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First impression of the true first edition, published as a paperback original [PBO]. ***Near fine in illustrated glossy card wrappers. The wrappers are clean with just very slight handling marks, and without any tears or creases. No reading creases to the spine. Internally near fine with no paper creases. Very slight fading to the red colour near to the spine on the front and rear covers. There is a name, place and date in pencil to the top of the half-title page 'Harriet Garnett, Islington Town Hall, 5th July 1972 - with a very light 'Withdrawn' stamp, indicating that the book was once held in Islington Council's reference library. No other inscriptions. Spine tight. ***157 pages including five pages of author bibliographies, plus a two-page publisher's competition at the rear. 205 mm x 135 mm. ***'Bryan Stanley William Johnson (5 Feb 1933 - 13 Nov 1973) was an English experimental novelist, poet and literary critic. He also produced television programmes and made films. Johnson led and associated with a loose circle of "experimental" authors in Sixties Britain, who included Alan Burns, Eva Figes, Rayner Heppenstall, Ann Quin, Stefan Themerson and Wilson Harris, among others. Many of them contributed to London Consequences, a novel consisting of a palimpsest of chapters passed between a range of participating authors, edited by Margaret Drabble and Johnson. Johnson also made numerous experimental films, published poetry, and wrote reviews, short stories and plays. For many years he was the poetry editor of Transatlantic Review. [Wiki] ***'London Consequences is a 1972 group novel written by twenty writers published for the Festivals of London that year. ***Margaret Drabble and B. S. Johnson conceived and edited the novel "London Consequences". The editors wrote the first and last chapters together, and gave the other novelists involved a brief outline of the two main characters. Each author would write his or her chapter, then pass the accumulating manuscript onto the next author. The interior chapters are by Rayner Heppenstall, Eva Figes, Gillian Freeman, Jane Gaskell, Wilson Harris, Olivia Manning, Adrian Mitchell, Paul Ableman, John Bowen, Melvyn Bragg, Vincent Brome, Peter Buckman, Alan Burns, Barry Cole, Julian Mitchell, Andrea Newman, Piers Paul Read and Stefan Themerson. The published book did not identify authors' individual contributions. The G.L.A.A. (Greater London Arts Association) offered a prize of £100 to anyone who correctly identified each chapter's author. Entry forms appeared at the back of the book. Readers had until 11 Aug 1972 to enter.' [Wiki] ***First impression of the true first edition, published as a paperback original. A scarce item, and of particular interest to collectors of the experimental literary work of B. S. Johnson. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.…

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Bibliographic details

Title
LONDON CONSEQUENCES [True first edition - PBO]
Author
Paul Ableman, John Bowen, Melvyn Bragg, Vincent Brome, Peter Buckman, Alan Burns, Barry Cole, Eva Figes, Gillian Freeman, Jane Gaskell, Wilson Harris, Rayner Heppenstall, Olivia Manning, Adrian Mitchell, Julian Mitchell, Andrea Newman, Piers Paul Read, Stefan Themerson [Contributors], Margaret Drabble, B. S. Johnson [Editors]
Publisher
Greater London Arts Association, London
Publication year
1972
Condition
Near Fine
Dust jacket
No Jacket, as Issued
Binding
Original Wraps
Edition
First Edition
Printing
First Impression
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Collectable Paperbacks, First Editions, Literature

Orlando Booksellers

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We specialize in 20th Century literature, and in particular, Modern First Editions. We would be interested in buying such books, whether individual items or collections. We are particularly interested in Bloomsbury writers, Beats & Counter Culture and 20th C photography monographs. Our books can be viewed as a whole on ABE, or by choosing one of a number of catalogues that we have set up for particular interests, such as Crime Fiction & True Crime, Collectable Paperbacks, Children's Literature etc.…

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