Beatitude #27. Mayday 77
San Francisco: Beatitude Press, Publisher, 1977. Wraps. Good. Item #018629
Side stapled wraps. 15 by 10 inches. Unpaginated. Later issue of this haphazardly published little magazine, being a "quintessential Beat publication," from the North Beach scene of San Francisco, it was conceived of as a way to capture "the beauty and promote the beatific life among the various mendicants, […], poets, painters, musicians," (quote from Bob Kaufman as cited by Lawrence Ferlinghetti). This issue featuring work by Jack Hirschman, Gil Ott, among others. GOOD+ condition. Minor fading and edgewear. Front cover detached from upper staple. Minor rusting to the staples. Minor creasing to the covers. Uneven light fading. Clay and Phillips, p. 80-81.
Price: $125.00