Transatlantic Review 33 & 34 (Winter 1969-70)
London, England; New York, NY: The Transatlantic Review, 1969. First Printing. Softcover. A vintage double number of the acclaimed literary review, a joint production of the UK & USA chiefly edited by J.F. McCrindle. Featuring transcript of a tape-recorded conversation between Beat Generation Founding Father Jack Kerouac & his partner-muse in itinerant adventure Neal Cassady, conducted during 1952, typed by Kerouac & entitled "First Night of the Tapes". William S. Burroughs, his wife Joan Vollmer Burroughs (already dead by WSB's unsteady hand in the famous incident by then), Allen Ginsberg, Herbert Huncke, & the cult favorite autobiography Really the Blues by Mezz Mezzrow are among the people & topics discussed- an essential & fascinating early Beat dialogue, raw material from which anecdotes in Kerouac's Visions of Cody (fully published three years later in 1972) derived. Charters, C 117, pg. 91. This abundant issue also includes an interview with journalist & poet Brendan Hennessy conducted by David Storey; fiction by Barry Bowes, Malcolm Bradbury, Anthony Burgess, Steven Kroll, Scott Sanders, Inge Trachtenborg & many others; an interview with the esteemed theatre critic Margaret Croyden conducted by Joan Littlewood; poetry by David Cooper, Giles Gordon & others; an essay on poetry by Andrei Voznesensky; an interview with film script writer & journalist Paul Gardner conducted by Philippe de Broca & more. With many spaced-out, erotic illustrations exemplary of the period including by David Garland throughout; notes on contributors (where it is noted that Kerouac had died in October 1969, just a few months before this issue was published in December; & where On the Road is mis-titled as "On the Beat"). Trade-format softcover. An especially important, extra-large & varied issue in this highly collectible series, especially for Kerouac devotees. In fine condition with mild-to-moderate rubbing, scratching, creasing & browning to front, back covers & spine; mild wear & some tiny bumps, creases at thin edges & corners of same; very slight rubbing & browning to edges of text block. Interior very fine with only small, mostly faint creases & tiny bumps at corners of some page leaves. Fine. [Item #4432]
Price: $30.00