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Contact 1 : The San Francisco Journal of New Writing, Art and Ideas (1958) by Dorsey, George, Calvin Kentfield, and William H. Ryan (eds.), William Carlos Williams, Ray Bradbury, William Saroyan, Norman Mailer, Alan Watts, Evan S. Connell, et al - 1958

by Dorsey, George, Calvin Kentfield, and William H. Ryan (eds.), William Carlos Williams, Ray Bradbury, William Saroyan, Norman Mailer, Alan Watts, Evan S. Connell, et al

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Contact 1 : The San Francisco Journal of New Writing, Art and Ideas (1958) by Dorsey, George, Calvin Kentfield, and William H. Ryan (eds.), William Carlos Williams, Ray Bradbury, William Saroyan, Norman Mailer, Alan Watts, Evan S. Connell, et al - 1958

Contact 1 : The San Francisco Journal of New Writing, Art and Ideas (1958)

by Dorsey, George, Calvin Kentfield, and William H. Ryan (eds.), William Carlos Williams, Ray Bradbury, William Saroyan, Norman Mailer, Alan Watts, Evan S. Connell, et al

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Sausalito, CA: Angel Island Publications, 1958. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 160pp, printed wrappers. High-quality cultural magazine published in the Bay Area in 1958 (the year of Hitchcock's "Vertigo"). Contents include "How to Be Sane Though Negro" by S. I. Hayakawa; "Zen and the Problem of Control" by Alan Watts; portfolios of photographs of Gerry Mulligan and Van Gogh drawings; fiction by Ray Bradbury; "The Contact Story" by William Carlos Williams; and a lot more. Unmarked VG+ copy with light cover wear/soil.
  • Bookseller Philip Smith, Bookseller US (US)
  • Format/Binding Soft cover
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  • Publisher Sausalito, CA: Angel Island Publications
  • Date Published 1958
  • Keywords Beat Generation San Francisco Van Gogh poetry zen buddhism civil rights Monterey Jazz Festival Gerry Mulligan Norman Mailer William Carlos Williams Ray Bradbury Contact 1 1958 William Saroyan George Dorsey Calvin Kentfield William H. Ryan North Beach Saus

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Contact 2: The San Francisco journal of new writing, art and ideas vol. 1, #2

Contact 2: The San Francisco journal of new writing, art and ideas vol. 1, #2

by Dorsey, George, Calvin Kentfield, William H. Ryan, editors, Aldous Huxley, Mordecai Gorelik, Wallace Stegner, Pirkle Jones, Lew Welch, Donald Hall, Leonard Wolf, John Updike, Ben Shahn, et al

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San Francisco: Angel Island Publications, 1959. Paperback. 178p., illustrations, photos, lightly worn, good first edition trade paperback literary journal in pictorial wraps. Special photo spread on The Human Condition. Huxley on "The Final Revolution". Gorelik on Theatre. "Genesis" a novella by Stegner. Updike parody "What is a Rhyme?
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Contact 1: The San Francisco journal of new writing, art and ideas vol. 1, #1

Contact 1: The San Francisco journal of new writing, art and ideas vol. 1, #1

by Dorsey, George, Calvin Kentfield, William H. Ryan, editors, S.I. Hayakawa, William Carlos Williams, Alan Watts, Ray Bradbury, Evan S. Connell, William Saroyan, Norman Mailer, et al

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San Francisco: Angel Island Publications, 1958. Paperback. 160p., illustrations, photos, lightly worn, good first edition trade paperback literary journal in pictorial wraps. Prepublication excerpts from "Mrs. Bridge" and "Medicine for Melancholy
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Contact 1 : The San Francisco Journal of New Writing, Art and Ideas (1958)

Contact 1 : The San Francisco Journal of New Writing, Art and Ideas (1958)

by Kentfield, Calvin, William H. Ryan and George Dorsey (eds.), William Carlos Williams, Ray Bradbury, William Saroyan, Norman Mailer, Alan Watts, Evan S. Connell, Georgia Longini, et al

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Sausalito, CA: Angel Island Publications, 1958. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 160pp, printed wrappers. High-quality cultural magazine published in the Bay Area in 1958 (the year of Hitchcock's "Vertigo"). Contents include "How to Be Sane Though Negro" by S. I. Hayakawa; "Zen and the Problem of Control" by Alan Watts; portfolios of photographs of Gerry Mulligan and Van Gogh drawings; fiction by Ray Bradbury; "The Contact Story" by William Carlos Williams; and a lot more. Unmarked VG copy with a bit of reading wear; front cover adhered on inner edge to first interior page.
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CONTACT 1 The San Francisco Journal of New Writing, Art and Ideas.

CONTACT 1 The San Francisco Journal of New Writing, Art and Ideas.

by Dorsey, George; Kentfield, Calvin; Ryan, William H., Editors

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San Francisco: Angel Island Publications. 1958. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Very good in wrappers. .
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