Yugen Quarterly , First Eight Issues, ed. LeRoi Jones [aka Amiri Baraka] (1934-2014) and Hettie Cohen (b. 1

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Yugen Quarterly, First Eight Issues, ed. LeRoi Jones [aka Amiri Baraka] (1934-2014) and Hettie Cohen (b. 1 New York: Troubador Press [and Totem Press], 1958 [-1962].
Eight separate issues, each a single saddle-stitched signature, with soft covers, most with single color cover illustrations, the first issue with the original subscription slip; issue six with notice of the new periodical, Kulchur inserted; some wear and fading, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (8)
Contributors to Yugen include: Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Gary Snyder, William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Peter Orlovsky, Frank O'Hara, Robert Creeley, Michael McClure, Kenneth Koch, John Ashbery, Gilbert Sorrentino, and others.
Estimate $300-500


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