5 volumes bound in 4, complete run. Nos. 1-3 in original pictorial wrappers; and Nos. 4-5: Embracing…homage to Patchen, bound together in pictorial boards. Illustrated from drawings, photographs, etc., of and by most of the contributing authors. First and only printings, each in a small limitation.
Jon and Gypsy Lou Webb’s short lived but highly important literary quarterly publication series, with numerous contributions from most of the Beat Generation and/or Avant-Garde authors: Bukowski, Kerouac, Patchen, Ginsberg, Levertov, Di Prima, Ferlinghetti, Durrell, Creeley, McClure, Burroughs, Corso, Henry Miller, Charles Olson, LeRoi Jones, Jean Genet, Gary Snyder, John Corrington, etc. Issue No. 4/5 is one of 500 copies complete with laid in flora sample picked within a mile of Geronimo's grave "& spell-bound by Gypsy Lou." The color printed hand made paper jacket for the issue is present but fragile with large tears along some of the folds.
Condition:
Moderate wear to wrappers of Nos. 1-3, rubbing to extremities, a few minor tears at heads and heels of spines, pages yellowing; some wear to boards of issue 4/5, brown mark on rear endpaper where tape once held the jacket in place; handmade paper jacket present but torn along a few of the folds; overall very good.