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AMERICAN LITERARY AVANT-GARDE
BLACK MOUNTAIN, SAN FRANCISCO RENAISSANCE, BEAT GENERATION and NEW YORK POETS
- Fine.
= One of Tom Clark's one-shot magazines: he edited the poetry magazines with the subtitle "A One Shot Magazine". Though that title was carried through in other issues, the magazine, which was called "Once", was published under a different name every issue (except where noted): Twice, Thrice, Thrice and a 1/2, Frice, Ice, Nice, Vice, Slice (two issues had this title) and Spice. Clay and Philips, p.288.
- Wrappers sl. frayed along edges.
= "Most of the writers and artists whose work fills out this inaugural edition of Illuminations would not be considered publishable by professional magazines that make up what has elsewhere been called the Establishment" (preface, no.1). Contributions by i.a. Charles Foster, Judson Crews, David Sandburg, Gene Fowler, Ed Bullins, Doug Palmer, Jim Thurber, John Montgomery, Blazek, Holland, Meltzer and Wild Major.
- Sm. ticket on frontcover "Signed Copy".
= Rare one-shot Beat magazine with AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on title by Lawrence Ferlighetti. With contributions by i.a. Allen Ginsberg ("Two Entries One Day's Journals" and "Henri Michaux "), Bob Kaufman, Spyros Meimarias, Jean-Jacques Lebel, Carl Salomon, Claude Pelieu, Mendes Monsanto, etc. Editorial policy is "Fuck for Peace, Legalize Marijuana, Rock Folk, Demystify Human Violence, Super-Impose Images of Ecstasy. 'What is here is Elsewhere, what is not here is Nowhere."
- Frontwrapper dam. in upper corner near joint and lacks lower right corner; upper joint splitting at foot of spine.
= One-shot magazine with contributions by i.a. Andy Warhol, John Ashbery, Allen Ginsberg, Paul Katz, Kenneth Rexroth, Anne Waldman, Lewis Warsh, David Meltzer, D.A. Levy and Charles Bukowski. Clay and Phillips, p.281.
- Issue 5 sl. dampstained.
= The first 24 and the final issue of newsletter Intrepid. The first 4 issues are ±20p. each without wr. No. 14/ 15 is the special William Burroughs issue. The final issue ("Bill Williams & Flossie's Special") from the library of Denise Levertov w. her signature on title-p. "The purpose of this newsletter is to exist as a microphone for established poets to express views of the relevant nature of living and growing and to allow young poets a similar chance (...) This is not a competitive newsletter but a supplement to periodicals, such as FUCK YOU, FLOATING BEAR, and YOWL, that are doing an excellent job of blasting dogmatism." (Issue 1). Clay and Philips, p.281.
- First 2 issues wr. sl. stained.
= Clay and Phillips, p.97: " The Journal for the Protection of All Beings was one of the first radical ecology journals. The brainchild of Michael McClure and David meltzer, it melded the anarchist thought of the 1950s (The ArkI) with the pacifism evidenced in the very early mimeo journal The Illiterati, published in the late 1940s by Kermit Sheets and Kemper Nomland at the camp for conscientious objectors in Waldport, Oregon. The newest element in the mix was work from the San Francisco Renaissance poets."
= Contributions by i.a. Gary Youree, Maurice Abramson, Anselm Hollo, Howard Ant, Carlo Bergé and Denise Levertov.
= Kulchur maintained the character of a magazine of high seriousness and wide-ranging interest and investigation, in this sense resembling the compendious Guide to Kulchur by Ezra Pound. Kulchur included commentary or criticism (rather than poetry or fiction) by most of the writers of the avant-garde, and in a variety of areas, including literature, film, theater, books, politics, and music. Contributions by i.a. Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Paul Bowles, Jack Kerouac, Charles Olson, Denise Levertov, Frank O'Hara, Robert Creeley, Gary Snyder, Nicholas Calas, Michael McClure a.o. Covers with work by Arthur Freed, Franz Kline, Larry Rivers, Kenneth Eisler, Joe Brainard, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol (i.a. a picture portfolio from his film "The Kiss" in no.13 and Disaster series in no.17), Al Held and Robert Indiana. Clay and Phillips, p.84ff. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XIV.
= All vols. SIGNED by C. BUKOWSKI on title-p. (first issue also signed by H. Norse and N. Cherry). This short-lived literary magazine was essentially Charles Bukowski's manifesto, attacking the poets of the Black Mountain school. On frontcover of no.1: "In Disgust with Poetry Chicago, with the dull dumpling pattycake safe Creeley, Olsons, Dickeys, Merwins, Nemerous and Merediths". Contributions by i.a. John Thomas, William Wantling, T.L. Kryss, Gerda Penfold and Douglas Blazek.
- Wrappers sl. sunned.
= Rare complete run of this little magazine. Contributions by i.a. William Burroughs, Charles Olson, Fielding Dawson, Andy Warhol, Ted Berrigan, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Tom Veitch, Philip Whalen and Dick Gallup. Clay and Philips, p.210f: "The strikingly simple covers and the carefully composed pages make Lines among the most elegant of all the 1960s mimeograph magazines". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XIV.
- All vols. w. bookplate of R. Duncan designed by Jessie Collins on verso frontcover; no.5 w. sm. stain on fore-edge. Otherwise a fine, complete set.
= Clay and Philips, p.169: "(...) Locus Solus could be called the overseas wing of the New York School (...) The magazine was definitely "no non-sense" from the beginning, presenting no manifestoes or editorial statements, just high-quality literature - simply and elegantly presented with care and respect." With contributions by i.a. Frank O'Hara, Barbara Guest, André Breton, William S. Burroughs, Joseph Ceravolo, Gregory Corso, Gerard Malanga, Diane Di Prima, LeRoi Jones, Kenward Elmslie, John Wieners and Barbara Guest. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XIII.
- Sm. tear in upper joint at top of spine.
= Contributions by i.a. Allen Ginsberg, Tuli Kupferberg, Jeff Nuttall, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gerard Malanga and Michael Horovitz.
= All published. Contributions by i.a. Bart Auerbach, Peter S. Beagle, George Bowring, John Coltrane, Rick Foster, Leland S. Meyerzove and Philip Whalen.
- Fine set.
= The Institute of Further Studies was founded during the fall of 1965 in Buffalo, NY, when George Butterick, John Clarke, Albert Glover, and Fred Wah decided to continue their work with Olson after he had left SUNY-Buffalo and returned to Gloucester, Massachusetts. One result of their efforts was The Magazine of Further Studies, six issues of which appeared between 1965 and 1969. All issues were printed offset from stencils typed on an IBM Selectric typewriter on 8½ x 11 white stock and stapled within heavy paper covers cut from a roll of packing material. Contributions by i.a. Robert Duncan, John Wieners, Ed Sanders, Duncan McNaughton, Ruth Fox, Stephen Rodefer, Harvey Brown and David Tirrell. Also including a seventh and eighth issue which were prepared but were published under a different title and incorporated in different periodicals: The Western Gate and Brittania, both edited by D. Zimmerman in 1970.
- The final issue published as: "The Complete Poems" by J. Genet (2nd printing).
- Upper outer corner first leaf of 2nd issue creased and chipped. Otherwise both fine.
= Published by Sander's Fuck You Press (although the Fuck You imprint does not appear). Prints a long text by Burrough. "William Burroughs Answers Jim Bishop!" as well as articles on marijuana. One of the scarcest underground magazines of the sixties, desirable as a rare Burroughs appearance, an early marijuana reform item, and a publication from Sander's notorious press. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XV.
- Without the 9th issue. Final issue w. 2 portions cut-out from colophon affecting frontwrapper.
= The Marijuana Review was the first periodical in the U.S. devoted to cannabis culture and information. It featured information on legalization efforts, advocacy campaigns, cannabis pricing, psychedelic imagery, poetry and much more. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XV.
- Backstrip of vol.3, no.3 sl. dam.
= D.A. Levy was born in Cleveland in 1942 and died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on November 24, 1968. An iconic small press publisher and poet, during the 1960s he prolifically produced handmade publications, and along with publishers like Ed Sanders, helped to define the aesthetic of the Mimeo Revolution. Founding Renegade Press in 1963 he printed and edited journals like the Marrahwanna Review and the Buddhist Third Class Junk Mail Oracle.
Vol. 1, no 2: concrete and visual poetry, typewriter poetry; vol. 2, no. 1: alternative title: The Mary Jane Quarterly. Issue dedicated to guru Ronald Jump, imprisoned for poverty. With a book review of Charles Bukowskis Confessions of a Man Insane Enough to Live with Beasts; vol. 2, no 2: alternative title: The Marijuana Quarterly. This issue is dedicated to John Sinclair. On the cover: "Do not Smoke the Marijuana Quarterly as a Religious Sacrament"; vol. 2, no. 4: On frontcover: "T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agent. God is on our Side." Contributions by Levy, Allen Ginsberg, D.R.Wagner and T.L.Krys; vol. 3, no. 3: with orig. watercoloured outer wrapper by d.a. levy. The concrete issue, with statements by B.P. Nichol and d.a. levy, followed by contributions by T.L. Kryss, levy, Julian Kallander, David W. Harris, Russell Atkins, B.P. Nichol, Adam Kadmon, "Linda", E.S. Harmon, Bill Bissett, E.R. Baxter, Robert J. Sigmund, D.R. Wagner and Mara; vol. 3, no 4: incl. poetry by T.L. Kryss, Al Bell, S.M. Kane, a drawing by Steve Ferguson and a silk-screen cover by Kryss; vol. 4, no 2: contains poems by Don Thomas, BJT, E.R. Baxter, frontcover by Toni Thomas and backcover by Sandy-Jo Hickel. Very rare. Clay and Phillips, p.285. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XVI.
= From the collection of Mary Caroline Richards w. her owner's entry on each title-p. Clay and Philips, p.76: "The three simple, almost starkly working-class issues of Measure followed glorious and overlooked "underground" poet John Wieners from Black Mountain College home to Boston, across country to San Francisco (issue 2), and back to Boston again". Contributions by i.a. Charles Olson, Jack Spicer, Robert Duncan, Robert Creeley, Jack Kerouac, Jonathan Williams, Edward Marshall and Stephen Jonas.