Various (Waldman, Anne (Editor); Warsh, Lewis (Editor); Ashbery, John; Berrigan, Ted; Clark, Tom; Coolidge, Clark; Duncan, Robert; Malanga, Gerard; Padgett, Ron; Saroyan, Aram; Wieners, John et al.)

Angel Hair 3 (Summer 1967)

New York, NY, USA: Angel Hair, 1967. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. "Look, how the rain fallen through the night/ Leaves the woods hot, moist and calm,/ how the bird skims across the grass/ and no car in sight,/ waiting your return." (John Wieners, "Invitation au Voyage II," first stanza, unpaginated) The third number of the poetry journal co-edited, published & with contributions by Anne Waldman (b. 1945), the acclaimed poet-performer of the New York School, Beat Generation-&-Beyond; & her then-husband Lewis Warsh (1944-2020), the important New York School-&-Beyond poet-artist. With contributions by a roster of some of the foremost New York, Black Mountain et al. poets including John Ashbery, Ted Berrigan, Clark Coolidge, Tom Clark, Robert Duncan, Gerard Malanga, Ron Padgett, Aram Saroyan, John Wieners (quoted above) & many others. Large-format journal in stapled wrappers, an exquisitely simple letterpress production, presumed first edition/ first-&-only printing. From the collection of Richard Cupidi (b. 1945), our esteemed mate in the UK who managed the legendary Unicorn Bookshop in Brighton, England with Bill Butler (1934-1977, the famed American-expatriate poet, bookseller & publisher). From the late 1960s through the early 1970s, Unicorn proffered & published many outstanding productions by William S. Burroughs, J.G. Ballard etc., some of which have become the scarcest, all-but-unobtainable Beat-&-Beyond collectibles (see for example our item No.s 8217, 8366). 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 which is also now closed, & he still resides there. We have been privileged to obtain what Cupidi has termed "The Last Hurrah," all the remaining gems such as this from Unicorn & Public House, some of which have become the stuff of myth. Third Mind Books proceeds to reverently curate & incrementally present the Butler-Cupidi-Unicorn-Public house Legacy that is in our custodial hands- until it passes to yours. A quintessential exemplar of the 1960s literary-cultural ferment at gritty NYC during the very "Summer of Love" in its singularly rarest contemporary form, with most-distinguished & relevant provenance. See also our item No.s 8445, 8447. In relatively near-fine-to-fine condition with mild rubbing, faint scratching, occasional spotting, moderate fading & age-toning (the latter two points esp. at thinner margins/edges) of front, back covers & spine; mostly light wear & some tiny bumps, closed tears & creases at/from edges & corners of same; a touch of rubbing, age-toning to edges of text block. Interior fine-to-very-fine with mild age-toning & fading to blank inner covers (similar to rectos of same); mild age-toning to page leaves chiefly at blank margins/edges; tiny bumps & some faint, medium-small creases at/from esp. lower corners & side-edges of leaves. Near Fine- Fine. [Item #8446]

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