Caterpillar; A Magazine of the Leaf, a Gathering of the Tribes. With Caterpillar Anthology

New York: Clayton Eshleman, 1967-1973. 20 vols. in 17, small 8vos various paginations; original wrappers; with 12mo paperback book, 503pp in printed wrappers. Wear to wrappers of numbers 2 and 5, others in very good to fine condition; anthology in fine condition. Item #206547

The complete run of Clayton Eshleman's inventive and provocative periodical whose contributrs includes a diverse roster of significant writers and artists: Paul Blackburn, Robert Duncan, Gary Snyder, Cid Corman, Stan Brakhage, Allen Ginsberg, Diane Wakoski, Lorine Niedecker, Charles Olson, Jack Hirschman, Nancy Spero, Leon Golub, David Antin, Jackson Mac Low, Wallace Berman, R.B. Kitaj, Carolee Schneeman, and many others representing varied streams from post-Beat, Black Mountain, and avant-garde sources. This run includes the controversial wrapper on number 2 and is enhanced by the addition of the Caterpillar Anthology, (Anchor/Doubleday, 1971) edited by Eshleman from the first dozen numbers of the magazine and with a bold, psychedelic cover design by Robert La Vigne.

Price: $500.00