Various (Halpburn, Daniel (Editor); Auden, W.H; Bowles, Jane; Bowles, Paul; Crane, Hart; Hugo, Richard; Marx, Karl et al.)

Antaeus No. 5 (Spring 1972)

New York, NY, USA: Ecco Press, 1972. First Edition. Softcover. Offered here is issue 5 of Daniel Halpburn (b.1945) and Paul Bowles’s (1910-1999) literary periodical Antæus published by Halpburn’s Ecco Press — which would eventually become a publishing imprint of HarperCollins. Antæus ran from 1970 to 1994 and was first founded and published in Tangier, Morocco but would eventually move to New York City in the mid-1980s. The periodical would become renowned for its international scope and its notable contributors including J.G Ballard (1930-2009), Stephen King (b.1947), Joyce Carol Oates (b.1938), and Leslie Marmon Silko (b.1948). This issue features some notable contributors as well such as W(ystan) H(ugh) Auden (1907-1973) and Richard Hugo (1923-1982), with Auden contributing to the “Documents” section with “An Interview” and Hugo imparting two poems: “A Night with Cindy at Heitman’s” and “Note to R.H From Strongeville”. Other notable pieces include the play “Oulanem, A Tragedy” from revolutionary political theorist Karl Marx (1818-1883); “Ten Unpublished Poems” from American Modernist poet Hart Crane (1899-1932); and “The Courtship of Janet Murphy” from Jane Bowles, a writer, playwright, and wife of Antæus’s co-founder Paul Bowles. You may also notice that among the list of contributing editors is none other than William S. Burroughs (1914-1997), Founding Father of the Beat Generation-&-Beyond, among the Greatest & most influential literary & cultural figures of all time, and the very Patron-Icon of our enterprise. As we’ve only emphasized to you the contributors we found most alluring, please see photos for this issues full content listing. From the collection of Laurence Goldstein (1943-2023), poet, editor, and professor in the University of Michigan Department of English Language and Literature. Softcover: Presumed to be first edition & printing though neither stated. Journal is in fine condition with moderate rubbing to front and back covers; a yellow marking near center of back cover; mild scratching/creasing at top & bottom of book block; and minor brown spot on book block. Fine. [Item #6838]

Price: $50.00