Various (Evans, Paul (Editor); Matthews, Paul (Editor); Dowden, George; Harwood, Lee; McClure, Michael; Mottram, Eric et al.)

Eleventh Finger No. 4 (Spring 1968)

Brighton, England: Eleventh Finger, 1968. First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. The fourth issue of Eleventh Finger, a literary magazine edited and published by Paul Evans and Paul Matthews in the UK during the mid-to-late 1960s. Along with work by its editor-publishers, the issue features work by Michael McClure (1932-2020), the great American poet associated with both the Beat Generation and San Francisco Renaissance; the British poet, Lee Harwood (1939-2015); the poet, scholar, & Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) bibliographer, George Dowden (1932-2014); and the great British Burroughsian & scholar, Eric Mottram (1924-1995), who authored the classic study, William Burroughs: The Algebra of Need (TMB Item No. 5443). For a full list of contributors & contents, see the photos attached to this listing. Literary journal in stapled wrappers: the First-&-Only Printing of the fourth issue of Eleventh Finger. From the collection of Richard Cupidi (b. 1945), our esteemed mate in the UK who was the manager of the fabled Unicorn Bookshop in Brighton, England founded by 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, 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 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 of Unicorn & Public House, including this. Third Mind Books proceeds to reverently curate & incrementally present the Butler-Cupidi-Unicorn-Public House Legacy which is in our custodial hands- until it passes to yours. In Very Good-Near Fine condition with moderate-to-enunciated shelf-wear, rubbing, some light bumping, & a few instances of slightly more pronounced bump-creasing to fine-edges & corners of front, back covers & spine-edge; general horizontal, as well as vertical use-&-storage-based creasing to/at/along fine-edges of same; mild-to-moderate age-toning, foxing, fading, & artifacts similar in style or gradation to these present variously throughout; otherwise, clean with interior unmarked. Very Good-Near Fine. [Item #9388]

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