Various (Rosset, Barney (Editor); Burroughs, William S.; Ginsberg, Allen; O'Donoghue, Michael; Richie, Donald; Rosenthal, Irving; Spellman, A.B.; Springer, Frank; Taylor, Cecil; Tyler, Parker; Warhol, Andy et al.)

Evergreen Review Vol. 11 No. 46 (April 1967)

New York, NY: Evergreen Review, Inc., 1967. First Printing. Glued Wrappers. This vintage number of the legendary literary, cultural & arts journal chiefly edited by Barney Rosset features "Exterminator!" by William S. Burroughs, actually what would become the introductory chapter in the short novel-length work of the same name published six years later (pgs. 54-55). Maynard & Miles, C164, pg. 151; Shoaf, Section III, No. 100, pg. 134; Schottlaender, C155, pg. 44. Also in this key Beat-&-Beyond, height-of-the-1960s-counterculture issue is the poem "Chances R" by another Founding Father of the Beat Generation, Allen Ginsberg, preceded on opposite page by a colorful, psychedelic & uncredited illustration of the same title (pgs. 56-57). Dowden, Section D, pg. 73; Morgan, C312, pg. 242. With more contributions of fiction & poetry including by Donald Richie & Irving Rosenthal; a surreal cinematic "scenario" & text for an episode of the risque "Adventures of Phoebe Zeit-Geist" comic series by Michael O'Donoghue (of future National Lampoon fame, the latter illustrated by Frank Springer); an article on the music of avant garde Jazz giant Cecil Taylor by A.B. Spellman; another on the films of Andy Warhol by Parker Tyler illustrated with stills therefrom & more. With letters, contemporary ads (including for a Warhol production of Aspen Magazine). Published during the spring preceding 1967's "Summer of Love," this issue is among the supreme exemplars of that heady period in American & world literature, culture & art. Magazine-format journal in glued wrappers, complete with attached subscription promotion & card. A particularly rich & rewarding issue in this most collectible series, especially for devotees of WSB, Ginsberg & the 1960s countercultural zenith. In relatively good-to-near-fine condition with moderate-to-significant rubbing, creasing to front, back covers & spine esp. at/ near outer edges of covers; mild wear, tiny bumps & creases at thin edges & corners of same; moderate rubbing & browning to edges of text block. Interior near-fine with light browning mostly to margins of page leaves; very faint, slight vertical wave through outer margins of same & covers; small, light creases & tiny bumps at corners of some of same. Good- Near Fine. [Item #4491]

Price: $35.00