Little Magazines & Zines

Chapel Hill: Lillabulero, Spring 1967. Signed by Russell Banks on title page. First edition / First printing. Stapled blue wrappers. Very good. Sunning and light wear to covers, short tear to top front cover, no loss. Includes Portfolio 2: The Shaker Dove, by Daniel Patterson inserted into a sleeve on inside rear cover. Also includes William Faulkner: a Story and Five Poems. Poetry by Lucius Shepard, Dabney Stuart, etc.

Cambridge, England: Prospect, 1960. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 8vo, 40pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce fourth issue of this little magazine from 1960 Cambridge, with work by Diane di Prima and others. Unmarked copy, minor wear.

New York: The Swollen Magpie Press, 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 44pp, stapled wrappers. A nice copy of the first issue (of four) of this scarce title. Light outer stain at spine, no markings.

Seattle, Washington: Michael Wiater, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. INSCRIBED by editor Michael Wiater on first interior page in early 1972. 8vo, 52pp, stapled wrappers. Wild little magazine from 1971 Seattle, includes a very early 4-page piece called "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" by Tom Robbins, plus a great roster of experimental writers and artists. Unmarked copy (except for inscription), light wear.

Braamfontein, South Africa: Ravan Press, 1982. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 4to, 48pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce 1982 issue of this important multiracial South African literary magazine. Includes work by a vast number of writers. Unmarked copy, clean with light wear.

Chicago: Intercollegiate Society of Individualists, University of Chicago, 1961. Magazine. Stapled wraps, 6.75 x 10 inches. Fine.. Fine original first issue of the New Individualist Review magazine published in April 1961 to advance free, private enterprise, limited government, and human liberty. The New Individualist Review was the brainchild of several prominent political and economic scholars associated with the University of Chicago as well as the Intercollegiate Society of Individualists (ISI), founded in 1953 by journalist Frank Chodorov to promote conservatism and individualism on college campuses, and the Mont Pelerin Society, founded in 1947 by F. A. Hayek to promote classical liberalism following the publication of his The Road to Serfdom in 1944. The magazine was founded to advance the ideals of free, private enterprise, limited government, and individual human freedom. The University of Chicago was uniquely situated in the early 1960s to launch the magazine because it was home to the… Read More

New York: Maureen Owen, 1970. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. Folio, 56 leaves (mimeographed one side), stapled wrappers. Scarce second issue of Maureen Owen's long-running magazine, printed at The Poetry Project in NYC; includes a very early Jim Carroll collaboration with Ted Berrigan and Bill Berkson, plus work from the time and place. Staining near bottom edge (mainly affecting back cover and flast interior leaf), else a bit of general reading wear and soil.

Leeds, England: Location Press, 1965. 1st edition. Soft cover. Good /No Jacket (as issued). Good+. 4to, 14pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce issue of this important sixties little magazine of British avant-garde writing. Unmarked copy, back cover detached from staples, horizontal mailing folds, a bit of general wear.

Leeds, England: Location Press, 1965. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 16pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce issue of this important sixties little magazine of British avant-garde writing. Subscription form laid in. Library stamp to cover (no other markings), horizontal mailing folds, a bit of general wear.

Leeds, England: Location Press, 1966. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 4to, 14pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce issue of this important sixties little magazine of avant-garde writing. Cover by John Furnival. Some numerical marginalia to publications list pages (seem to be prices), else unmarked, horizontal mailing folds, a bit of general wear and soil.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard Advocate, 1963. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 96pp, printed wrappers. Rare Beat-era literary journal, includes Who Him? Dont Let Him Out Here by William Burroughs (Schottlaender C56; Shoaf III-45), plus work by Mailer, Everson, Irby, et al. Unmarked copy, light stain to covers (mainly back), back cover has some lamination-type residue (as if something was so treated on top of it).

Bolinas: Big Sky, 1971. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. Large 8vo, 80pp, stapled wrappers. The uncommon first issue of this seminal seventies literary magazine from Bolinas. Unmarked copy with some cover wear, sunning (mainly to back) and soil.

Bensenville, IL: Open Skull Press, 1966. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 44 pp (mimeographed), stapled wrappers. Includes two poems by Charles Bukowski ("Nature Poem" and "The Noiseless Care of a Blue Violet") plus work by Harold Norse, D. r. Wagner, Marcus J. Grapes, William Wantling, Lee Harwood, and others. Unmarked copy with a bit of toning, wear, and soil.

Edinburgh, Scotland : Sidewalk, 1960. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 84pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce little magazine from 1960 Edinburgh, includes a range of major writers, plus reviews of Naked Lunch and of Ginsberg and Kerouac on LP. A little pulling, wear and soil to covers and spine.

San Geronimo, CA: R. J. Lambert, ca. 1976. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. Small folio, 60pp (glossy paper), stapled wrappers. 1 of 500 stated copies of the second issue of this L.A. art scene mag, includes 3 pages on the famous 1976 COUM Transmissions performance at L.A.I.C.A. with photos and a note from Genesis and Cosey. Also a page contributed by the avant-garde Chicano conceptual/performance art group Asco. Light storage wear/rubbing to covers (typical for this title) and a little light spotting, no markings.