R and R: A Flight Fare Story
Ken Babbs: Ken Babbs, 1984.
First Edition.
28cm x 21.5cm. 25 pages. Illustrated side-stapled pink paper covers.
Self-published short story by Merry Prankster and psychedelic icon Ken Babbs, featuring Marine helicopter pilots Huckelbee and Cochran on R&R at a Japanese brothel, the Five Hundred Club. An early version of what would become, in heavily edited form, chapter 7 of Babbs’ 2011 Vietnam novel, Who Shot the Water Buffalo?. The novel originated from a manuscript Babbs began during his service as a Marine helicopter pilot in Vietnam (1962-63) and took nearly fifty years to reach publication. The present pamphlet is the only known separate printing of any portion of that manuscript, preserving a pre-publication text substantially different from the finished novel. Inscribed by Babbs to counterculture collector and historian Rick Synchef. Unrecorded in OCLC.
Bottom staple rusted. Very minor wear and discolouration to covers. Near Fine Condition.
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AU$500.00
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