Folder 2 Vol.1 no.2 by Daisy Aldan & Richard Miller (eds.) - 1954

Gloucester, MA: Gerrit Lansing, 1963. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 32pp, stapled wrappers. The second and final issue of this classic occultic literary magazine edited by Gerrit Lansing. Unmarked copy, light stains to covers and a few leaves at base, soft bend to top right corner.

Evanston, IL: TriQuarterly, Fall 1979. Includes: T. Coraghessan Boyle, "Stones in my passway, hellhound on my trail." Signed by Boyle. William Kittredge, "We are not in this Together." Signed by Kittredge. Francine Prose, "Rosewater Pudding." Signed by Prose. John Edgar Wideman, "Bobby." Signed by Wideman. First edition / First printing. Illustrated wrappers. Fine..

Braamfontein, South Africa: Ravan Press, 1978. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 60pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce third issue of this important multiracial South African literary magazine. Includes work by a vast number of writers. Unmarked copy, clean with minor wear.

Braamfontein, South Africa: Ravan Press, 1978. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 60pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce second issue (3000 copies printed) of this important multiracial South African literary magazine. Includes letters on the banning of the first issue by the apartheid government. Plus the work of over 50 writers. Unmarked copy, clean with corner bumps.

New York: The Foundation for Cultural Review, Inc, 1982. Magazine. Stapled wraps, 7 x 10 inches. Toning with a slight crease to bottom-right cover corner, else fine.. A bright and original first issue of The New Criterion. The New York-based monthly literary magazine was founded by Hilton Kramer (1928-2012) in 1982 to speak plainly and vigorously about the problems facing the artist and the life of the mind in modern American society. Prior to launching The New Criterion, Kramer served as art critic for The Nation and, from 1965 to 1982, the New York Times where he challenged the Leftist political bias and perceived nihilism of the paper's art criticism. In 1982 Kramer resigned from the New York Times to found The New Criterion with pianist and music critic Samuel Lipman, establishing what would become one of the premier magazines covering art culture and criticism. The magazine is renowned and unique in its abiding emphasis upon artistic classicism and political conservatism. Its name is a… Read More

Waldport, Oregon: The Illiterati / Untide Press, 1945. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. Wide 8vo, 28pp, stapled wrappers. Impressive, scarce periodical founded at the Camp Angel Civilian Public Service camp in Waldport, Oregon, during World War 2. Beautifully designed and printed. No markings, light wear and a few very small tears to edges of lap wrappers.

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.

New York: Birth Press, 1965. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 8vo, 104pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce, thick final issue of this Birth Press era title edited by Tuli Kupferberg of the Fugs. An antiwar anthology lovingly assembled with an imaginative collage layout. (This copy does not have the Fuck for Peace insert leaflet found in some copies.) Unmarked copy with some toning and soil (overlay illustration to one page has associated shadowing from original glue).

Cambridge, England: Prospect, 1961. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 32pp, stapled wrappers. Scarce issue of this little magazine from 1961 Cambridge, with work by J.H. Prynne and others. Subscription slip bound in. Unmarked copy, outer stain to one corner, light outer soil.