Published by American Avatar, 1971
Seller: Tim's Used Books Provincetown Mass., Provincetown, MA, U.S.A.
Lots of ramblings about drugs and the rambling life. Pen marks in text here and there. Not too bad. Not a library book. One copy only of this title. Ships in a cardboard enclosure. THE BOOK YOU SEE DESCRIBED IS THE COPY YOU WILL RECEIVE. Tim's Used Books, open shop in Provincetown, Mass., providing good books at reasonable prices on the same spot since 1991. shelf M.
Published by Cambridge, MA: Neil Barrett, 1967
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. VG. 4to, 20 leaves (printed one side), stapled wrappers. Rare first issue of this highly experimental underground literary magazine from Cambridge, Massachusetts. One visual poem makes a joking reference to "Mel Lyman's Wives." Unmarked copy, light general wear and soil. Not Signed.
Published by American Avatar Publication
Seller: thebookforest.com, San Rafael, CA, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Wraps are firm, text block clean, without highlights/underlining or markings. Some rubbing/curling to wraps. Very clean, very nice example. Supporting Bay Area Friends of the Library since 2010. Well packaged and promptly shipped.
Published by The Avatar and Trust Incorprated Boston 1967 -, 1968
Seller: ANARTIST, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Softcover, 17 issues of The Avatar, each unbound newsprint, about 16 to 24 pages each; good condition; all issues folded in half horizontally at center; with toned pages and light chips and tears to page edges; no internal marks. The collection includes issues 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and an unnumbered, undated issue which states it is the last issue that Mel Lyman will write for. In 1966 Mel Lyman founded the Fort Hill Community / commune / cult in Boston, which began to published The Avatar in June 1967; an underground paper that includes a lot of astology, anti- Vietnam war opinion and increasingly Lyman's ideas for personal enlightenment. The paper continued for 24 issues but Lyman was not allowed to contribute by the Spring of 1968. Lyman was exposed to a larger public in 1971 when Rolling Stone published a cover story on him and the community began to be compared to Charles Manson. Foreign shipping may be extra.
Condition: Very Good. Trust Incorporated Boston, MA 1967 newspaper format. 23 pages. light age toning, creasing and small tears to pages. VG- $NRP.