LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI. One of the major publications of the counterculture and the Beat generation, published as thick paperbacks, edited by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (No. 4 by Mendes Monsanto, appeared in 1978). Contributions by i.a. Allen Ginsberg, Alex Trocchi, Charles Bukowski, Wm. C. Williams, Jack Kerouac, Gary Snyder, William Burroughs and H.M.C. Corman. No. 2 contains the English translation of Epocas interview with Ezra Pound; no. 3 is devoted to Poetry San Francisco 1966 and Spoleto 1965. With a duplicate of issue no.2. Clay and Phillips, p.98f: "Ferlinghetti started the City Lights Journal in 1963, basing it on such older and distinguished European literary journals as Botteghe Oscure and Transition and on the yearly American anthologies from New Directions. The entire Beat pantheon (...) contributed to the first issue."
80 460 City Lights Film Criticism Short Stories Poems No 1 2 4 and 5 Ed P Martin 
80 460 City Lights Film Criticism Short Stories Poems No 1 2 4 and 5 Ed P Martin 
- Wrappers partly sl. sunned/ sl. toned.
= Peter Martin came to San Francisco from New York in the 1940's to teach sociology. Inspired by the Chaplin film, City Lights, he started this literary magazine in 1952, publishing key Bay Area writers like Philip Lamantia, Pauline Kael, Jack Spicer, Robert Duncan and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, as "Lawrence Ferling". In 1953 Martin and Ferlinghetti founded City Lights bookstore. After two years Martin sold his interest and returned to New York and opened The New Yorker Bookstore. This first issue opens with Robert Duncan's "Open Letter to City Light", and an interesting review of San Francisco's Newsvue Theatre at Market and Mason streets, a third-run movie house.
80 461 Coastlines No 1 9 and 11 21/22 Ed M Weisburd and G Frumkin 
- Lacks no.10; 2 issues w. stamp on frontwrapper.
= East Coast based poetry magazine which published many radical poets including John Beecher and Thomas McGrath. It was the epicenter of the Los Angeles poetry movement. Contrtibutions by i.a. Charles Bukowski, Winifried Cullen, Alvaro Cardona-Hine, Genevieve Davis, Robert Eskew, Stanley Kiesel, Gil Orlovitz, Tom Viertel and Peter Yates. No. 14/15 is the double issue "Los Angeles: The Non-Existent City", no. 19 the "Anti-War Issue" was guest edited by Curtis Zahn, and no. 21/22 is the double "Final Issue."
80 462 The Coldspring Journal No 1 11 all published Ed C Plymell P Beach and J Norton 
80 462 The Coldspring Journal No 1 11 all published Ed C Plymell P Beach and J Norton 
80 463 Contact No 1 7 all published Ed J Goldberg 
80 463 Contact No 1 7 all published Ed J Goldberg 
= Early issues feature the work of editor Jeff Goldberg, and his friends Victor Bockris and Andrew Wylie, but then the format changed to focus on a single poet, with the last issue on John Wieners. The first number in this run has had the published play by Goldberg completely edited in his hand in blue ink, and has enclosed a signed explanatory printed slip from contributing poet Marty Watt. Clay and Phillips, p.214f.
80 464 Contact The San Francisco Collection of New Writing Art and Ideas No 1 21 all published Ed G Dorsey C Kentfield W H Ryan etc 
80 464 Contact The San Francisco Collection of New Writing Art and Ideas No 1 21 all published Ed G Dorsey C Kentfield W H Ryan etc 
80 464 Contact The San Francisco Collection of New Writing Art and Ideas No 1 21 all published Ed G Dorsey C Kentfield W H Ryan etc 
= No. 1 was published under Contact. The San Francisco Jounral of New Writing, Art and Ideas. Contributions by i.a. Ray Bradbury, William Saroyan, William Carlos Williams, Aldous Huxley, John Updike, Wendell Berry, Evan Connell, Denise Levertov, Norman Thomas, Alan Watts and Norman Mailer.
80 465 Coyote's Journal No 1 10 all published Ed J Koller E van Aelstyn and W Wroth 
80 465 Coyote's Journal No 1 10 all published Ed J Koller E van Aelstyn and W Wroth 
= Complete run of a West Coast literary little magazine. Contributions i.a. by Gary Snyder, Charles Olson, Diana Wakosky, Allen Ginsberg, David Meltzer, Robert Kelly and Philip Whalen. Cover art i.a. by Zoe Brown, Diana Hadley, Philip Roeber and Jed Irwin. Clay and Phillips, p.270.