Various (Rosset, Barney (Editor); Ellington, Duke; Miller, Henry; Snow, C.P.; Welch, Lew; Williams, Martin; Williams, William Carlos et al.)

Evergreen Review Vol. 5 No. 17 (March-April 1961)

New York, NY, USA: Everrgreen Review, Inc., 1961. First Printing. Softcover. This vintage earlier number of the legendary literary, cultural & arts journal chiefly edited by Barney Rosset features an excerpt from The World of Sex (1940/1956), the critical work by Henry Miller (1891-1980), the great American author & artist whose earlier works were an inspiration & influence for the Beat Generation. Preceding the excerpt is a facsimile printed page of the work with Miller's hand-additions/corrections. (pgs. 20-31, see also our item No. 6338). Shifreen & Jackson, C386, pg. 812. Also in this issue: A review-essay on the recorded oeuvre of the great (Edward Kennedy) Duke Ellington (1899-1974) & his bands by Martin Williams (1924-1992), the noted Jazz critic & author, including a super-suave image of The Duke; excerpt from an address entitled "The Moral Unneutrality of Science" by C(harles) P(ercy) Snow (1905-1980), the eminent British author, scientist & politician; the short story "The Man Who Played Himself" by Lew Welch (1926-1971?), the canonical Beat Generation/ San Francisco Renaissance poet & author; the poem "Portrait of a Woman at her Bath" by the great poet-physician William Carlos Williams (1883-1963), who also was a major influence on the Beats- especially Allen Ginsberg- opposite image of an ancient figurine which the poem seems to echo; & much more. With notes on contributors, contemporary ads including for the first album by the then-nineteen year old Joan Baez at inner front cover. Trade-format softcover in sewn binding, presumed first-&-only printing, complete except for outer half of subscription solicitation card otherwise intact & attached between pgs. 96-97. From the collection of Bruce Hutchinson (1965-2023), a beloved & popular Jazz producer/radio host, educator & Beat devotee here in Michigan. A rich & exemplary issue in this most-collectible & important series, of particular interest to the Henry Miller devotee-completist, & with distinguished provenance. In relatively quite fine condition with mild rubbing, mostly faint scratching, occasional light spotting, spot-staining & minor blistering at front, back covers & spine; light wear & some tiny bumps, creases at/from edges & corners of same; mild rubbing, age-toning & spotting to edges of text block. Interior fine with light age-toning to inner covers & page leaves, chiefly at blank margins/edges; several very small, light spot-stains at blank left edge/margin of inner front cover (not effecting printed Baez ad); tiny bumps & small, faint creases at esp. upper corners of leaves. Fine. [Item #7458]

Price: $45.00