Language: English
Published by Ambit, London, 1966
Seller: The Bookshop at Beech Cottage, Newbury, United Kingdom
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Geoffrey Prowse (illustrator). 1st Edition. 52pp + 4pp card covers. The thirtieth issue of Ambit - a quarterly collection of poetry, short stories, drawings and criticism. This issue contains poems by Peter Porter and Anselm Hollo. Includes a strip- cartoon, The Silver Needle, by George MacBeth. Five small drawings by Geoffrey Prowse. Mauve titling and illustration on black and white covers. Staple bound. Shelf wear to tip of top corner of covers. Light toning to rear cover margins. Otherwise in VG condition with clean inside pages. The magazine is printed by The Lavenham Press Ltd., Suffolk. Laid in is a subscription renewal form printed orange on white.
Published by Ambit, London, 1969
Seller: The Bookshop at Beech Cottage, Newbury, United Kingdom
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Michael Foreman; Barbara Swideska (illustrator). 1st Edition. 48pp + 4pp card covers. The thirty-eighth issue of Ambit - a quarterly collection of poetry, short stories, drawings and criticism. This issue features traditional poems about Keats by Alan Brownjohn, Tony Connor and George MacBeth. Other poems by Adrian Henri and Peter Porter. Olive green titling on white covers with black drawing by Michael Foreman. Staple bound. Shelf wear to tip of top and tail of spine. In VG+ condition with clean inside pages. Appears unread. The magazine is printed by The Lavenham Press Ltd., Suffolk.
Published by John Cotton, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, 1967
Seller: The Bookshop at Beech Cottage, Newbury, United Kingdom
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Oscar Mellor (illustrator). 1st Edition. 28pp + Contents page. Eighth issue of a magazine of poetry and prose produced by John Cotton. Cover designed by Oscar Mellor and two other illustrations by him on inside pages. Three Science Fiction poems by Sharon E. Mayer. Other contributors listed on front cover. Twenty poems in total. Pink covers with black lettering and an illustration printed in red and black. Staple bound with a few marks to front and back cover spine area. Clean inside pages.
Language: English
Published by John Cotton, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, 1971
Seller: The Bookshop at Beech Cottage, Newbury, United Kingdom
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Rigby Graham (illustrator). 1st Edition. 37pp + 2pp (Introduction) + Contents page. Twenty-first issue of a magazine of poetry and comment produced by John Cotton. Cover by Rigby Graham - a colour lithograph (Derelict Fort, Alderny). A title page drawing and two other lithograph prints by Graham on the inside pages. Together with four paintings by him in the Priapus Portfolio (between pp20/21). Twenty-eight poems in total. Also included is an essay by John Cotton on the subject of New Poetry. A list of Priapus contributors and artists between 1962-1971 is at end of this issue. Colourful front cover with black lettering. Plain grey card rear cover with light toning to edges. Correction to spelling of name of Neil Powell (p21) by Editor (?). Staple bound. Clean inside pages. In VG+ condition.
Published by Ambit, London, 1965
Seller: The Bookshop at Beech Cottage, Newbury, United Kingdom
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Carol Annand; Heinke Jenkins (illustrator). 1st Edition. 52pp + 4pp card covers. The twenty-fifth issue of Ambit - a quarterly collection of poetry, short stories and Reviews. This issue contains twenty-five poems. Includes an article by Nathaniel Tarn on the Prague Poetry Scene. Blue titling on black and white covers. Staple bound. Shelf wear to top of spine and also to fore edge of rear cover. Otherwise in VG condition with clean inside pages. The magazine is printed by The Lavenham Press Ltd., Suffolk.
Published by Ambit, London, 1976
Seller: The Bookshop at Beech Cottage, Newbury, United Kingdom
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Robert Macauley; Peter Blake; Ralph Steadman; David Hockney (illustrator). 1st Edition. 96pp + wrap around card covers. The sixty-fifth issue of Ambit - a quarterly collection of poetry, short stories, drawings and criticism. This issue is designed by Derek Birdsall in a new format with plain inner card covers and wrap-around outer covers. It contains the work of twelve poets. Centre section of poems and prose printed on yellow paper. Drawings by Peter Blake and Ralph Steadman. Together with four new drawings by David Hockney. Black and white cover design by O.T. In fine condition. Appears unread.
Published by John Cotton, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, 1966
Seller: The Bookshop at Beech Cottage, Newbury, United Kingdom
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Oscar Mellor (Cover illustration) (illustrator). 1st Edition. 24pp + Contents page + 3pp Fantasy Poets Series Checklist. Sixth issue of a magazine of poetry and prose produced by John Cotton. 'A Conversation Upon the Shadow' by D. M. Thomas was broadcast on the BBC Third Programme in 'Poetry Now', edited by George MacBeth. Other contributors listed on front cover. Special feature on The Fantasy Press - including Notes on the Press by the Editor. Together with a Check List of the 35 eight-page Fantasy Poets pamphlets published from Eynsham, Oxford between 1952 and 1957, and a number of other books and pamphlets of poetry. There are sixteen poems in total in this issue of Priapus. Yellow covers with red and black lettering and an illustration designed and printed by Oscar Mellor (owner of The Fantasy Press). Staple bound - three staples, lightly rusted. Sun fade to top edge of front cover. Shelf wear to lower right hand corner. Clean inside pages (with two editorial corrections).
Published by Ambit, London, 1964
Seller: The Bookshop at Beech Cottage, Newbury, United Kingdom
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Max Cannon; Barry Hall; Friere Wright; Mke Foreman (illustrator). 1st Edition. 56pp + 4pp thin card covers. The twentieth issue of Ambit - a quarterly collection of poetry and short stories with drawings by Max Cannon, Barry Hall and Friere Wright. Mike Foreman has designed the cover. This issue contains a short story by William Burroughs (Martin's Mag). There are nine poems. Green, white and black covers. Staple bound. Shelf wear to top an dtail of spine. Slightly dusty covers. Otherwise in VG condition with clean inside pages. The magazine is printed by The Lavenham Press Ltd., Suffolk.
Published by Unicorn Press, 1970
Seller: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Broadside. First Edition. Broadsides of varying sizes, housed in illustrated blue folder with inside pocket. Limitation sheet, introductory notes by Edward Lucie-Smith, and brief biographies of contribtors are on separate sheets. First edition (first printing). Limited edition, #202/375 copies. Contents are near fine. The Macbeth and Porter broadsides are slightly toned from adjacent broadsides. The Tarn broadside is tanned at edges. Folder with slight surface scuffs.