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Big Venus.

Title
Big Venus. Nos. 1-4
Publication
London, England : Big Venus, 1969-

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TextPermit needed Berg Coll+ Counterculture B54 1969Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

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Additional Authors
  • Ashbery, John, 1927-2017.
  • Buck, Fred.
  • Chaloner, David.
  • Dowden, George.
  • Eigner, Larry, 1927-1996.
  • Eshelman, Clayton.
  • Fisher, Allen, 1944-
  • Hemensley, Kris.
  • Hollo, Anselm.
  • James, John, 1939-2018.
  • MacSweeney, Barry.
  • Malanga, Gerard.
  • Marlatt, Daphne
  • Montgomery, Stuart.
  • Riley, Peter, 1940-
  • Raworth, Tom.
  • Kimberly, Nick.
  • Eden, Erica.
  • Eden, Roy.
Description
4 v.; 27 cm
Summary
  • Big Venus published both British and American avant-garde poets.
  • With contributions by John Ashbery, Fred Buck, David Chaloner, Andrew Crozier, Bob Cobbing, Bill Butler, George Dowden, Larry Eigner, Clayton Eshleman, Allen Fisher, Kris Hemensley, Anselm Hollo, John James, Gerard Malanga, Barry MacSweeney, Daphne Marlatt, Stuart Montgomery, Tom Raworth, Peter Riley, and others.
Series Statement
Big Venus
Uniform Title
Queen camel, sister to Big Venus.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Periodicals.
Note
  • Issue no. 4 called also: Queen camel, sister to Big Venus ; "Queen camel is Big Venus no. 4" (foot of first page).
  • Title from cover.
  • Edited by Nick Kimberley, who worked in London’s Compendium Bookstore. He would later open his own bookstore, Duck Soup, and then became a music critic.
  • Nos. 1-3 printed by Roy and Erica Eden ; no. 4 by Cilla Woodhouse.
  • Issue no. 1 in large, rectangular proportions, mimeographed and stab-stapled in red, printed wrappers; issues 2-4 each in medium, near-square proportions, mimeographed or ditto-machined, and saddle-stapled into printed (issue no. 2) and pictorial wrappers.
  • Issue no. 2 in yellow wrappers; no. 3 in salmon-colored wrappers, featuring cropped photographed of woman’s torso; no. 4 in pale green wrappers, featuring ancient Egyptian-inspired drawing of a Pharaoh on throne.
  • Title Big Venus appears on copyright page of each issue.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access
Indexed In (note)
  • Miller & Price
Numbering (note)
  • 1st three issues lack numbering; however, the 2nd issue is called: Big, big Venus, and the 3rd: Big, big, big Venus.
Source of Description (note)
  • Latest issue consulted: 4 (1969).
Call Number
Berg Coll+ Counterculture B54 1969
LCCN
sn 88022692
OCLC
2781465
Title
Big Venus. Nos. 1-4
Imprint
London, England : Big Venus, 1969-
Series
Big Venus
Numbering
1st three issues lack numbering; however, the 2nd issue is called: Big, big Venus, and the 3rd: Big, big, big Venus.
Indexed In:
Miller & Price, D69.
Access
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Added Author
Ashbery, John, 1927-2017. Contributor
Buck, Fred. Contributor
Chaloner, David. Contributor
Dowden, George. Contributor
Eigner, Larry, 1927-1996. Contributor
Eshelman, Clayton. Contributor
Fisher, Allen, 1944- Contributor
Hemensley, Kris. Contributor
Hollo, Anselm. Contributor
James, John, 1939-2018. Contributor
MacSweeney, Barry. Contributor
Malanga, Gerard. Contributor
Marlatt, Daphne Contributor
Montgomery, Stuart. Contributor
Riley, Peter, 1940- Contributor
Raworth, Tom. Contributor
Kimberly, Nick. Editor
Eden, Erica. Printer
Eden, Roy. Printer
Added Title
Queen camel, sister to Big Venus.
Research Call Number
Berg Coll+ Counterculture B54 1969
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