Editore: Florence, MA: Glass Eye Books, 2001
Da: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. 1st edition. Near Fine. 4to, 74pp, stapled wrappers. "Hors Commerce" copy (of an edition of 300 stated) of this effulgent issue of the experimental writing magazine edited by Thurston Moore. Unmarked copy, just about as new with minor wear. Not Signed.
Editore: Artists Workshop Press, Detroit, 1966
Da: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Rivista / Giornale Prima edizione
Magazine. vi, 118p., back cover missing and last pages detached but present (staples too short) poetry, jazz reviews, news, essays, music notation pages, photos, good mimeographed journal in side stapled pictorial blue cover. The rear cover which is missing contained some texts. The issue had been held up by the arrest of Sinclair on marijuana charges. Sinclair and Moore's magazine to represent "New Music" and Jazz. Sinclair was a Detroit poet who was the leader of the White Panther Party, an activist, underground newspaper editor and the manager of the MC5 rock group.
Editore: Artists Workshop Press, Detroit, 1966
Da: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Rivista / Giornale Prima edizione
Magazine. vi, 118p., back cover missing, poetry, jazz reviews, news, essays, music notation pages, photos, good mimeographed journal in side stapled pictorial blue cover. The rear cover which is missing contained some texts. The issue had been held up by the arrest of Sinclair on marijuana charges. Sinclair and Moore's magazine to represent "New Music" and Jazz. Sinclair was a Detroit poet who was the leader of the White Panther Party, an activist, underground newspaper editor and the manager of the MC5 rock group.
Editore: Artists' Workshop Press, Detroit, 1965
Da: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Rivista / Giornale Prima edizione
Magazine. ii, 75p., 8.5x11 inches, editorial, letters, poetry, photos, mimeographed, very good first edition in original side stapled pictorial wraps with cover photo of Charles Moore taken by Robin Eichle. Premier issue of the poetry journal put together by The Artist's Workshop Press and Sinclair, a Detroit poet who was the leader of the White Panther Party, an activist, underground newspaper editor and the manager of the MC5 rock group.
Editore: Artists' Workshop Press Detroit, 1966
Da: ANARTIST, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Softcover music journal, staple-bound, 118 pages; very good condition; light wear to covers; pages toned; no internal marks. Includes writings on John Coltrane, Archie Shepp, Sun Ra, Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman and many others. Foreign shipping may be extra.
Editore: Artists' Workshop Press, Detroit, Michigan, 1965
Da: Tempo Books, Saint Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
First Edition. 8.5" x 11" pp. [3], ii-viii, 78, including a tipped in fold-out petition for jazz musicians and two pages of black and white jazz musician photography. Pumpkin orange wrappers with black and white Archie Shepp on the front cover and Shepp poem printed on the back; overall very good condition with slight wear along the edges and light toning along the top of the back cover. Bound with two staples, secure. The maiden publication for editors John Sinclair and Moore, representing "New Music" and jazz. Hailing from Detroit, Sinclair was the leader of the White Panther Party, activist, MC5 rock group manager, and poet. Includes 10 pages of Sun Ra material, including poems and narrative from Ra's original liner booklet for the 1956 Transition album, which includes: "INSTRUCTIONS TO THE PEOPLES OF EARTH," in which Sun Ra prescribes, "Open your ears so that you can see with the eye of the mind.".
Editore: Artists' Workshop Press: Detroit, 1965
Da: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Photos, 11 x 8.5, pict stapled wraps, 78 pp, front cover browned, worn, spotted and detached, back cover (if there was one) missing, contents used and browned, last few pp edge chipped and edge torn; last pp (77/78) detached. SWAF. Still, a very early John Sinclair publication, with a poem ("Songs of Praise for John Coltrane's"), essays, reviews, etc. by John Sinclair on Jazz. Very scarce -- we only saw a couple of copies of #2 for sale online! Includes the foldout blank petition calling for the passing of an appropriation for $5 million for a National Humanities Foundation, with some of it going for jazz musicians.