ASPEN WALL POSTER 4: THE AMERICAN DREAM (JUNE, 1970)
Aspen: The Aspen Wallposter / Meat Possum Press, Ltd., 1970. First Edition. Item #7992
First Printing (presumed*), one of 500 copies. Large bifolium (measuring 57.25cm x 40.25cm closed, and 57.25cm x 80.25cm), with text and illustrations offset printed in black and red on thick white stock; [4]pp; illus. Mild handling and a small ink arrow at upper left corner of front cover, with two thin black ink marks on p.[2]; Near Fine.
Fourth installment (of seven) in the Aspen Wall Poster series, this one a double issue. Articles include "Aspen, Summer of Hate, 1970, Will the Sheriff be Killed," "Weird Picnic in Boulder," "Wisdom from a Leading Citizen," "Open Letter to Ned Vare," "Homage to Raoul Duke," "Fat City Fun Girl #1 vs "My Lai 4", "Memo to the Homefolks on Independence Day," "Food Stamps and the Red Menace." Masthead titled "Better Living Through Jimson Weed" and lists Thompson as editor, along with Tom Benton. It also shows Oscar Acosta as the L.A. bureau representative and Ralph Steadman as the London bureau representative. Page 3 reprints the "Jilly" nude from the Evergreen Review. *Shoaf notes a reliable source reporting a second printing of 500 copies identical to the first, which we are compelled to mention here for the sake of accuracy. Shoaf A5.
Price: $2,850.00