24 of the 25 issues published of the short-lived Australian counterculture journal (a duplicate copy of Vol. I, No. 10 bound in place of Vol. II, No. 6), bound in a single volume, edited by Richard Neville and published by Richard Walsh, most issues 28 pp., containing articles and interviews on a wide range of topics including wrestling, the gay liberation movement, modern medicine, theater, youth culture, Allen Ginsberg, film, festivals, drugs, music, the massage industry, martial arts, automobiles, voting, politics, anarchy, and many other subjects. Illustrated profusely throughout with photographs, comics, cartoons, and other drawings, including artwork by Martin Sharp, Michael Luenig, Dickie, and Neil McLean. Some very minor tears, some toning and foxing to fore edge. Tabloid size. Paper wrpps., orig. illustrated self-wrpps. bound in. Some minor soiling to cover. Melbourne (Incorporated Newsagencies Company) 1973-74.

Martin Sharp, Richard Neville, and Richard Walsh rose to prominence in Australia in the 1960s after they founded the famous magazine, Oz. They were twice charged with printing an obscene publication and provoked much controversy. Sharp was best-known for the psychedelic posters and album covers he designed for musicians, including Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, and Cream. Very scarce; although quite common in Australia, as of February 2017, WorldCat locates only one incomplete holding in North America.

Book ID: 48628

Price: $4,500.00