Evergreen Review Vol. 12 No. 52 (March 1968)
New York, NY: Evergreen Review, Inc., 1968. First Printing. Glued Wrappers. This vintage number of the legendary literary, cultural & arts journal chiefly edited by Barney Rosset features "Johnny 23," a short story by William S. Burroughs exemplary of the tail-end of the great(est of them all in our estimation) writer's cut-up phase segueing into his later, (relatively) lucid style- & with WSB's favorite number of personal-mythological significance in its title. Accompanied with an illustration by Ann Weisman on opposite page (pgs. 26-27). Maynard & Miles, C191, pg. 155; Shoaf, Section III, No. 118, pg. 136; Schottlaender, C182, pg. 47. Also in this issue published at the high mark of the 1960s counterculture: The essay "Passage to More Than India" by Beat Generation primary poet Gary Snyder (its title obviously a play on that of E.M. Forster's classic novel); topical-contemporary journalism by the hard-boiled greats Nat Hentoff & Jack Newfield; an early essay on "Theater and Propaganda" by the venerable critic-biographer John Lahr (son of Cowardly Lion Bert); the complete, acclaimed & still-popular play "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead" by Tom Stoppard; & more. With many other far-out graphics & illustrations throughout, letters, contemporary ads (including for ABC records' recently released albums by Albert Ayler, John Coltrane et al.). Complete with attached subscription promotion/ card for the Review, & another for the New York Free Press (motto: "You Can't Trust Us," with cartoon parody of a Michelangelo fresco you must see to believe). Another significant issue in this highly important series, especially for the dedicated WSB collector. In relatively good-to-near-fine condition with mild rubbing & some tiny spots to front cover; mostly closed tear across much of spine causing extensive loosening from binding; moderate rubbing, scratching & creasing to back cover; mild wear & some tiny bumps to edges & corners of covers; much more extensive with slight loss of paper to spine-edges & corners; moderate rubbing & browning to edges of text block. Interior fine with mild browning & spotting mostly to blank margins of page leaves; very small creases, tiny bumps at corners of some of same; blank lower corner of subscription card torn with slight-moderate loss of paper. Good- Near Fine. [Item #4519]
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