Lot 450

Blue Pig.

No.1-14, 16 and 18. Paris/ Northhampton, Sand Project Press, 1967-1968, 16 issues in 15 vols., orig. not unif. dec. mimeographed wr., 4to (1x obl.).

Lot: 450
Auction: Auction 80, 13-17 May 2024
Section: AMERICAN LITERARY AVANT-GARDE BLACK MOUNTAIN, SAN FRANCISCO RENAISSANCE, BEAT GENERATION and NEW YORK POETS
Estimate: €300 – €500
Result: €300
Photos: 2 photos

Condition

First issue w. some vague waterstains on frontwrapper; 14th issue backwrapper detached. Otherwise a fine set.

Notes

Collection of the early Parisian editions of this periodical. In total 23 issues were published. With contributions by Ted Berrigan, Tom Raworth, John Stanton, Andrew Crozier, Anne Waldman, Lewis Warh, Ted Greenwald, Ron Padgett, Larry Fagin, Christine Grodzcki, George Tysh and many others. Covers dec. by i.a. Carl Schurer, Boltanski, Jeff Nuttall, David Batchelder, Ed Hill, Sarkis, Michael Brownstein and Samuel Buri. Clay and Phillips, p.265.