CATERPILLAR

(A magazine of the leaf, a gathering of the tribes.).

[#14381]

Nos. 1-20 (all publ.). New York, NY, Oct. 1967 - Jul. 1970. Sq. 8vo., original pictorial wrappers, all in very good to near mint condition.

Together 18 issues (8/9 and 15/16 are double) varying in size from 150-300 pp., with illustrations and photographs. Edited & publ. by Clayton Eshleman. contribs. by Paul Blackburn, Robert Duncan, Gary Snyder, Nora Jaffe, Cid Corman, Jerome Rothenberg, J. MacLow, K. Irby, Allen Ginsberg, Carolee Schneeman, Stan Brakhage, Akutagawa, César Vallejo, Stephen Jonas, etc. Number 20 also counted as volume 5 no. 4; the first issues are particularly scarce as they appeared in a small edition only. Covers by Nancy Spero, Carolee schneemann, Will Petersen, Michael McClure, Jess, Robert LaVigne, Robert Kelly, Leon Golub, Wallace Berman a.o. The second number with the sexually explicit cover designed by Carolee Schneemann was suppressed and is rare.