Jack Spicer's "J" w/3 by Brautigan 1959

Heading: (Brautigan, Richard)
Author: Spicer, Jack, editor
Title: J No. 4
Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher:J
Date Published: 1959
Description:

[36] pp. mimeograph printed. Cover by Fran Herndon. Corner-stapled sheets in printed and hand-painted cover. 28x22 cm (11x8 1/2").
Includes the first appearances of Brautigan's "The Pumpkin Tide," "The Sidney Greenstreet Blues" and "Surprise." Other contributors include: Robert Duncan, Joanne Kyger, Donald Allen, John Ryan, George Stanley, Jack Spicer. Scarce copy of this issue Jack Spicer's influential journal.

Jack Spicer's J ran for eight issues: Nos. 1-5 were edited by Spicer in North Beach where contributions were left in a box marked "J" in The Place, a bar on Grant Avenue in San Francisco; Nos. 6 and 7 (an Apparition of the late J) were edited by George Stanley in San Francisco and New York City respectively while no. 8 was edited by Harold Dull in Rome. Spicer believed that poetry was for poets and the magazine had a small circulation but cast a long shadow.
Condition Report: Front cover detached at staple; else near fine.