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JACKS, JOHN; DOWD, JOHN; EDITORS. Fanzine / Fanzini.
[Garden Bay and Vancouver, B.C.], [1980s?]. - Small quarto [11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], softcover bound between pictorial light blue & red cover sheets with a metal ring binder. The cover sheets are lightly rubbed & soiled and darkened around the edges with heavy darkening to the top 2 inches & inner edge of the rear cover sheet. [184] unnumbered, mechanically reproduced pages, many printed on one side only. The contents include profuse visual poems & conceptual art pieces, of which 1 is printed on pink paper & 2 are in color: a collage of a boy's face & 2 hamburgers and a full-page hand-colored image of a Donald Duck-like character named "Zeke". The contents are very good. According to AMICUS [the Canadian National Catalogue] the concept and design of the periodical are by John Dowd and his co-editor is John Jack Baylin [here referred to as John Jacks], who is known for his involvement in the Canadian Mail Art Network.Rare. One or two copies were located in Canadian libraries, and two copies in the U.S.: one at the Museum of Modern Art and one at the Getty Museum [WorldCat].
Offered for US$ 350.00 by: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. - Book number: 13701
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