Various (Plimpton, George (Editor); Barthelme, Donald; Berrigan, Ted; Clark, Tom; Ginsberg, Allen; Kyger, Joanne; Olson, Charles; Rorem, Ned; Snyder, Gary et al.)

The Paris Review Vol. 10 No. 37 (Spring 1966)

New York, NY, USA: The Paris Review, Inc., 1966. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. "Time comes spirit weakens and goes blank apartments shuf- | fled through and forgotten | The dead in their cenotaphs locomotive high schools & Afri- | can cities smalltown motorcycle graves..." excerpt "Fragment 1957-The Names," pg. 57). This vintage number of the venerable literary journal then-chiefly edited by American writer and co-founder of "The Paris Review" George Plimpton (1927-2003) features a lengthy, very insightful interview with Beat Generation Founding Father and counter-culture icon Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) conducted by American poet and Charles Olson (1910-1970) mentee Tom Clark (1941-2018) & preceded by a photograph of Ginsberg on a downed plane in Cuba by photographer Tom Maschler (1933-2020, "The Art of Poetry VIII;" pgs. 13-55). Also in this issue is a poem by Ginsberg, "Fragment 1957- The Names," (pgs. 57-61) as well as poems by American poet and "C" magazine founder Ted Berrigan (1934-1983, "Presence" & "The Fiend", pgs. 73-75), prolific American poet Joanne Kyger (1934-2017, "Two Poems," pgs. 78-79) central Black Mountain School figure and mentor Charles Olson (1910-1970, an excerpt from his monumental "Maximus" series "Maximus from Dogtown -II," pgs. 68-72) & Beat Generation romanticist & environmentalist Gary Snyder (b. 1930, "Go Round," "Oyster," and "Circumambulating Arunachala'" pgs. 76-77). With fiction including "Several Garlic Tales" (pgs. 62-67) by post-modernist author Donald Barthelme (1931-1989), a portfolio of artworks by American painter Jane Freilicher (1924-2014), & more. Also notes on contributors, contemporary ads etc. From the collection of Richard Cupidi (b. 1945), our esteemed mate in the UK who managed the fabled Unicorn Bookshop in Brighton, England with Bill Butler (1934-1977, the famed American-expatriate bookseller & publisher). From the late 1960s through the early 1970s, Unicorn proffered & published many outstanding productions by WSB, J.G. Ballard et al., some of which have become the scarcest, all-but-unobtainable Beat-&-Beyond collectibles (see for example our item no. 8217). After prevailing against censorious harassment efforts, Unicorn closed & Butler died in short order. Cupidi went on to found the Public House Bookshop in Brighton, which had a long & successful run but is also now closed, & he still resides there. We have been honored to obtain what Cupidi has termed "The Last Hurrah," all the remaining treasures of Unicorn & Public House, some of which have become the stuff of myth. Trade-format softcover in sewn binding, complete with attached sheet of subscription cards. First & Only Printing. A very important issue in this most collectible series with utmost distinguished & relevant provenance. In relatively fine-to-very fine condition with very slight rubbing, scratching, occasional spotting to front, back covers & spine; a bit of wear & a few tiny bumps at edges & corners of same; mild rubbing, age-toning & spotting to edges of text block. Interior fine-to-very fine with mild age-toning mostly to blank margins and fine edges of page leaves; only miniscule bumps at corners of same. Fine-Very Fine. [Item #8198]

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