Kupferberg, Tuli

The Book of the Body

New York, NY: Birth Press, 1966. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. A chapbook of satirical prose, poetry, drawings, and collage works assembled and partially authored by the great Fug and “the world’s oldest Hippie” (per the great Allen Ginsberg [1926-1997]), Tuli Kupferberg (1923-2010). Published by Tuli’s imprint, Birth Press, which was one of the great early publishers of the Mimeograph Revolution in New York. An affordably priced relic of time and place. 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 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 treasures of Unicorn & Public House, including this gem. Small-format chapbook in stapled wrappers: the First-&-only Printing of this classic Kupferberg collectible. In Very Good condition with light-to-moderate shelf-wear, some light bumping, and an apportionment of similarly light-to-slightly more enunciated rubbing present at/along fine-edges & corners of front, back covers & spine-edge; moderate-to-enunciated age-toning (yellowing, spotting, & artifacts similar) present, variously throughout, minute-to-moderate rusting & bleeding to staples at exterior and interior; otherwise, generally clean. Very Good. [Item #8836]

Price: $65.00