- Wrappers partly trifle sunned.
= Prose and poetry by i.a. Charles Bukowski, George Hitchcock, Robert Briggs, David Meltzer, John Bryan, William Corrington and Lonny Thornton. Clay and Phillips, p.291.
- No.1 wrappers chipped along edges; no.2 corners dogeared.
= The first issue w. contributions by i.a. Allen Ginsberg (including the first appearance of "On the Roof" and "Seabattle of Salamis Took Place Off Perama"), Harold Norse, Philip Lamantia and an excerpt from "LSD-748" by Kay Johnson. The second issue with contributions by i.a. William Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Simon Vinkenoog, Jack Nuttall and the first chapter of Alexander Trochi's unpublished novel The Long Book.
= Contributions by i.a. Robert Duncan, Denise Levertov, Ron Loewinsohn, Philip Whalen, James Koller and Gerard Malanga. Clay and Phillips, p.291.
= Contributions by i.a. Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Joe Brainard, Kenward Elmslie, Clark Coolidge, Ted Berrigan, Dick Gallup, James Schuyler, Jack Collum, Rebecca Brown, Clark Coolidge, Anselm Hollo, Andrei Codrescu and Alice Notley. Clay and Phillips, p.291.
= Contributions by i.a. William Burroughs ("Word authority more habit forming than heroin"), Carl Salomon, Bob Kaufman, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Frank O'Hara, Allen Ginsberg, Jeff Nuttall, Edward Ruscha ("Three Parking Lots") and Roel van Duijn ("Intro to Provo").
- The final issue was published under a new title: The Annual, no.1.
= The first issue introduces the purpose of the review: "The policy of the San Francisco Review, simply stated, is to publish humane and original expressions of moral, intellectual or emotional individuality. We take this broad approach because we feel that current theories or rules of creative writing are inadequate (...) attention will be given in these pages to civil liberties and individual rights". With contributions by i.a. Charles Bukowski, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Albert Camus, Bertrand Russell, Gary Snyder, Denise Levertov and William Duffy.
- On verso backwr. "coverphoto: Chas. Brittin" in red ballpoint.
= Wallace Bermans legendary artists magazine. This issue w. contributions by Hermann Hesse, Paul Eluard, Jack Anderson, Michael McClure, Eric Cashen, Charles Bukowski, Paul Valery, David Meltzer, John Altoon (signed print) etc. Semina was published for nine issues, between 1955 to 1964. Exceedingly rare. Clay and Phillips, p.78f: "Its circulation never exceeded a few hunderd copies. You could not buy Semina; it was sent to you. Consequently, some claim it as the precursor to "mail art"". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XIX.
- Wrapper splitting at lower end; backwrapper sl. dustsoiled.
= Wallace Bermans legendary artists magazine. This issue consists solely of the poem The Clown by David Meltzer. Semina was published for nine issues, between 1955 to 1964. Exceedingly rare. Clay and Phillips, p.78f: "Its circulation never exceeded a few hunderd copies. You could not buy Semina; it was sent to you. Consequently, some claim it as the precursor to "mail art". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XIX.
= Contributions by i.a. Robert Duncan, Charles Olson, John Weiners, Ed Dorn, LeRoi Jones and Robert Kelly. Clay and Phillips, p.134f.
- First issue w. vertical fold, sl. soiled and w. "Mac Low" on frontcover in ball point (Signed?); possibly all, no.4 perhaps never printed.
= With an AUTOGRAPH SIGNED LETTER to "Jackson Mac Low" by the editor loosely inserted, asking for permission to publish some of his work. Contributions by i.a. William Burroughs, Charles Plymell, Theodore Enslin, Rochelle Owens, Andrei Codrescu, Ann Kim, Susan Ruel, Ira Cohen and Jerome Rothenberg. Clay and Phillips, p.294.
- Fine.
= Poetry journal edited by Japanese-American Shig Murao, longtime factotum at City Lights Books who was arrested for selling a copy of Howl to the police. City Lights owner Lawrence Ferlinghetti contributes poems under a pseudonym (Sadie Monsanto) in issues no.1 and 2. Issue no.3, published nine years after the first, is satiric, listing Shig as the only contributor and consisting entirely of variations of the same photograph by Beth Bagby of Shig holding a toy wooden bird on a stick. With a duplicate of the first 2 issues. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XX.
= Facsimile edition of the entire run of the mimeographed magazine The Sinking Bear. The Sinking Bear arose from a loose circle of artists associated with various downtown New York scenes, particularly centered around the poetry newsletter Floating Bear, edited by Diane di Prima and LeRoi Jones.
- Backstrips trifle soiled.
= Contributions by i.a. Charles Bukowski, Paul Celan (translated by Pierre Joris), Allen Ginsberg, Jeff Nuttall, William S. Burroughs, Paul Blackburn, Bill Butler, Allen Fisher, Jack Kerouac, Eric Mottram, Peter Finch, Allen Fisher, John Giorno, Bill Griffiths, Robert Kelly, Eric Mottram, Asa Benveniste, John Weiners, Ted Berrigan, Bob Cobbing, John Giorno, Jackson Mac Low, Alice Notley, Tom Pickard, Jerome Rothenberg, David Antin, Lee Harwood, Carolee Schneemann, Armand Schwerner, Anne Waldman and Jonathan Williams. Issue no.1 mimeographed. Issue no.7/8 special on Paul Blackburn.
= Fine consecutive set by the famed Black Sparrow Press published monthly without interruption from 1972 to 1978. Each pamphlet devoted to the work of a single poet. Sometimes two poets share a pamphlet. Several booklets by Charles Bukowski, Robert Creeley, Diane Wakoski, Robert Kelley, Joyce Carol Oates, Fielding Dawson, Larry Eigner, Tom Clark, Michael McClure, Jerome Rothenberg, Gerard Malanga and Charles Olson. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XX.
- No.1 sl. nibbled by silverfish; no.2 w. sm. price ticket on frontcover.
= A literary magazine of poetry, photos and reviews. The first issue includes a first state of William S. Burroughs's cut-up contribution, "Coldspring News," tipped in. With other contributions by i.a. Phillip Whalen, LeRoi Jones, Anselm Hollo, Carl Larsen, Diane di Parma, Gerard Malanga, Piero Heliczer and Maurice Naughton.
- Without the 7th issue.
= Contributions by i.a. Ken Kesey, Ken Babbs, Timothy Leary, Robert Anton Wilson, Paul Krassner, Studs Terkel en Neal Cassady. Issue no.6 is "The Special Neal Cassady Issue" with previously unpublished work. Clay and Phillips. p.296.
= Comprising a complete run of Raphaël Sorin's legendary but short-lived literary review including contributions by and translations of i.a. Charles Bukowski, Jack Kerouac, Olivier Cohen, Jurij Moskvitin, Gérard Guégan, Philippe Delaroche, Alain le Saux, Richard Brautigan, Charles Olson and Raymond Chandler.
= Complete run of this newsletter devoted to the life and work of Charles Bukowski.
= Contributions by i.a. Babette Deutsch, Denise Levertov, Ben Shahn, Philip Whalen, Diane Wakoski, Thomas Clark, Jason Miller and Norman Porter. Clay and Phillip, p.298.
= Concerning the politics of art. With contributions by i.a. Henry Miller, Kenneth Rexroth, Douglas Blazek, Allen Ginsberg and Jack Snyder. Interviews with Alexandro Jodorowsky, Ira Cohen, William Burroughs and Philip Glass.