Ragged Lion Journal Number IV (May 2020)
London, England: Ragged Lion Press, 2020. Limited First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. This fourth number of the new literary journal published by cutting-edge Ragged Lion Press in the UK & edited by E.A.D. Sellors features brilliant, exquisite illustrations throughout by Alexander Adams, the young poet, scholar & artist who is our esteemed colleague at the European Beat Studies Network (ebsn.eu). With Charles Baudelaire's poem "Le Flacon/The Flask" in the original French & translated into English by Peter O'Neill on opposite pages with an Adams illustration between; Jean Cocteau's poem "The Laurel Cursed" in English translation by R.J. Dent; an essay on "The Marquis de Sade and the Gothic Novel" by Maurice Heine translated from French into English by Dent & much more. Large magazine format, one of a first edition of 200 (un-numbered) copies. Another important issue in the latest & among the most fascinatingly varied & substantial avant-garde, Neo-Beat-&-Beyond literary journals- attuned to the pulse of the literary past, present & future. In very fine condition, substantially as-new with only small, faint creases at upper corners of covers & page leaves; a few tiny bumps at other edges & corners of same. Very Fine. [Item #3775]
Price: $30.00