Cavan Mccarthy (13 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 4to, 20pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce joint issue of two important sixties little magazines of avant-garde writing. Cover by John Furnival. A few scattered marginal checkmarks to publications list pages and library stamp to cover (no other markings), horizontal mailing folds, a bit of general wear and soil. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st edition. Good+. 4to, 14pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce issue of this important sixties little magazine of British avant-garde writing. Unmarked copy, back cover detached from staples, horizontal mailing folds, a bit of general wear. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Near VG. 4to, 14pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce issue of this important sixties little magazine of avant-garde writing. Cover by John Furnival. Some numerical marginalia to publications list pages (seem to be prices), else unmarked, horizontal mailing folds, a bit of general wear and soil. Not Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG+. 4to, 12pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce Canadian issue of this important sixties little magazine of avant-garde writing. Brief publisher's query to recipient written on contents page (else unmarked), horizontal mailing folds, a bit of general wear. Not Signed.

Condition: Very good +. Cavan McCarthy (ed.), 'LOC-SHEET. News and notes on publications received at Tlaloc magazine', Location Press, Leeds, May 1966. 253 x 202mm. 1 mimeo sheet printed recto and verso. A variety of Concrete Poetry publications and events are listed including: an intriguing description of a Bradford Art College happening and a magazine titled 'Poesia de Venezuela'. There is a jibe to Wild Hawthorn Press mentioning Finlay giving a Wild Hawthorn Prize to 'Cavan McCarthy, the Leeds poet, publisher & critic, in recognition of his rapid development and, specifically, for his article on Charles Cameron's ISIS in the last Tlaloc. Mr. Finlay is to announce the value of the prize later.' In fact the prize was for 'the poet who puts on the greatest weight of pomposity in the shortest time' (BannMidwayfootnote 87 p117). Condition: folded as issued, handling marks and very minor pen mark, no tears. Very good+.

First edition. Side-stapled 4to in blue wrappers mimeographed in black, with pages mimeographed in black on white paper. Unpaginated (16 pp. including covers.) To which is added one smaller sheet mimeographed in black on pink paper on recto side. Issue 15 of Cavan McCarthy's experimental poetry journal, of which there were 22 published. This issue with concrete poetry and poetry contributions by bpNichol, Anselm Hollo, Veronica Forrest, A. D. Bleakley, Michael Beacham, John J. Sharkey, Edwin Morgan, and Ian Breakwell. Includes a typescript concrete poem on a pink sheet laid in by Cavan McCarthy, who also contributes with another concrete poem on the back cover. With additional notes and news from the press and the last five pages consisting of publications and magazines received for later review by the press, including works by Jorge Marten, Group H, Mira Schendel, d. a. levy, T. L. Kryss, Edward Lucie-Smith, Bob Cobbing, Kenelm Cox, Simon Cutts, bpNichol, Franz Mon, Jeff Nutall, Ambit, El Corno Emplumado, ICA Bulletin 165, Blew Ointment, Illuminations, Eight Pager, Form, Imago, Les Lettres, London Youth, Tarasque 5, and Werkstatt Aspekt among several others. Inside back cover features a short biography of each contributing artists. Outside back cover also includes a promotional section highlighting the first issue of the Small Press Review below McCarthy's poem. A very good example previously folded for mailing, but stored flat. With age toning, light foxing, three small stains at cover, one of which has penetrated the first five sheets, faint staple indentations, and bumps to corners.

First edition. Nine A4 mimeographed and stapled sheets. Poems by Anselm Hollo, Gael Turnbull, Edwin Morgan, Brian Patten et al.Fine.

First edition. Two A4 mimeographed and stapled sheets. Poems by Gael Turnbull, Jiri Valoch (concrete poem), Anselm Hollo and John G. James.Very good indeed.

First edition. 8 A4 mimeographed and stapled sheets. Poems by George Bowering, Gerry Gilbert, bp Nichol, Robin Page and Bill Blissett. Four poems are of the concrete variety.Very good indeed.

First edition. Two A4 mimeographed and stapled sheets. Poems by John J. Sharkey, George Dowden, Dave Cunliffe, Brian Patten and Bob Cobbing. The latter's contribution is claimed as his second publication.Very good indeed.

Poster by Italian artists Gianni Emilio Simonetti and Gianni Sassi published by their avant-garde publishing house, ED.912. Printed in an edition of 500. This poster was the eighth in ED.912's 1967 "No." series. It reproduces a US Army death notification used to notify families of Vietnam War casualties superimposed over an image of a young soldier. While the colophon credits Cavan McCarthy as the poster's creator, its true authors are Simonetti and Sassi, two artists associated with the Situationist and Fluxus movements of the 1960s. Offset. 27 ½ x 19 ½ in. Very good; two pieces of tape, two additional patches of adhesive residue on verso.

First edition. Seven A4 mimeographed and stapled sheets. Poems by Angela Carter (''Poem''), Peter Jones, D.A. Levy (two concrete poems), E.R. Baxter (concrete poem), Thomas Clark, Henri Chopin et al. Also includes D.A. Levy's ''Para-Concrete Manifesto''. Attached by staple are the seven sheets of ''Overflow news and notes on publications received''.The last sheet is slightly nicked and creased. Very good indeed.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Leeds: Location Press, 1967. Staple-bound softcover. 8" x 10". 14 pages. Mimeograph printed. Near fine with light wear from handling and old horizontal folds. Light toning front cover at staples. Contributors include: bp nichol, Peter Jones, d.a. levy, E.R. Baxter, Thomas Clark, Eric Thacker, Raoul Hausmann, Angela Carter. Back cover prints levy's The Para-Concrete Manifesto.