Various (Plimpton, George (Editor); Bellow, Saul; Clark, Tom; Duncan, Robert; Guest, Barbara; Harper, Gordon Lloyd; Katz, Alex; Oppenheim, Meret; Styron, William et al.)

The Paris Review Vol. 9 No. 36 (Winter 1966)

Paris, France: Sadruddin Aga Khan, 1966. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. "My mother would be a falconress, | I, her gay falcon treading her wrist, | would fly to bring back | from the blue sky to her, bleeding, a prize, | where I dream in my little hood, with many bells | jangling when I turned my head." (excerpt "Lammas Dream Poem" pg. 74, Robert Duncan). 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 of Canadian-American Pulitzer Prize winning author Saul Bellow (1915-2005) conducted by Gordon Lloyd Harper & accompanied by a sketch of the author by Rosalie Seidler ("The Art of Fiction XXXVII;" pgs. 49-73). Also in this issue is a poem by American poet & key San Francisco Renaissance figure Robert Duncan (1919-1988, "Lammas Dream Poem," pgs. 128-130) as well as poems by American poet and editor Tom Clark (1941-2018, "The Greece Poem"), New York School poet Barbara Guest (1920-2006, "Colonial Hours'" pgs. 45-46), and an excerpt from his new book by American poet & essayist William Styron (1925-2006; see item No. 6430 The Confessions of Nat Turner), with cover art by American figurative artist Alex Katz (b. 1927) and a special section dedicated to the German-Swiss surrealist artist Meret Oppenheim (1913-1985, "A Portfolio," pgs. 81-90) & more. Also notes on contributors, contemporary ads etc. On page 61, there is a printing error to the title of the contribution where "The Act of Fiction..." is used instead of the correct "The Art of Fiction..." 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 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. At first advertisement page, the previous owner has written their indiscernible name in blue ink. 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 & some minor creasing at edges & corners of same; mild rubbing, age-toning & spotting to edges of text block. Interior relatively 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 #8199]

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