CHICAGO REVIEW: Spring 1958 - Volume 12, Number 1
Chicago: The University of Chicago, 1958. First Edition. Wraps. Singular issue of this student-run literary quarterly, featuring an excerpt from Naked Lunch, then William S. Burroughs' work-in-progress, and a selection of poetry by emerging Beat poets Jack Kerouac, Robert Duncan, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, John Wieners, Michael McClure, Kirby Doyle, Philip Lamantia, and Philip Whalen. Also includes Kerouac's introductory piece on "The Origins of Joy in Poetry" and a "Note on Poetry in San Francisco" by Ferlinghetti. 88 p. with artwork by Kenneth Burge, Bruce Conner, Sonia Gechtoff, and Aaron Siskind. Octavo. Original printed blue paper wrappers, which are unevenly toned with a few faint stains; else very good. Scarce. Very good. Item #72680
Price: $200.00