Various (Plimpton, George (Editor); Ashbery, John; Barthelme, Donald; Berrigan, Ted; Clark, Tom; Carroll, Jim; Coolidge, Clark; Hall, Donald; Kerouac, Jack; McNaughton, Duncan; Michenet, Roland; Piercy, Marge; Saroyan, Aram; Schuyler, James; Waldman, Anne et al.)

The Paris Review Vol. 11 No. 43 (Summer 1968)

New York, NY: Sadruddin Aha Khan, 1968. First Printing. Softcover. Signed by Ted Berrigan at his interview with Jack Kerouac. This vintage number of the legendary literary journal then-chiefly edited by George Plimpton with, among others, American poetry giant Donald Hall & (as "Poetry Editor") the Beat-&-Beyond prolific poet & biographer Tom Clark, features an interview with Beat Generation Founding Father Jack Kerouac, conducted by the great New York School poet Ted Berrigan (1934-1983), along with his fellow poets Aram Saroyan & Duncan McNaughton, a key installment in the Review's "The Art of Fiction" series (No. LXI). With photographs of the later Kerouac & the scroll manuscript of Vanity of Duluoz, the final novel published during Kerouac's lifetime (there is also a contemporary full-page ad for this then-just released work on inner front endpaper). The interview is insightful, probing & poignant, as it was conducted late in Kerouac's life, the year before his death from terminal alcoholism. On the first page of the interview (pg. 61), below & to the right of "Jack Kerouac" & just above photograph of Kerouac (with "g" very slightly overlapping), Berrigan has hand-written in bold black ink: "by (signed) Ted Berrigan." Also in this issue are contributions by American poetry icon John Ashbery (a prose work in collaboration with James Schuyler); Donald Barthelme; then-youthful Punk Poet & musician Jim Carroll; Clark Coolidge; Marge Piercy; Anne Waldman & many more. With a Pop-Art portfolio by Roland Michenet, notes on contributors, other contemporary ads etc. Trade-format softcover in sewn binding, complete with attached sheet of subscription cards. An issue of particular literary-historical importance for the Kerouac collector-scholar in this esteemed, still-ongoing series; greatly enriched by the very rare signature of Ted Berrigan. In relatively near-fine condition with mild-to-moderate rubbing, light creasing, browning, spotting, spot-staining & scratching to front, back covers & spine; mild wear & some tiny bumps, creases at edges & corners of same; several faint vertical creases across length of spine; moderate rubbing, browning & occasional spotting to edges of text block. Interior fine with mild browning to inner covers & page leaves; tiny bumps at corners of a few leaves. Near Fine. [Item #5178]

Price: $150.00