City of San Francisco Oracle: volume 1, number 9, August 1967 by Cohen, Allen, editor - 1967

San Francisco: Oracle Co-operative Publishing Co, 1967. Newspaper. 32p., 11.5x17.5 inches, newsprint, b&w and color illustrations, creased from middle fold, slight even toning, else very good condition. City of God cover, Buckminster Fuller piece.

San Francisco: Oracle Co-operative Publishing Co, 1967. Newspaper. 48p., 11.5x15 inches, tabloid underground newspaper, articles, stories, news, opinion, reviews, interviews, psychedelia, illustrations and photos, centerfold spread, mild rubbing on front cover, horizontal folding crease, and slight toning else very good second printing (No photo credit on title, Newspaper name presentation is *not* pennant-shaped. Cover art by Mark DeVries with a Paul Kagan photo of Allen Ginsberg, Timothy Leary, Alan Watts and Gary Snyder from their transcribed discussion which takes up much of the issue and covers just about every topic pertinent to the period. Centerfold is the Great Prajna Paramita Sutra.

San Francisco: Oracle Co-operative Publishing Co, 1967. Newspaper. 32p., 11.5x15 inch tabloid format newspaper, mild horizontal fold crease, paper evenly toned. From the collection of Richard Synchef, who had editor Allen Cohen sign the front cover in the upper right margin with his trademark doodle. Late issue of the highly influential Haight-Ashbury underground paper. Contents include: "Programming the Psychedelic Experience" by Leary and Metzner, Tarot and Astrological hoohah from Gavin Arthur and Suesan Branaman, plus Dane Rudhyar on "The Buddha Mind", and much poetry, including the centerspread Michael McClure poem, "Poisoned Wheat". Front cover is a handsome two-color abstraction by Bruce Conner.

San Francisco: Oracle Co-operative Publishing Co, 1968. Newspaper. 32p., 11.5x17.5 inch tabloid format newspaper, small chip to spine, paper evenly toned. From the collection of Richard Synchef, who had editor Allen Cohen sign the front cover in the upper right margin with his trademark doodle. 2000 A.D. Symposium cover with Alan Watts, Carl Rogers and Herman Kahn at Esalen. Drop City article.

San Francisco: Oracle Co-operative Publishing Co, 1967. Newspaper. 32p., 11.5x17.5 inch tabloid format newspaper, mild horizontal fold crease, paper evenly toned. From the collection of Richard Synchef, who had editor Allen Cohen sign the front cover in the upper right margin with his trademark doodle. City of God cover, Buckminster Fuller piece.