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Michael Andre, ed.Unmuzzled Ox, #23-26 [signed by Gerard Malanga, Charles Henri Ford, and Ira Cohen]New York: Unmuzzled Ox, 1984 - 1989. Offset on newsprint. Folios in illustrated self-wraps. [24] pp, [37] pp, [35] pp, [49] pp. 17 1/4 x 11 in. Toning, issue 25 with minor foxing, creasing around fold lines.Unmuzzled Ox was a magazine of poetry, art, and politics founded in 1971 by poet Michael Andre and ran until 2001. The magazine frequently featured work by prominent writers and intellectuals including William S. Burroughs, Ezra Pound, Allen Ginsberg, Margaret Atwood, Gregory Corso, and Charles Henri Ford. The four issues collected for this set form the entirety of Vol. 12 (1984-1989), in which poets influenced by Ezra Pound's Cantos wrote their own supplementary cantos. These copies signed by Gerard Malanga, Ira Cohen, and Charles Henri Ford, all influential artists of the era involved in this long-running magazine.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

Michael Andre, ed. — Unmuzzled Ox #23-26 [signed]

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Le Sony’R Ra / Sun RaThe Immeasurable Equation Vol. I [and] Extensions Out: The Immeasurable Equation Vol. IIVol. 1 — Philadelphia: El Saturn Records, 1985. Offset. Saddle-stapled. 8 ½ x 5 ½ in. Wraps' upper corner bumped.Vol. 2 — Chicago: Infinity Inc. / Saturn Research, 1972. Offset from typescript. Side-stapled. 134 pp, rectos only. 11 x 8 ½ in. Wraps detaching.A complete set of The Immeasurable Equation. While Sun Ra’s poetry remains a more obscure part of his oeuvre, it was an essential site of experimentation for his creative output, serving as a credo for his visionary creativity and style. These two volumes contain 132 poems, constituting a significant portion of Sun Ra’s published literary works.Volume I was widely distributed and more commonly seen; members of the Arkestra often sold copies at performances in several different editions over the years. The present edition was published in 1985 and includes 28 poems, along with photography by Donna Paul and Allan Tannenbaum. It is one of the more illustrated examples we have seen.Published in 1972 (the same year as the first edition of Vol. I), the extremely rare Extensions Out: The Immeasurable Equation Vol. II saw far less distribution. It contains 104 poems.“All equations together are two immeasurable equations because of the immeasurable presence of the non-being in duality of the balanced oneness of the two."Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

Sun Ra — The Immeasurable Equation, Vols. I and 2

[Free Jazz]Four ESP-Disk CatalogsNew York: ESP-Disk, 1967-1971. Offset. 2 vols newsprint folios, one saddle-stapled in self-wraps, one saddle-stapled in illustrated wraps (4 vols total). 3 vols 20 pp, one vol [6] pp. From 16 1/2 x 11 1/2 in to 9 x 6 in. Minor toning, two with original horizontal folds.Four ESP-Disk catalogs, likely a complete set of their printed catalogs, comprising:The 1967 “We Mass Produce Art Objects That When Properly Manipulated Make Innovational Sounds to Be Dug: 1967 ESP Disk Trade Catalog,” covering the label’s first 60 releases; the 1969 “Special Complete ESP Catalog,” with the Business Reply Mail envelope loosely inserted; “ESP Volume One, Number One,” the premier issue of the 1971 ESP publication that looked to “provide news of artists, their lyrics, and other data concerning the listening experience”; and “ESP-Disk,” a 1971 catalog featuring cover art from Gilbert Shelton. Besides these four, we have traced no additional ESP catalogs in institutional holdings or in the trade.ESP was a key actor in bringing free jazz to the larger jazz world, releasing records by Albert Ayler, Pharoah Sanders, Sun Ra, and Milford Graves. Originally founded by Bernard Stollman as a label to promote the Esperanto language, ESP promptly shifted course after Stollman heard Ayler play at the Baby Grand Bar in 1964: the avant-garde saxophonist's landmark record Spiritual Unity was the label’s second release.Often a source of frustration and fury for the musicians who worked with him due to meager or nonexistent payments, Stollman was guided by an attractive and liberating philosophy: “the artists alone decide what you will hear on their ESP-DISK.” As such, while the label was not particularly profitable, its output gained outsized influence and achieved remarkable contemporary resonance. Stollman eventually expanded the label’s range, releasing records in other avant-garde traditions, including proto-noise band The Godz and Ed Sanders’ band The Fugs.“All of the sounds in this catalog have one thing in common . . . . . They were made by free men, doing their own thing.”Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

[Free Jazz] — Four ESP-Disk Catalogs

[John Coltrane]One Mind Temple pamphletSan Francisco: One Mind Temple, [1971]. Offset. Bifolium. 5 ⅜ x 4 ¼ in. Two spots of light discoloration to verso and mild edgewear.&nbsp;Devotional fold-out pamphlet from the One Mind Temple, later known as the John Coltrane Church, featuring a fragment of the liner notes to A Love Supreme with a facsimile of Coltrane’s signature.&nbsp;oth the liner notes and album were foundational texts for the Coltrane Church.The saxophonist was first canonized as a saint by the Temple, and a few years later he was worshiped as God, or as an incarnation of the divine. Located in San Francisco's Fillmore district, the church was a community and mutual aid hub, with connections to the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton, among other Bay Area community organizations. By 1982, the Temple had been consecrated into the African Orthodox Church.Printed as the church had its first major reorganization, moving to their famous Divisadero Street location and becoming the “One Mind Temple,” this pamphlet documents the lasting influence of Coltrane’s studies of spirit and divinity.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

[John Coltrane] — One Mind Temple pamphlet

Peter BesteNorwegian Black MetalTokyo: Seiunsha, 2005. Offset. Publisher's cloth, titled in silver on upper board. Japanese translation of the preface by Aaron Aites printed on transparent paper and tipped in. 36 pp. 12 x 8 ½ in.First Japanese edition of documentary photographer Peter Beste’s visual exploration of the chaos and violence of the black metal. Features dramatic portraits of members of the notorious and insular subculture.Printed in a limited edition of 3,000 on the occasion of a presentation of Beste’s work in Tokyo and Osaka. A handsome copy.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

Peter Beste — Norwegian Black Metal [first Japanese edition]

Gregory Corso; Michael Andre, ed.Unmuzzled Ox, Volume Two, #1 &amp; 2 [inscribed by Corso]New York: Unmuzzled Ox / the Print Center, 1973. Offset. Perfect bound. 8 1/4 x 5 3/8 in. [126pp.] Number 35 of 60. Clean example; with light bumping to fore-edge.Trade edition of Unmuzzled Ox, volume two, number one and two [one issue], signed and inscribed with a poem by Gregory Corso. The publication features poems by d.a. levy, Paul Eluard, Rober Kelly, David Ignatow, Marge Piercy, Hugh Seidman, and others.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

Gregory Corso; Michael Andre, ed. — Unmuzzled Ox, Volume Two, #1 & 2 [inscribed]

Allen GinsbergCosmopolitan Greetings: Poems 1986-1992 [signed]New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1994. First edition. Quarter black cloth over black boards, in dustjacket, fore-edge uncut. 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. 118 pp. Dustjacket spine sunned as usual, very minor wear at head and tail.Signed first edition of Allen Ginsberg's collected late poems Cosmopolitan Greetings.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

Allen Ginsberg — Cosmopolitan Greetings: Poems 1986-1992 [signed]

Allen GinsbergImprovised Poetics [presentation copy]Buffalo: Anonym Books, 1971. First edition. In wraps with photographic portrait of Ginsberg. [iv], 52 pp. 6 3/4 x 5 in. Inscribed on the title-page. Wraps just beginning to separate, otherwise a nice copy.First edition, presentation copy, inscribed to Judith Malina of the Living Theatre, "11/8/86 For Judith" and signed. Limited to 2000 copies, this book is a transcription of a discussion between Allen Ginsberg, Michael Aldrich, Edward Kissam, and Nancy Bleeker at Ginsberg’s farm in Cherry Valley, New York, on November 26, 1968.&nbsp;The text deals with the act of writing, the way poems appear on a page, and the ways that people read poems and speak them in their minds. From the introduction by Mark Robinson, “[the book’s] main prosodic concern centers around the notion that: the line is a measure of thought. It also shows how poetry is mapped and/or charted in Ginsberg’s and his contemporaries’ practice. Which carries the further implication: how to read.” Ginsberg later taught classes on Improvised Poetics at Naropa, and continued to write about and develop this idea so central to his compositional method.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

Allen Ginsberg — Improvised Poetics [presentation copy]

Allen Ginsberg; Barry Miles, Ted Berrigan, edsLong Hair, vol. 1. no. 1London and New York:&nbsp;Lovebooks Ltd,&nbsp;1965. First edition. Illustrated wraps with portrait of Ginsberg. 80 pp. 7 7/8 x 6 3/8 in. Wraps lightly toned.&nbsp;A short-lived literary journal published by underground press mainstay Barry Miles, founder of International Times and owner of Indica Books, with Ted Berrigan serving as the New York editor. This first issue includes Allen Ginsberg’s “Ankor Wat,” as well as contributions from Tuli Kupferberg, Michael Horovitz, Gerard Malanga, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Ron Padgett, free jazz musician Archie Shepp, and others. A nice example of transatlantic counterculture.Condition as described in catalogue note. For further information on the condition of this lot please email <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="mailto:info@boo-hooray.com">info@boo-hooray.com</a>. All lots are sold on an "as is" basis at the time of sale. Images form a part of the condition description for each lot, though images online may represent hues and shades which differ from the actual item.

Michael Andre, ed. — Unmuzzled Ox #23-26 [signed]

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