Spit in the Ocean (Shirley Abicair’s Set w/ ephemera)

Pleasant Hill: Intrepid Trips Information Service, 1976-1981.
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21cm x 14cm. 6 volumes. Illustrated wrappers. Together with 7 pieces.

Issues 1-6 of the Merry Pranksters literary journal (a 7th and final number not included here was published in 2003) from the collection of Australian zither player Shirley Abicair (1928-2025), with guest editors inlcuding Timothy Leary, Lee Marrs and Richar and Elaine Loren. The set is offered together with seven pieces of related ephemera: promotional poster (35cm x 21.5cm) advertising the series with a coupon for either $1 for the first tissue or $5 for the first seven and on the verso a prose piece ‘Food Stamp Raga’ by Corn Twang (Babbs); Key-Z Productions (Zane and Stephanie Kesey) catalogue of books, videos, audio tapes, attire, and posters; two guest pass tickets to Grateful Dead and New Riders of the Purple Sage at the Lyceum; a guest pass to Grateful Dead at Wembley Stadium; a ticket to The Second Perennial Poetic Hoohaw May 7th 1977 Eugene Oregon; and a broadside promoting Ken Babbs speaking/performance tour for Spit In The Ocean No. 1.

No. 1 is a second printing, rest first printings. Hinges of No. 2 cracking, still holding. Crease to No. 5 upper wrapper. Promo poster with short closed tears to top and bottom edge. Some tanning to Babbs broadside. Very Good Condition.

AU$1,000