Wraps. Condition: Very Good. No publisher. No date. Poetry journal, small press. Oversize wraps. Wraps toned at edges, light scuffing. Rear wrap with gentle bumping at edges. Binding sound. Contents clean and unmarked. Black and white plates. Contributions by Kenneth Lawrence Beaudoin; Pearl Bond; Peter John Stephens; Henry Treece; Willard N. Marsh; Arline Levinson; Martin Scholten; Lloyd Zimpel; John David Scheyer; John Forbis; San Novit; Wendell Anderson; Michael Grieg; RObert De Noell; Leslie Woolf Hedley; Robert Lawrence Beum; John Haines; Judah M. Turkat; David Ruff; Alan Donovan; Walt Klein; J. C. Crews; George Moor; Clayton Hoff; Ronald Offen; Carroll Arnett; Gil Orlovitz; Holly Beye; Richard Wirtz Emerson; John Atkins; et al.
Published by San Francisco: Leslie Woolf Hedley, 1951
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Near VG. 8vo, 40pp (plus two engravings by David Ruff), stapled wrappers. Scarce issue of this important San Francisco literary review from the gestation period of the Beat Generation. Includes a manifesto of Vitalism by Richard Wirtz Emerson and Robert Lawrence Beum, plus work by a range of other contributors. Unmarked copy, cover pulling at bottom staple (which has some rust), moderate outer toning and soil. Not Signed.
Published by San Francisco: Leslie Woolf Hedley, 1953
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 8vo, 36pp, printed wrappers. Scarce later issue of this important San Francisco literary review from the gestation period of the Beat Generation. Includes two paintings by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (as "Lawrence Ferling"), plus writing by Harry Hooton (who is credited as Contributing Editor) and a range of other contributors. Library stamp to cover, else unmarked with minor wear. Not Signed.
Published by Sausalito, CA: Horace Schwartz, 1953
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 8vo, 48pp (mimeographed), stapled wrappers. Fourth issue of this influential literary magazine from the San Francisco Bay Area, includes 14 pages of autobiographical poetry by Kenneth Rexroth, poems by Jacques Prevert translated by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (writing as Lawrence Ferling before his 1954 name restoration), etc. Penciled ownership signature of important Beat-era poet William J. Margolis to front cover (no other markings), a bit of cover toning and soil. Not Signed.
Published by New York: Liberation, 1959
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Near VG. 4to, 20pp (stapled self-cover). Scarce early issue of this important Leftist magazine, includes a feature entitled "After the Beat Generation" with contributions by Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, et al. Also an interview with Kenneth Rexroth. Unmarked copy with light damp stain to top margin (not musty) and soft vertical crease. Not Signed.