Parcell John (3 results)

Unpaginated, ~ 24 pages + ephemera. B/w photographic reproductions. 11" x 8-3/8"; envelopes 4-1/8" x 9-1/2" and 3-5/8" x 6-1/2" Full-page (or longer) descriptions of each of five new cotton candy machine models by John Parcell's National Cotton Candy Floss Machine Co. on three bifolia, illustrated, with the features clearly delineated and pitched for the discerning entrepreneur. Also includes a Foreword bifolium, "order blank," return envelope, printed ad jingle ("Said Mr. Gallagher / To Mr. Shean / That machine of Parcell's / Surely is a dream / A little sugar here and there / And you've got candy everywhere . . . "), and original mailed envelope to one Mr. Wm. E. Moss of Hamburg, NY. Two horizontal fold-lines throughout, light toning and additional creasing; wear, soiling, split edges and minor loss to original mailed envelope. VG. Four bifolia (one pink, the rest cream) nested inside a cream bifolium wrapper, with original stamped and posted envelope dated 1924 and additional sales material laid in. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First printing. 104pp. Stapled paper wraps with handwritten price at lower left corner ($1.00), likely as issued. Rubbed, rear wrap detached, first few pages chipped at one corner and crease at two corners, about very good. A literary magazine packed with luminaries of the New York poetry scene and Warhol's Factory. This issue features a poem by Andy Warhol and Gerard Malanga ("Date in Tunis"); an eight-page excerpt from *Tarzan of the Flicks* by Theatre of the Ridiculous co-founder, Ronald Tavel; an essay from avant-garde film expert Jonas Mekas; a three-page interview with Pete Seeger; a three-page profile of painter Ben Shahn; a two-page interview with Edward Albee. Additional contributor include Ed Sanders, Ted Berrigan, Tuli Kupferberg, Joan Baez, Diane Wakoski, The Fugs, Jules Feiffer, Kirby Congden, Paul Krassner, Roland Stone, Les Peer, David Henderson, Allen Katzman, Eric Von Schmidt, Erik Viviat, Gerald Dooher, Sotere Torregian, Mari Parcell, Danny Boyarin, Mordecai, Barney McCaffrey, Cohn, Jeff Broadbent, Winstan Brooks, Gari Youree, Joan Gilbert, Norman, Ken Weaver, John Wilcock, Elaine Statman, Dov Seeger, Calvin Herton, John Cornillon, Calvin Forbes, Ronnie Billet, Jack Smith and John Keys. A very scare magazine with five copies listed in *OCLC*.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Magazine. 104pp. Stapled paper wrappers with handwritten price at lower left corner ($1.00), likely as issued, and numbered #163 on the front flap. Tiny closed tear on the front wrap, small chip on rear wrap that has pulled at the staples and toning to the pages, near fine. A literary magazine produced by luminaries of the New York Sixties avant-garde movement and Warhol's Factory scene. This issue features a poem by Andy Warhol and Gerard Malanga ("Date in Tunis"); an eight-page excerpt from *Tarzan of the Flicks* by Theatre of the Ridiculous co-founder, Ronald Tavel; an essay from avant-garde film expert Jonas Mekas; a three-page interview with Pete Seeger; a three-page profile of painter Ben Shahn; a two-page interview with Edward Albee. Additional contributors include Ed Sanders, Ted Berrigan, Tuli Kuferberg, The Fugs, Joan Baez, Diane Wakoski, Jules Feiffer, Kirby Congden, Paul Krassner, Roland Stone, Les Peer, David Henderson, Allen Katzman, Eric Von Schmidt, Erik Viviat, Gerald Dooher, Sotere Torregian, Mari Parcell, Danny Boyarin, Mordecai, Barney McCaffrey, Cohn, Jeff Broadbent, Winstan Brooks, Gari Youree, Joan Gilbert, Norman, Ken Weaver, John Wilcock, Elaine Statman, Dov Seeger, Calvin Herton, John Cornillon, Calvin Forbes, Ronnie Billet, Jack Smith and John Keys. Scarce. *OCLC* locates five copies.