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Published by Oz Publications, Sydney, 1965
Seller: Gotcha By The Books, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
First Edition
paperback. Condition: Good. profusely illustrated (illustrator). Issue No. 16 January 1965 of Oz Magazine (Sydney), edited by Richard Neville and Richard Walsh, with art (and art direction) by Martin Sharp, and with other artists listed in editorial section including Garry Shead, Peter Kingston and Mike Glasheen; reverse side of rear cover features a sequence by Sharp satrising local councils; Oz magazine ran from 1963-1969 in Australia, with a parallel version in England from 1967-1973; bitterly satirical, it was never far from controversy; b&w illustrations throughout; this copy with rubbing and smudge marks along lower edges of pages throughout, o.w. Good in lightly rubbed wraps. . 20pp. 4to. Good.
Seller: Douglas Stewart Fine Books, Armadale, VIC, Australia
Sydney : Oz Publications Ink Limited, 1963-1969. Forty-one issues, quarto, original stapled wrappers, various paginations between 16 and 20 pages, all illustrated; an expected amount of toning and occasional mild foxing; overall very good condition throughout; a rare complete set of the Australian issues of one of the most significant counterculture publications of the 60s. The Australian satirical magazine Oz was an important phenomenon of the underground press of the 1960s. Initially edited by Richard Neville, Richard Walsh and the revered pop artist Martin Sharp (who designed most of the covers as well as contributing cartoons and other art work), it was published in Sydney between 1963 and 1969. A separate London version of Oz, edited by Neville, Jim Anderson and Felix Dennis, was published from 1967 until 1973. Throughout its history - a lengthy one for a periodical which existed well and truly outside the mainstream press - AustralianOz attracted contributors who were to become influential figures in their respective fields, as well as in public intellectual life of the 60s and beyond. These contributors included such luminaries as Robert Hughes, Germaine Greer, Philippe Mora, Michael Leunig, Garry Shead, Peter Kingston and Bob Ellis. Always subversive and irreverent, Ozwas never far from major controversy. The magazine survived an infamous obscenity trial in 1964, an experience which would aid London Oz in a similar trial in 1971.