Ed Sanders / FUCK YOU A Magazine of the Arts 1st Edition 1962

  
FUCK YOU: A Magazine of the Arts. Edited and published by Ed Sanders. Rare complete 13-issue run of Sanders's infamous little magazine of the mimeo revolution - in extraordinary condition. All issues near fine or better. [M]y vision was to reach out to the'Best Minds' of my generation with a message of Gandhian pacifism, great sharing, social change, the expansion of personal freedom (including the legalization of marijuana), and the then-stirring messages of sexual liberation. A difficult run to assemble under even the best of circumstances - the first issue was handed out for free on the streets of the Lower East Side, both the "Mad Motherfucker" and final issues were subject to confiscation during the Peace Eye raid that ultimately killed FU, and issue 5.1 remains almost inexplicably elusive - this set was put together by the original purchaser and literally pulled from a cabinet in the Village where it had been stored undisturbed for decades. As such, the condition of nearly every issue is practically as the day they were printed.

In particular, the "Mad Motherfucker" issue, with its fragile thermofax cover by Andy Warhol, is stunningly well-preserved. Not only does the cover remain mounted to all staples, but it lacks any of the typical chipping or creasing. It is sharp and bright, with none of the usual muddling caused by exposure to light. I have never seen its equal, nor do I expect to again.

Arguably the quintessential publication of the Mimeo Revolution - radical, obscene, and as its name implies perfectly melding high- and low-brow - FU published many of the defining writers and poets of the era: Ginsberg, Burroughs, Berrigan, Taylor Mead, Corso, Duncan, Whalen, Wieners, Frank O'Hara, etc. Certainly among the best sets of this legendary publication extant. Read more: Steven Clay and Rodney Phillips, From a Secret Location on the Lower East Side, 166-8.

(New York): Fuck You Press, (1962-65). 13 volumes; 11'' x 8.5'' all.

Mimeographed throughout on a variety of colored paper stocks. Issue 12 with original thermofax cover designed by Andy Warhol. Mild wear and soil here and there. Else remarkably bright, sharp, and sound. Type Punch Matrix is a rare book firm founded by Rebecca Romney and Brian Cassidy.

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