BLITZ / MAD VIRGIN! - NO.2, WITH AN ALS FROM THE EDITOR

Lagrande, OR: Blitz / Madvirgin Press, 1965. First Edition. Second of three issues of this short-lived mimeo magazine from Oregon. Contains the first appearance of three Bukowski poems: "40 Cigarettes," "A Dirty Joke," and "The Rock," with contributions by Douglas Blazek, Allen Ginsberg, d.a. levy, Steve Richmond, Judson Crews, and others. Dorbin C295-297. Quarto (28cm); mimeographed sheets, printed recto and verso and side-stapled with a pictorial card cover; [38]pp. Light wear to extremities, front cover showing mild toning, dustiness, and some faint soil along the right edge; contents are fresh and complete; Very Good+. Accompanied by an ALS from editor Bobby Watson on his mimeographed letterhead, to a prospective contributor: "George, heard you might make it here for (people come & a new pen) the Creeley thing. trying to drum others up, drunken orgies & a few new faces, scream fuck at with a meat stick, slobbering, on sunny bellies, etc. got an insurance man coming I'm trying to avoid, screaming 2 wk old baby & a wife that won't feed me so i can leave. shit. here's a Blitz #2, #3 will be out in a month or so. like to see some poems for #4 if you can spare the blood. Blitzing & away / BW." Undated, but clearly contemporary with this issue. Light wear and handling, some toning to extremities, with several tears and creases along the right edge; Very Good.