Continental Drifter ; Number 1 by Dorn, Edward (ed.) ; Creeley, Robert ; [et al] - 1980

Buffalo, NY: Fubbalo Press, 1965. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 40pp, stapled wrappers. Nicely designed literary magazine from 1965 Buffalo. Minor spine wear/cover spotting.

Berkeley: Coyote's Journal, 1967. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 104pp, printed wrappers. Great 1967 magazine with a range of Beat and other writers (issue leads with Charles Olson). Unmarked copy, a little rubbing to covers.

Ashland, MA: Cid Corman, 1954. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 64pp, stapled wrappers. The uncommon thirteenth issue of the first series of Cid Corman's important little magazine, featuring four very works by Edward Dorn, plus writing by Creeley, Levertov, et al. Unmarked copy (except for a faint letter to front cover), light wear and soil.

Chicago: Big Table, Inc, 1959. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 120pp, printed wrappers. The third issue of this important and influential Beat Generation literary magazine; includes Ginsberg, Ashbery, Rechy, Robert Duncan (Bertholf C91), Creeley, Orlovsky, Genet, et al. (Cover and four plates by Aaron Siskind.) Unmarked copy with some light abrasion and soil to covers.

Boulder: [Self-published by Collom], 1973. Pamphlet. Twenty-three 8.5x11 inch sheets mimeographed one side only with poems, mild scent, lightly-soiled pictorial covers side-stapled. Mimeo Revolution.

New York: Yugen, 1960. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 52pp, stapled wrappers. Seminal Beat-era little magazine edited by LeRoi Jones. Includes the first publication of "Rimbaud" by Jack Kerouac. A mimeographed advance flyer for the first issue of Kulchur magazine is laid in. Clean copy, light toning to covers.

New York: Totem Press, 1962. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 64pp, stapled wrappers. Final issue of this seminal Beat-era little magazine edited by LeRoi Jones. Includes The Cut-Up Method of Brion Gysin by William Burroughs (Schottlaender C48; Shoaf III-37). Unmarked copy, light bend to front cover and early pages, small closed edge tears to back cover and late pages, general soil and wear.

New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Literary Society, 1963. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. Tall 8vo, 72pp (plus 6pp addendum laid in), printed wrappers. An important collection of experimental poetry at the time, includes an interesting introductory essay interpreting developments in the light of Olson's Projective Verse. Unmarked copy, a bit of soil and toning to covers, scrape to fore-edge, and light marginal stain to first few leaves.

Chicago: The Chicago Press, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. Folio, 52 leaves (printed one-side), printed wrappers. Fifth issue of this important early seventies mimeo poetry magazine edited by Alice Notley. Includes work from a range of prominent contributors. Unmarked copy, light toning and soil to wrappers.

New Orleans: Loujon Press, 1961. First Edition. Printed wrappers. Very Good. Large 8vo. Pp. 101, [1]. Edited by Jon Edger Webb and Louise "Gypsy Lou" Webb. Front tissue guard stamped in red "Printed by Hand in New Orleans". Photo-illustrated wraps with text on front cover. Spot illustrations and black-and-white photographs. With four pages devoted to contributors, with photos. Several pages of ads for Beat journals. Bound in photo illustrated wraps. Printed on varying paper stock. Moderate age-toning to leaves; slight wear to spine and wrapper edges. Withal, a well-preserved copy. The debut issue of the noted NOLA Beat journal that, among the genre, was exceedingly well designed. Laden with ample contributions from major and minor figures. Cover appears to be mimeographed, whereas text block is offset. A circle in pen around an amusing blurb announcing the next issue ("It's really pregnant with the newest in Today's Poetry & Prose - and still in heat").The run of The Outsider lasted for only five… Read More