Various (D'Or, Vic (Editor); Berkson, Bill; Berrigan, Ted; Coleman, Victor; Coolidge, Clark; Metcalf, Eric; O'Hara, Frank; Padgett, Ron; Saroyan, Aram; Shapiro, Barbara; Veitch, Tom et al.)

IS. No. 16 (An Issue of Collaborative Works, Summer 1975)

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: The Eternal Network, 1975. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. The vintage sixteenth issue of the literary & arts journal edited & with many contributions by "Vic D'Or," among the authorial pseudonyms of Victor Coleman (b. 1944), the acclaimed Canadian poet, story writer & editor who is most-recognized as being the major creative force behind the later 20th century boom in Canadian small press publishing. Sub-titled "An Issue of Collaborative works," this issue is explicitly erotic, wackily surreal, politically provocative (after all, it was published right at the center of the Hippie-Hangover pre-AIDS 1970s...) & charged with electrifying illustrations by Eric Metcalf & Barbara Shapiro at covers & throughout. Among the collaborative contributors of side-splittingly hilarious, sarcastically witty poems, stories & even a play are such major figures especially of the New York School & the uncategorizably sui generis as Bill Berkson, Ted Berrigan, Coleman/"D'Or," Clark Coolidge, Frank O'Hara (he's in the index but we couldn't identify his apparently uncredited collaboration/contribution), Ron Padgett, Aram Saroyan, Tom Veitch & more who are certainly familiar to our Third Mind constituency- & who are all presented in different assemblages of collaboration. Chapbook-format journal in stapled wrappers, presumed first-&-only printing. From the collection of Robin Eichele (b. 1941), the esteemed American poet who co-founded the Detroit Artists' Workshop with the legendary John Sinclair (1941-2024) during 1964. A disturbingly delightful (delightfully disturbing?) literary-artwork collectible, albeit with a somewhat dated vibe; with distinguished, relevant provenance. See our other Coleman collectibles & contributions incl. item No.s 6496, 6724, 7407, 7411, 7413, 8442, 9097; & our other IS. issues here: 9312, 9314, 9316. In relatively quite fine-to-very-fine condition with mild rubbing, age-toning, faint scratching & occasional spotting, spot-staining to front, back covers & stapled spine; light wear & some tiny bumps, creases at/from edges & corners of same; outer surfaces of staples beginning to rust with miniscule exterior bleeding at spine. Interior fine-to-very-fine with a touch of age-toning to page leaves, chiefly at mostly blank margins/edges; tiny bumps & very small, faint creases at corners of some leaves. Fine-Very Fine. [Item #9310]

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