Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Tall decorated stapled wrappers. 47 pp. A small press London-based poetry journal edited by Factor and Linick. With a stellar lineup of contributors including Ginsberg, Welch, Michael McClure, Philip Whalen, Larry Eigner and more. A clean very good example.
Published by Villiers Publications Ltd., London, 1960
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
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First Edition
First Edition. Octavo (23cm); original pictorial card wrappers, stapled; [3],4-64pp. Light wear, subtle toning, and a single tiny tear to wrapper extremities; contents clean, but for a brief pencil note in French at upper margin of inner rear wrapper; Very Good+. Early double issue of this little magazine, published in London and Culver City, CA between 1959-1962. Factor and Linick, studying at UCLA and USC, were both drawn to poetry readings throughout L.A.; at the time, Coastlines was the only significant little magazine in the city, so the pair set out to publish their own, chiefly featuring west coast poets. Contents include three poems by Charles Bukowski ("So much for the knifers, so much for the bellowing dawns," "Manifesto: A Call For Our Own," and "The Day it Rained at the Los Angeles County Museum"), with contributions by Robert Creeley, Joel Oppenheimer, Carl Larsen, Gregory Corso, Russell Edson, Paul Blackburn, Louis Zukofsky, and others. Dorbin C50-51.
Published by Villiers Publications Ltd. 1959-1962, London and Culver City, 1959
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Association Member: ABAA
11 issues bound in nine octavo volumes (ca.23cm); illustrated stapled wrappers (Issue 10/11 perfect-bound); 32-96pp per issue; illus. Front wrapper of Issue 1 shows two small areas with sticker-pull, with foxing to text edges; wrappers on four issues have scattered foxing; varying degrees of oxidation to staples; overall, Very Good+ to Near Fine. Complete run of this little magazine, published in London and Culver City, CA between 1959-1962. Factor and Linick, studying at UCLA and USC, were both drawn to poetry readings throughout L.A.; at the time, Coastlines was the only significant little magazine in the city, so the pair set out to publish their own, chiefly featuring west coast poets. The publication is best-known for being an early publisher of Charles Bukowski's work, prior to the release of his first book (he contributed six poems between two issues). Other contributors include William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Kenneth Rexroth, Judson Crews, Carl Larsen, Jack Micheline, Gil Orlovitz, John Reed, Clarence Major, Emilie Glen, Ben Tibbs, Robert Creeley, Gregory Corso, Louis Zukofsky, Gary Snyder, Denise Levertov, LeRoi Jones, and Lew Welch, among others. The final issue was dedicated to entirely to the work of New York School poets. Clay & Phillips, p.287; Dorbin C31-34, 50-51; Maynard & Miles C10.