C A Journal Of Poetry Vol. I Nr. 2 by Berrigan, Ted, Editor (Ron Padgett, Joe Brainard, Dick Gallup, et al) - 1963

New York: Lorenz Gude. Very Good. 1963. First Edition; First Printing. Stapled wraps. Side-stapled poetry magazine on legal size sheets. This copy has no cover. Wraps are lightly browned with age and are toned around the edges. Front wrap has faint soil marks around the edges and a small tear on the top left corner. Rear wrap is also lightly soiled and shows some rubbing; top edge of page is worn and the bottom corner at the spine has a small fold. Interior pages mostly clean, lightly toned with some chipped edges. This rare poetry magazine features Ron Padgett, Joseph Ceravolo, Ted Berrigan, Lorenzo Thomas, Barbara Guest and more. ; Vol. 1; Folio 13" - 23" tall .

New York: Lorenz & Ellen Gude, 1964. The seventh issue of one of the important journals of the mimeo revolution, which featured many of the most prominent New York School poets and artists. C was edited by Ted Berrigan and published from 1963-67 in New York City by Lorenz Gude. 14 issues were ultimately published. This issue features a cover design by Joe Brainard and five preliminary leaves with mimeographed prints byhim. This issue features contributions from Ted Berrigan, Tom Veitch, Joe Ceravolo, Ron Padgett, John Wieners, Tony Towle, Lorenzo Thomas (Toumes), Frank Lima, John Perreault, Frank O'Hara, Kenward Elmslie, James Schuyler, Edwin Denby, Harry Fainlight, and Dick Gallup. Side-stapled 14" x 8 ½" leaves, [50] leaves mimeographed on rectos only. All stapled missing saving one, which is holding all the leaves securely; wear and small closed tears along the edges, small piece lacking from the bottom corner of the cover sheet.

New York: Ted Berrigan, 1965. Softcover. Good. Folio. [74]pp. complete. Stapled mimeographed pages printed rectos only. Cover by Joe Brainard. Last two leaves are detached with tears and chips not affecting any text, a good copy. Contributors include Francis Picabia, Dick Gallup, John Giorno, Harlan Dangerfield, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Ted Berrigan, Ron Padgett, John Stanton, Aram Saroyan, Al Katzman, Tom Veitch, Jeff Giles, James Schuyler, Philippe Soupalt, Peter Schjeldahl, David Shapiro, Gregory Corso, Les Gottesman, Louis Nasper, John Perreaul, Richard Huelsenbeck, Szabo, Kenward Elmslie, Pierre Reiter, Douglas MacArthur, Ted Greenwald, Richard Kolmar, Max Jacob, Kenneth Koch, Joe Brainard, James Schuyler, Michael McClure, Brion Gysin, Larry Swingle, Frank O'Hara, Joseph Ceravolo, Bruce Kawin, John Ashbery, Tony Towle, John Dent, John Ashbery, Frank Lima, Ed Sanders, Philip Whalen, William Burroughs, and Charles Olson. A particularly uncommon issue of the landmark poetry journal.

New York: Lorenz and Ellen Gude, 1964. Summer 1964 number of Ted Berrigan's C: A Journal of Poetry, signed by contributor William S. Burroughs. In 1963, administrators at Columbia University pulled one of Berrigan's poems from The Columbia Review, objecting to his use of the word "fuck." In response, Berrigan and his friend Ron Padgett borrowed an off-campus mimeograph to print their own literary magazine, The Censored Review. That act of protest gave rise to C: A Journal of Poetry, a cornerstone of the Mimeo Revolution in New York City. Between 1963 and 1967, Berrigan published a freewheeling mix of New York School poets, Beat writers, and downtown artists; Andy Warhol's first experiments with silkscreened Polaroids serve as the covers of the September 1963 number. In addition to Berrigan and Padgett, contributors to this Summer 1964 number include John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, Frank O'Hara, Barbara Guest, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs, who has signed this copy. The issue contains two… Read More