Various (Cohen, Allen (Editor); Burroughs, William S.; Ferlinghetti, Lawrence; Honigman, Richard J.; Leary, Timothy; Pommy Vega, Janine; Welch, Lew et al.)

San Francisco Oracle Vol. 1 No. 10 (October 1967)

San Francisco, CA: Oracle Co-operative Publishing Co., 1967. First Printing. Loose Folded Sheets. This vintage issue of the legendary newspaper-format underground literary & cultural journal from the very center-peak of the 1960s psychedelic phenomenon, edited by the American poet Allen Cohen (1940-2004), features "Academy 23: A Deconditioning" by William S. Burroughs- Founding Father of the Beat Generation-&-Beyond & the very Patron-Icon of our enterprise. This classic WSB Jeremiad denouncing the criminal enforcement against drug users first appeared in the Village Voice a few months earlier during that pivotal year of 1967, & is reprinted here with full-blown LSD-inspired illustrations & graphics (pgs. 3, 21). Maynard & Miles, C176, pg. 152; Schottlaender (new 5.0 version!), C153, pg. 51. Also in this issue are contributions by Lawrence Ferlinghetti (the poem "Fuclock," Morgan, C248, pg. 198); Richard J. Honigman (an illustrated promotional announcement of the "Pentagon Rising" protest-gathering in which Hippies attempted to levitate the Pentagon in Washington DC on October 21, 1967); LSD Guru Timothy Leary (transcript of an interview); Janine Pommy Vega (central "Poem/Exhortation" illustrated spread); canonical Beat-&-Beyond poet Lew Welch (the prose essay "Greed") & more. With contemporary ads including for record albums by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Shel Silverstein et al.; Haight-Ashbury emporiums etc. Newspaper-format loose sheets folded once vertically & (formerly) Horizontally, presumed first-&-only printing. From the collection of Albert Glover (b. 1942), the great American scholar, bibliographer, author & publisher who is the foremost living authority on literary (& literal) Giant Charles Olson (our favorite Maximus Obscurantist), with whom we're honored to be acquainted. A stunningly exemplary relic of high water-mark San Francisco Psychedelia in its singularly rarest original form, of special interest to our Third Mind WSB collectors & with most-distinguished provenance. In relatively quite near-fine-to-fine condition with inevitable mild age-toning to all surfaces; mostly very slight wear & some tiny bumps, creases at edges & corners; several small chips, closed tears esp. at lower edge, outer corner of front cover sheet; some fading of text & illustrations, most pronounced unfortunately at lower area of pg. 3 at WSB's contribution (a flaw as issued in this inspired but stoned production). Near fine-Fine. [Item #7916]

Price: $300.00