Various (Rosset, Barney (Editor); Beck, Julian; Boyle, Patrick; Brautigan, Richard; Fowles, John; Kerouac, Jack; Malina, Judith; O'Donoghue, Michael; Pinter, Harold; Buskirk, Alden et al.)

Evergreen Review No. 33 (August-September 1964)

New York, NY, USA: Evergreen Review Inc., 1964. First Edition. Large-Format Softcover. “Old Angel Midnight the swan of heaven fell & flew cockmeek, Old Angel Midnight the night onta twelve Year Tart with the long bing bong & the big ding dong, the boy on the sandbank blooming the moon, the sound wont let me sleep & since I found out time is silence Manjusri wont let me hear the swash of snow no mo in ole no po—O A M, Oh Om, the Old Midnacker snacker tired a twit twit twit the McTarty long true—the yentence peak peck slit slippymeek twang twall I’d heerd was flip the hand curse lead pencil in the shaky desk ah Ow HURT!---Tantapalii the silken tont retchy swan bent necky I wish I had enuf sense to swim as I hear, o lousy tired gal—one more! Choired arranged silence singers imbibing belly blum.”--Jack Kerouac, “Old Angel Midnight Part Two,” pg. 68. This vintage earlier number of the legendary literary, cultural & arts journal chiefly edited by Barney Rosset features: “At Night All Cats Are Grey” by Patrick Boyle (1905-1982) the legendary Irish novelist; a snippet from “Trout Fishing In America 2” by Richard Brautigan (1935-1984) the great American novelist, poet, and short story writer; “Old Angel Midnight Part Two” by Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), Founding Father of the Beat Generation; three poems by Alden Van Buskirk (1938-1961); and the piece “Writing for the Theatre” by Harold Pinter (1930-2008) British playwright, screenwriter, director, actor and Nobel Prize winner, plus contributions from Julian Beck (1925-1985), John Fowles (1926-2005) & Judith Malina (1926-2015), among many other great contributions! 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, publisher & bookseller). From the late 1960s through the early 1970s, Unicorn proffered & published outstanding productions by William S. Burroughs, J.G. Ballard et al., 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 is also now closed, & he still resides there. We have been honored to obtain what Cupidi has termed "The Last Hurrah," all the remaining rarities of Unicorn & Public House such as this. Large format magazine. First & presumably only printing. In relatively very fine condition with only minor wear to fine edges, and slight smudging/scratching to front and back covers. Very Fine. [Item #8826]

Price: $40.00