Little Magazines & Zines

1789 Lady's Magazine Captain Cook Voyages Architecture Louvre Etna Volcano
'The Lady's Magazine' was a rare British magazine written and designed for women readers. It included articles on a variety of topics including poetry, music, history, fashion, and even gossip! Note the inclusions of impressive, full-page, and folding engravings.
This 1789 edition includes articles on the following topics:
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The Captain Cook voyage
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Description of St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome, Vatican
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Articles on drawing, painting, and ceiling decoration
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Descriptions of British castles – Corse, Weymouth etc…
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Description of the Louvre in Paris
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Notes on Mount Etna
Item number: #14170
Price: $550
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The Lady's Magazine; or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex… volume 20.
London: printed for G.G., J.J. Robinson, 1789.

Details:
· Collation:
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724, [4]
o 46 plates
33 engravings
13 songs
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight &… Read More

Berkeley: Contour, 1948. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 8vo, 68pp, stapled wrappers. The scarce third issue of this short-lived underground literary magazine edited by poet, future filmmaker, and eventual speed casualty Christopher Maclaine. Unmarked copy, a little staining to front cover and light general wear.

San Francisco: Beatitude, 1977. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). Near VG. 4to, 48pp, stapled wrappers. 1 of 250 stated copies. Nice copy of this mid-seventies issue of the classic San Francisco underground Beat magazine, includes a range of contributors. Unmarked copy with minor damp staining to top and left margin.

Lowestoft, England: The Glass, 1950. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 20pp, stapled wrappers. Rare postwar literary journal published and edited by eccentric English Fortean Antony Borrow. This issue entirely devoted to Open City by Jean Paris. Unmarked copy, light wear and dusting to lap wrappers.

houston, texas: published by students of the rice institute, 1960. !st edition. saddle-stitched illustrated wrappers. 32 pp. saddle-stitched illustrated wrappers. published by students of the rice institute, houston, texas. Very scarce 8vo 8.5" - 11" tall; 32 pages . Signed by Larry McMurtry by the headline of his article with the following inscription "For Matthew-I can't remember this at all-it is almost my first effort, Larry McMurtry". Contributor William Corrington has also signed his piece. Early ruminations by McMurtry on beat literature. Small chip at bottom edge of rear cover, some scratches and scuffs; very good. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade.

Loujon Press, 1961. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. A complete run of this influential journal of the avant-garde, counterculture, and great writing. Charles Bukowski's appearances in THE OUTSIDER led him to national prominence. The list of contributors is remarkable: Diane Di Prima, Gregory Corso, Gary Snyder, Charles Olson, Ed Dorn, Allen Ginsberg, Cid Corman, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Robert Creeley, Henry Miller, Leroi Jones, Wiliam S. Burroughs, Jonathan Williams, Clayton Eshleman, Paul Blackburn, Edward Field, Jean Genet, Jack Kerouac, Kenneth Patchen, Diane Wakoski, Denise Levertov, Lawrence Durrell, Marcus J. 'Jack' Grapes, Brother Antoninus/Wiliam Everson, Kenneth Rexroth, Bern Porter, Thomas Merton, Dick Higgins, David Antin, Jean Cocteau... A complete set of the four separate volumes (representing 5 issues). A very good set in original wraps (Volume 4/5 has a partially mounted jacket). The first three issues have some nicking and wear to edges of covers, #3 has a small price sticker at… Read More

Chicago: The Chicago Press, 1973. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. Folio, 72 leaves (printed one-side), printed wrappers. Final issue of the original run this important early seventies mimeo poetry magazine edited by Alice Notley. (Three "European Edition" issues were issued shortly afterward.) Includes 8 poems by Jim Carroll and work from a range of prominent contributors. Unmarked copy, patches of soil to back cover, light wear.

Johannesburg, South Africa: New Classic Publications Trust Fund, 1978. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 80pp, printed wrappers. Scarce fifth issue of the mid-1970s revival, under black editorship, of this important South African literary magazine. Subscription form laid in. Unmarked copy, light wear to wrappers.

New York: The Poetry Project, 1967. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 28 leaves (mimeographed one side), stapled wrappers. Rare early issue of this seminal little magazine, includes collaborations and work by Vito Acconci, Rene Ricard, et al. Unmarked copy, light toning, soil and wear to wrappers.

Chicago: The Chicago Press, 1972. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. Folio, 67 leaves (printed one-side), printed wrappers. Double second issue of this important early seventies mimeo poetry magazine edited by Alice Notley. Includes 15 poems by Jim Carroll, a Philip Guston plate page, much else. Unmarked copy (aside from what appear to be publisher's touch-ups to some missing marginal characters), light toning and wear to wrappers, slight bumping.

New York: The Floating Bear, 1961. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 12pp (mimeographed). Sound copy (addressed to Canadian poet Frank Davey, co-founder of TISH) of issue 16 of this seminal 1960s little magazine. Unmarked copy, horizontal mailing fold, light overall wear.

New York: The Floating Bear, 1962. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 10pp (mimeographed). This issue of the seminal sixties underground periodical Floating Bear was guest-edited by Billy Linich (Billy Name) of Andy Warhol's Factory; many contributions from and references to the 1962 artistic avant-garde. Brief pieces by Ray Johnson and George Brecht; quotes attributed to Andy Warhol, Leo Castelli, Larry Rivers, and others appear in a parodic collection of art-world sayings. Issue also includes a brief advertisement for the Fluxus Anthology (available from LaMonte Young) as well as one for a tape of Young with Angus MacLise, Tony Conrad, and Marian Zazeela. This copy, addressed to Canadian poet David Cull, is sound with a bit of edge wear and soil.

Minneapolis, MN: Region, 1963. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG+. 8vo, 24pp, stapled wrappers (plus 4-page 4to insert, folded once). Scarce mimeographed little magazine from 1963 Minneapolis, includes very early writing by John Sladek. Unmarked copy, light wear and soil.

New York: The Floating Bear, 1961. 1st edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG. 4to, 12pp (mimeographed), corner-stapled. A rare early issue of this seminal 1960s little magazine. Includes an excerpt from The System of Dante's Hell by Jones and Roosevelt After Inauguration by William Burroughs (Schottlaender v4.C25; Shoaf III-25). An unmarked copy, never folded or mailed, with stains to back cover and a little toning.

Complete set of the five issues of "Two Worlds" magazine in which five installments of James Joyce's "Work in Progress" appeared between September 1925 and September 1926. Overall, a Very Good set of a rare and ephemeral publication.
Vols. 1-4 in the original black card slipcases; Vol. 5 in an mylar wrapper. Volumes 1-4 are in very good or better condition; Volume 5 (in the larger format, not issued in a slipcase) has a clean and tight interior but a soiled cover, with a crease to the lower front corner which has been backed with archival repair tissue on the verso. Slipcases for Vols. 2-4 very good with some rubbing; slipcase for Vol. 1 is lacking head piece. Please see photographs.
This is the first American publication of fragments of Finnegans Wake, consisting of:September 1925, pp. 45-54: (FW I.5, pp.104-125);December 1925, pp. 111-114: (FW I.2 section 1, pp.30-34);March 1926, pp. 347-360: (FW I.8, pp.196-216);June 1926, pp. 545-560: (FW I.7, pp.169-195);September 1926, pp. 35-40: (FW II.4, pp.383-99).