Peter Fallon Editors Eamon Carr (2 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. Slim 8vo.pp.8 folded four ways, concertina-fashion. Original publisher's wraps in ivory, lettered black with a dramatic illustration by Jim Fitzpatrick on the front cover. /Tara Telephone was a pioneering Dublin-based beat poetry and performance collective founded around 1968 by poet Peter Fallon and drummer /writer Eamon Carr. As Ireland's only beat group, the collective toured extensively as a musical trio reading poetry to live, improvised folk and jazz. They published broadsheets and a renowned quarterly literary journal called Capella, a modest yet highly influential magazine featuring the work of local poets alongside contributions from international luminaries like Allen Ginsberg, John Lennon, and David Bowie. The Founders: Peter Fallon went on to establish The Gallery Press, while Eamon Carr co-founded the influential Celtic rock band Horslips. Celebrated artist Jim FitzPatrick produced wild, psychedelic poster-poems and striking cover art for the collective's publications. Very good indeed.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. Capella issues No.3, December 1969; No.4, April 1970; & No.7, 1971. Small, slim 8vos.pp.40, 32, 28. Original publisher's wraps in green, white and glossy white, lettered black with two covers featuring an illustration by Jim Fitzpatrick on the front cover. Contributions include: illustration by John Lennon; poems by Mairie Dineen, Brendan Kennelly, Peter Fallon, Adrian Henri, Michael Longley, Roger McGough, Brian Patten, Seamus Heaney, Eamon Kath Carr, Pamela Goode, Marc Bolan, Wes McGee, Eilean Ni Chuilleanain. /Tara Telephone was a pioneering Dublin-based beat poetry and performance collective founded around 1968 by poet Peter Fallon and drummer /writer Eamon Carr. As Ireland's only beat group, the collective toured extensively as a musical trio reading poetry to live, improvised folk and jazz. They published broadsheets and a renowned quarterly literary journal called Capella, a modest yet highly influential magazine featuring the work of local poets alongside contributions from international luminaries like Allen Ginsberg, John Lennon, and David Bowie. The Founders: Peter Fallon went on to establish The Gallery Press, while Eamon Carr co-founded the influential Celtic rock band Horslips. Celebrated artist Jim FitzPatrick produced wild, psychedelic poster-poems and striking cover art for the collective's publications. Very good indeed.