434 - 583
AMERICAN LITERARY AVANT-GARDE
BLACK MOUNTAIN, SAN FRANCISCO RENAISSANCE, BEAT GENERATION and NEW YORK POETS
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.
80/440 Beat Art Drawings by Gregory Corso Jack Kerouac Peter Orlovsky Philip Whalen and Others from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Columbia University Ed J D Masheck 
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.
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.