Buddhist Third Class Junkmail by Levy (11 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Good condition. Clean pages, intact binding.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition; fourth printing. Large 8to [23x19cm]. 318pp. Paperback original. About fine. A selection of poetry and collages by outsider poet, publisher and artist d.a. levy (1942-1968), including facsimiles of his zine The Buddhist Third Class Junkmail Oracle. With an essay by Mike Golden, in which he makes the case that levy was murdered for his anti-establishment writings. (It is generally thought he died of suicide.). …

Paperback. Condition: New.

8vo Softcover. Condition: Good. 318p. Two bookstore stamps present on title page. Interior is otherwise unmarked with b/w illustrations. Green and blue illustrated wraps have lightly bumped corners and a small chip on edge of rear panel. Binding is tight, spine remains uncreased. Minor dent on for-edge of text-block, as pictured.…

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good+ in Wraps. dj. First Printing. First Printing. Original Wraps. Uncommon generally, very scarce in as good condition as is found here. An important issue, following Levy's death. The Buddhist Third Class Junkmail Oracle, Feb. 1969, 4th. last issue. One of Cleveland's first alternative newspapers, the Buddhist Third Class Junkmail Oracle was published by Cleveland poet, publisher and artist d.a. levy from 1967 until his death in 1968. It was later published by Angry City Press, ceasing publication in 1969. This issue: "The Buddhist Third Class Junkmail Oracle (or) The Barking Rabbit" : "A visual artist, and an important figure in the concrete poetry movement, levy was also an activist and mystic who either committed suicide or was murdered at the age of twenty-six in East Cleveland. This occurred after two and a half years of intense media coverage, police harassment and court trials, and just as he was starting to be recognized as one of the most important geniuses of his generation." [Random House] LEVY, DARRYL ALLEN [d.a. levy] (29 Oct. 1942 - 24 Nov. 1968) was a native Cleveland poet well known within the national counterculture of the 1960s for his publications celebrating free expression and attacking social injustice and repression. Light/even toning, foldlines and creasing, else tight, bright, and unmarred. fo. np. Newsprint. Illus. (b/w).…

Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. A few small sppts on top edge otherwide quite fine, an unread copy in oversize wrappers. Levy was a legendary beat poet and publisher. "The Buddhist Third Class Junkmail Oracle collects d.a. levy's poetry, his collages--in both color and black-and-white--and other examples of his art, in a splendid large-format celebration of levy's unique contribution. A visual artist, and an important figure in the concrete poetry movement, levy was also an activist and mystic who either committed suicide or was murdered at the age of twenty-six in East Cleveland. This occurred after two and a half years of intense media coverage, police harassment and court trials, and just as he was starting to be recognized as one of the most important geniuses of his generation. Edited, with an investigative essay on Levy's life and mysterious death, by Mike Golden.".…

Self-wrappers. Condition: Near fine. First Edition. Quarto, 15pp., illustrated. Folded magazine, folded to about 8.5" x 11.5". Near fine, with a small stain near the bottom of the front wrap. Else clean and bright internally, minimally age-toned. The scarce last issue of Levy's magazine; this one was published after his death, and includes some tributes to him. Institutional holdings are spotty, though conservatively, we would think there are around a dozen physical copies in worldwide libraries of this particular issue.…

Tabloid. Condition: Good. Side folding tabloid newspaper. 15 by 11 ¾ inches. 16 pp., including covers. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. Thirteenth issue of this underground newspaper style work published and created by Cleveland poet d.a. levy, continued by others for a few issues after his suicide. levy combined boundary pushing literary tastes with counterculture, radicalism and other influences. His use of collage and clip art anticipated future punk zine aesthetic. This issue with several contributions by d.a. levy in the form of letters to various people, including one where he rips into a zen buddhist temple and its pseudo-enlightened schtick. GOOD condition. Moderate browning to the paper. A few minor chips and tears along the fore edge. Minor soiling.…

Tabloid. Condition: Good. Side folding tabloid newspaper. 15 by 11 ¾ inches. 20 pp., including covers. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. Tenth issue of this underground newspaper style work published and created by Cleveland poet d.a. levy, continued by others for a few issues after his suicide. levy combined boundary pushing literary tastes with counterculture, radicalism and other influences. This issue with "Buddhist Anarchism," by Gary Snyder; "Coat Puller," by John Sinclair, as well as lengthy musings on Eastern philosophy and mysticism, as well as several pages on tantric sex. GOOD condition. Moderate browning to the paper. A few minor chips and tears along the fore edge. Minor soiling.…

Tabloid. Condition: Good. Side folding tabloid newspaper. 15 by 11 ¾ inches. 12 pp., including covers. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. Eleventh issue of this underground newspaper style work published and created by Cleveland poet d.a. levy, continued by others for a few issues after his suicide. This issue with "Pray For Niel Carothers," by d.a. levy, as well as artwork and articles on various protests, counterculture topics and music. GOOD condition. Moderate browning to the paper. Some tearing along the spine, including a larger 1 ¼ inch tear. Minor soiling.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. Signed by Douglas Blazek on page with three of his poems. Newsprint, tabloid format. Complete in two sections; horizontal fold. A couple incidental splits, else in very good condition. 32 pages. The December 1969 issue of d. a. levy's journal, The Buddhist Third Class Junkmail Oracle, edited by him until his death in late 1968. Cover portrait of d. a. levy by Reed Thompson. Features poetry by d. a. levy, Douglas Blazek, Lyn Lifshin, Judson Crews, Alta, and others. Also includes an obituary for Jack Kerouac; reviews of records by The Who ('Tommy'), Neil Young, Janis Joplin, The Beatles ('Abbey Road'), Spooky Tooth, etc.; a full page advert for The Kinks album 'Arthur' and their supporting 1969 North American Tour; a pictorial advert for Zappa's 'Hot Rats,' and more. Lots of local Cleveland counter-culture advertising. Signed by Author(s).…