THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF SEX & POLITICS; A broken run of 15 issues: Vol. 01, Nos. 2, 3, 5-11, 13-18

New York City: The New York Seed Company / The New York Feed Company, 1969. Tabloid newspapers, 11 x 18 in. Overall a very good set; light shelfwear. Mild creasing to top of No. 3. A few thumbprints to interior of #7. Some light foxing to cover of #15 and wrinkle at bottom corner of cover at spine. Small closed tears to top edge of cover and one page tip missing from #18. Very good. Fourteen issues, 16-28 pp. each. Published by S. Edwards and Steven Heller, edited by D. Melmoth. Originally an offshoot of the New York Free Press, the NYRS&P featured photography, art, and fiction of a sexual nature, plus news and politics. Illustrated from b/w photos and artwork, with some color and duotone. One of the classiest sex papers, featuring contributions from D. Melmoth, Steven Heller, Gregory Battcock, Mario Jorrin, Ray Schultz, Brad Holland, Robert Igriega, Rick Meyerowitz, John Chamberlain, Mel Ramos, Camille Gordon, Edward Field, Frank Newman, Peter Hujar, Angelo d'Arcangelo, Charles Bukowski, Stanley Fleishman, Robert Stanley, Suzanne Giddens, Anna Albrecht, Irene Fertik, Marcia Cavell, Steve Lawrence, John Lahr, Pablo Picasso, Tor Kung, Robert Ferraro, Erich Goode, Peter Johnson, Robert Somma, Gail Hayden, Dan Mouer, Cy J. Avery, Al Goldstein, Josef Bush, D.A. Latimer, Fred Fagen, Dana Ohlmeyer. etc. Covers by Mario Jorrin, Robert Hosley, Robert Ferraro, Brad Holland, etc. Some highlights: Gregory Battcock reviews Andy Warhol's 'Blow Job,' and many more 'Last Estate' columns. Sex Stories - poems by Edward Field. Excerpts of some of the finer Olympia Press books, by Frank Newman, Angelo d'Arcangelo, and Tor Kung. Photos by Mario Jorrin. Robert Ferraro's photos of circus women. Body Painting photos by Mario Jorrin. Selected Obscenity Cases, by Stanley Fleishman. Baby-San Loves to Eat GI Dick, by Former Sgt. Dan Mouer. Oh Muy God It's Oh! Calcutta! by John Lahr. The Schultz Report on Morality in Media, by Ray Schultz. The Great Screw Trial. Art by Anna Albrecht. Self Gratification with Mailer & Breslin, by Ray Schultz. Grass, Hedonism and the Doctors Plot, by Erich Goode. Jimi Hendrix Puts His Mouth Where His Cock Was, by Robert Somma. Issue 9, 'Our Especially Clean Issue,' for which they were prosecuted for obscenity. Sex On Tip Toes (Rudolph Nureyenv and Edward Villella). Kid! Have You Ever Been Arrested? By Ray Schultz (on the issue #9 bust). Notes of a Dirty Old Man, by Charles Bukowski. De Sade Illustrated (scenes and dialogue from an act of the play). Groupies, by Robert Somma. Pussy Power, by Dan Mouer (interview with Black Panther Party's Al Carroll). Life on the Aquarian Mud Flats, by Ray Schultz, with photos by Roger A Tomlinson. Turning Sex To Smut to Make A Buck on (De Sade Illustrated), by Josef Bush. Call Girls ,by C.J. Avery. Ass Deep in Westchester, by Joseph Stevens. The Secret, photos by Fred Fagen.
Earlier issues are printed on high-quality stock; internals switch to newsprint with No. 11; usual age-toning. The last issue is all-newsprint.