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This is an uncommon collection of the first four issues of the literary publication "EVERGREEN REVIEW" - Volume 1; Numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 from 1957. Contributors include many beat writers of the day including JACK KEROUAC, Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jean Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Samuel Beckett, William Carlos Williams, Henry Miller, Gary Snyder, Jean-Paul Sartre.and many others. Softcovers. The issues are illustrated. Published by Grove Press in New York. Here are some examples of the contents: * Jack Kerouac - October in the Railroad Earth; Seattle Burlesque * Allen Ginsberg - Howl; Siesta in Xbalba and Return to the States * Lawrence Ferlinghetti - Dog and Other Poems; Horn on Howl * Jean-Paul Sartre - After Budapest * Henry Miller - Big Sur and the Good Life * Albert Camus - Reflections on the Guillotine * William Carlos Williams - Three Poems * Gary Snyder - The Berry Feast * Gregory Corso - Three Poems; Letter from Kyoto * Samuel Beckett - From an Abandoned Work; Dante and the Lobster; Echo's Bones * Jack Spicer - Psychoanalysis and Other Poems Condition: Light soiling to a few of the covers. All issues are tightly bound with no cracks and no loose pages. All covers are firmly attached (the front cover of No. 2 has pulled just a bit from the spine at the top edge, though remains firmly in place). Light wear to the top and bottom edges of some of the spines. Nice interiors - the pages are clean with only 2 different names written in pen on the front end papers. Light "waves"/"ripples" along the top half of the No. 3 front cover. The back cover of No. 3 has a small piece missing at the top-right corner. Light foxing along the top edge of the No. 1 front end paper. Overall the collection is in Very Good- condition. Seller Inventory # ABE-1720030264323
Title: Evergreen Review - Volume 1, Numbers 1 2 3 ...
Publisher: Grove Press
Publication Date: 1957
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition
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