Echo: A Magazine of Sight and Sound. Volume One, Number One

(THURBER, James, Mike Nichols, Elaine May, Gypsy Rose Lee, Fred Astaire, Alexander King, etc.

Published by Echo Magazine, New York, 1959

About this Item

First edition. Edited by John Wilcock. Illustrated reproducing black-and-white photographs and drawings by Jules Feiffer and Joe Bertelli.Square 12mo. 29pp. Plastic comb bound hard card covers with center hole punched for playing on a turntable. The magazine includes five 7-inch (33-1/3 RPM) phonograph records including recordings of [1] Mike Nichols and Elaine May "Conversations at Breakfast," and "The Operating Theatre"; [2] "Fred Estaire Dances to Jazz at the Philharmonic"; [3] "Larry Adler Plays Harmonica"; [4] "Gypsy at Home with Jule Styne at the Piano"; and [5] "Alexander King: The Human Dilemma." The text also includes "Harmonica Man" by James Thurber, "Gypsy Rose Lee and Jule Styne Preview a New Musical," etc. Back cover prints "Directions" for listening to the records (without removing them from the magazine): "Fold the rest of magazine under [the record]; Place the entire magazine very flat on the turntable surface.". Covers have light wear at extremities, one leaf has tiny nick at center hole, else a very good copy with all five phonograph albums bound in as issued. Uncommon. *OCLC* locates only a single holding (Library of Congress). The premiere issue of this periodical, which last for only three issues.

Seller Inventory # 523762

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Echo: A Magazine of Sight and Sound. Volume One, Number One
• Publisher: Echo Magazine, New York
• Publication Date: 1959
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
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