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Pak, Hyung Woong (ed.), William Carlos Williams, Edwin Morgan, Alan W. Watts, Samuel I. Bellman (review of The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac), et al.. Chicago Review, Volume 13, Number 1 (Winter-Spring 1959). Chicago: Chicago Review, 1959.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: VG+. 8vo, 92pp (including plates), printed wrappers. The first post-Irving Rosenthal issue (Vol. 12, No. 4 was famously suppressed and became Big Table). Includes a critical review of Jack Kerouac's "The Dharma Bums" by Samuel I. Bellman. Small "Do Not Remove from Journalism Library" stamp to cover, a few stray ink markings to review of Boris Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago" (no other markings).

Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Editor- Irving Rosenthal. Big Table Number 1- Spring 1959. Big Table, Inc., 1959.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: This old book is clean, solid and in great shape! This is a softcover book with 152 pages. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The third page has a crease mark and a short (1/4 inch) closed tear along the fore edge. The pages are otherwise clean with no writing or soiling. The copyright page shows 1959 as the published date. The covers show just a hint of edgewear and some light soiling. This old book looks and feels great! We always ship in a sturdy cardboard box!

Seller: THIS OLD BOOK, Brookfield, IL, U.S.A.

Kerouac, Jack; Burroughs, William S.; Corso, Gregory. Big Table 1.. Big Table, Inc., CHI, 1959.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Includes "Old Angel Midnight" by Kerouac, "Ten Episodes from Naked Lunch" by Burroughs, and "Power, Army, and Police" by Corso. Browning to spine and covers, but solid and uncreased.

Seller: Eliot Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.

Jack Kerouac, Edward Dahlberg, William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Irving Rosenthal (ed). Big Table Number 1: Spring 1959- The Complete Contents of the Suppressed Winter 959 Chicago Review. Big Table, Inc, 1959.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Contains "Old Angel Midnight" by Kerouac, "Further Sorrows of Priapus" and "The Garment of Ra" by Dahlberg, and "Ten Episodes From Naked Lunch" by Burroughs. Worn on edges and corners, tanned all over and throughout. A few light stains on cover. Clean and unmarked inside.

Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Rosenthal, Irving (ed.), Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Edward Dahlberg, et al.. Big Table 1 (1959 - contains the complete contents of the suppressed Winter 1959 Chicago Review, including a selection from Naked Lunch). Chicago: Big Table, Inc., 1959.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Near VG. 8vo, 160pp, printed wrappers. The significant first issue of this important and influential Beat Generation literary magazine, containing the content of the suppressed Winter 1959 Chicago Review. Includes a selection from Naked Lunch (Schottlaender C6), plus Old Angel Midnight by Kerouac, three poems by Gregory Corso, and writing by Edward Dahlberg. Unmarked copy, internally sound with some toning and light stains to covers (and first interior leaf), a little spine lean.

Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Kerouac, Jack; Burroughs, William; et al.. Big Table. Number 1. Chicago: Big Table, Inc., 1959.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 5 ¼ in. x 8 in. 152 pp. with 6 pp. of ads at the back. Printed wraps. The spine has darkened, and there is some dusting. The cover lists some contents, and states: "The complete contents of the suppressed Winter 1959 Chicago Review." An editorial statement condemns the censorship and lauds the efforts of the editors and publishers of Big Table to right the wrong.

Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.

Burroughs, William; Kerouac, Jack. Big Table 1. Big Table, Chicago, 1959.

Price: US$58.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Founded when several editors of the Chicago Review resigned after the contents of the Spring 1958 issue were suppressed, in large part due to excerpts accepted from William Burroughs then-novel-in-progress, Naked Lunch. Taking the contents from that issue, editors Irving Rosenthal and Paul Carroll put out the inaugural issue under the banner of "Big Table," a name suggested by Jack Kerouac. This first issue was then promptly seized by the US Postal Service for obscenity. In the wake of Judge Woolsey's ULYSSES decision, the magazine was later allowed to distribute and publish and went on to become "crucial in bringing the underground to those [.] waiting in the wings of small-town America" (Clay and Phillips, p. 45). This issue prints Kerouac's "Old Angel Midnight," two texts by Edward Dahlberg, ten "episodes" from NAKED LUNCH, and three poems by Gregory Corso. Mild rubbing, darkening to the covers.

Seller: Sekkes Consultants, North Dighton, MA, U.S.A.

Irving Rosenthal [Editor]. Big Table Number 1. Big Table, 1959.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Publisher: Big Table, Chicago, Spring 1959.NEAR FINE in lightly soiled paper wraps, as issued. Features Jack Kerouac's "Old Angel Midnight" by Kerouac, and "Ten Episodes From Naked Lunch" by William S. Burroughs.

Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.

Rosenthal, irving (Ed.). BIG TABLE 1; The Complete Contents of the Suppressed Winter 1959 Chicago Review. Big Table, Inc, Chicago IL, 1959.

Price: US$60.50 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 8vo. 158pp. Wraps. BIG TABLE was launched in 1959 following the suppression of the Winter 1958 issue of The Chicago Review.and included Jack Kerouac's long narrative poem Old Angel Midnight, ten episodes from Burrough's Naked Lunch, which would first be published in its entirety later that year by the Olympia Press in Paris,three poems by Gregory Corso and The Garment of Ra and Further Sorrows of Priapus by Edward Dahlberg. A very collectible copy of important beat era publication. Subscription postcard laid in.

Seller: Anthology Booksellers, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

Rosenthal, Irving (editor); Kerouac, Jack; Dahlberg, Edward; Burroughs, William S., Corso, Gregory; et al.. Big Table 1, Spring 1959 - The Complete Contents of the Suppressed Winter 1959 Chicago Review. Big Table, Chicago, IL, 1959.

Price: US$64.95 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Volume 1, Spring, 1959. Clean and tightly bound in illustrated wraps. Exceptionally nice copy with fine, tight contents and only slight rubbing to covers.

Seller: Bookworks, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

Burroughs, Williams S. - Jack Kerouac, Edward Dahlberg. Ten Episodes from Naked Lunch / Old Angel Midnight [Big Table 1]. Big Table, Chicago, IL, 1959.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Description: Very Good, bound in original wraps. Some toning, staining and foxing to wraps. Interior is toned, unmarked, binding intact. 8vo. Contains the complete contents of the suppressed winter 1959 'Chicago Review' issue. Includes excerpts from 'Naked Lunch,' the first appearance of Old Angel Midnight by Kerouac, three poems by Gregory Corso, pieces by Edward Dahlberg.

Seller: Evolving Lens Bookseller, Kingston, NY, U.S.A.

Rosenthal, Irving, Editor. Big Table 1 Spring 1959. Big Table, Inc, Chicago, 1959.

Price: US$110.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: This is the first of five issues published by the magazine Big Table. It conatins the complete contents of the suppressed *Winter 1959 Chicago Review*, which consisted of "Ten Episodes from *Naked Lunch*" by William S. Burroughs, "Old Angel Midnight" by Jack Kerouac, two pieces by Edward Dahlberg and three poems from Gregory Corso. *Maynard and Miles* C6. Conditon is VG+ withlight wear to edges and corners and a small crease aross the lowere right corner.A subscription card is laid in. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 152 + ads pages

Seller: The Ridge Books, Calhoun, GA, U.S.A.

Kerouac, Jack ("Old Angel Midnight") and William Burroughs (Ten Episodes from "Naked Lunch"), Edward Dahlberg, Gregory Corso. Big Table #1. Big Table, 1959.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Literary Magazine. Square bound. This first issue of "Big Table" includes the entire contents of the suppressed winter 1959 issue of the Chicago Review, after the University of Chicago administration would not allow contributions by William S. Burroughs or Jack Kerouac. 152 pages and ads. With subscription card laid in. VERY GOOD. All corners pointed. Binding square and firm. Without tears, creases, bumps or chips. With age toning to cover edges and spine. Not marked. All items carefully wrapped and sent boxed.

Seller: Tree Frog Fine Books and Graphic Arts, Beaverton, OR, U.S.A.

Rosenthal, Irving (#1), Paul Carroll (#2-5) edit. Big Table. Big Table Inc. First American editions 1959-1960, Chicago, 1959.

Price: US$167.97 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Issues #1-5, a complete set. Born of the University of Chicago's refusal to publish 'Old Angel Midnight' by Jack Kerouac and 'Ten Episodes from Naked Lunch' by William Burroughs in the 'Chicago Reader', both included in 'Big Table' #1 – suppressed by the Chicago Post Office, the ban overturned by the courts, into print and creating enough momentum for the four issues that followed, containing work by, among many: Antonin Artaud, John Ashbery, Paul Blackburn, Paul Bowles, Edward Dahlberg, Robert Duncan, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jean Genet, Allen Ginsberg, Leon Golub, Franz Kline, Pablo Neruda, 'The New Poets', Frank O'Hara, and Harold Rosenberg; and, from this distance, wonderful period advertising for bookshops, publishers and books; and, appearing contemporaneously with the Penguin Lady Chatterley controversy and trial in London, an indicator of the literature of the decade about to begin. Pictorial wrappers. Covers rubbed, extremities darkened, remnants of stain to bottom right corner of #1. Good. The five issues

Seller: Badger Books, Woollahra, NSW, Australia

(BURROUGHS, William S.; Jack Kerouac, Edward Dahlberg and Gregory Corso) ROSENTHAL, Irving, edited by. Big Table 1. Big Table, Inc, Chicago, 1959.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Magazine. Perfectbound wrappers. With subscription card laid in. Toning to the front cover, near fine. This issue reprints the complete contents of the suppressed Winter 1959 issue of *Chicago Review*, which consisted of "Ten Episodes from *Naked Lunch*" by William S. Burroughs; "Old Angel Midnight" by Jack Kerouac; two pieces by Edward Dahlberg; and three poems from Gregory Corso. An attractive copy. *Maynard and Miles* C6.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

(BURROUGHS, William S.; Jack Kerouac, Edward Dahlberg and Gregory Corso) ROSENTHAL, Irving, edited by. Big Table 1. Big Table, Inc, Chicago, 1959.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Magazine. Perfectbound wrappers with modest toning and wear, just about near fine with subscription card laid in. This issue reprints the complete contents of the suppressed Winter 1959 issue of *Chicago Review*, which consisted of "Ten Episodes from *Naked Lunch*" by William S. Burroughs; "Old Angel Midnight" by Jack Kerouac; two pieces by Edward Dahlberg; and three poems from Gregory Corso. An attractive copy. *Maynard and Miles* C6.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

ROSENTHAL, Irving (editor No. 1) and CARROLL, Paul (editor Nos. 2, 3. 4). Big Table 1 / Big Table 2 / Big Table 3 / Big Table 4. Big Table, Inc, Chicago, 1959.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: First four issues (Volume I, Nos. 1-4). Small 8vo. Stiff pictorial wrappers. 152pp, (6pp ads); 122pp, (2pp ads); 120pp; 141pp, (3pp ads). Illustrations (one foldout). Very good to near fine. Handsome, tight and near complete (4 out of 5) set of this short-lived Beat quarterly that begins with the premiere issue (Spring 1959) and the first appearance of Jack Kerouac's "Old Angel Midnight" and William S. Burroughs' "Ten Episodes from Naked Lunch," along with contributions from Edward Dahlberg and Gregory Corso -- these first two of which brought obscenity charges from the U.S. Postal Service. Three following issues likewise feature a "Who's Who" of contributors that include Leon Golub, Paul Bowles, Brother Antoninus, Andre Breton, Paul Blackburn, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsburg, Robert Duncan, John Ashbery, Aaron Siskind, Robert Creeley, Norman Mailer, Peter Orlovsky, Jean Genet, Richard G. Stern and many others. Subscription form laid into first volume along with 23 June 1959 "Chicago Daily News" clipping "Call Beatnik Magazine Obscene." A superb grouping.

Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA, Galena, IL, U.S.A.

[COMPLETE RUNS]. Rosenthal, Irving and Paul Carroll. eds.. Big Table 1-5 (complete).. Chicago: Big Table (1959-1960)., 1959.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Description: Five issues, all near fine in illustrated wrappers (light toning to spine of #1). Created from the furor over suppression of portions of William S. Burroughs' NAKED LUNCH, Big Table went on be a major forum for "Beat" writers including Kerouac, Ginsberg, Ferlinghetti, Corso, and Bowles, but would embrace the Black Mountain and NY schools quickly and thoroughly. Bookplate of Joanne [Kyger] and Jack Boyce inside the front covers of 2-5. A sharp set:

Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Kerouac, Jack, Dahlberg, Edward, Burroughs, William, Corso, Gregory (Rosenthal, Irving ed.). BIG TABLE ISSUES 1 & 3. Big Table Inc., Chicago, 1959.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The first issue of this literary magazine formed in response to the censoring of William Burroughs' "Naked Lunch" and any work from Jack Kerouac. Editor Rosenthal was told not to publish Burroughs or Kerouac in the upcoming winter issue of "The Chicago Review" a literary publication from the University of Chicago. With help from Alan Ginsberg, and Gregory Corso who both promised financial and promotional aid, "Big Table" was started. THIS COPY IS SIGNED BY ALAN GINSBERG, GREGORY CORSO AND PETER ORLOVSKY. The signatures were obtained while the trio were likely on a promotional reading tour for the new publication at Harvard University March 26,1959. Ginsberg writes below his signature "salesman". "During the course of the question period which followed the reading, Mr. Ginsberg and Mr. Corso entertained the audience with some amusing observations on the "beat generation." Mr. Ginsberg allowed as how he thought "being called a beatnik is a real drag: I'm a poet;" and called spontaneity the foundation of his work--"Writing poetry is like going to the bathroom." No writer attributed, Harvard Crimson, March 27, 1959 Original mail order card loosely inserted. A small hand typed and signed note (inserted) from the person who acquired the signatures states they were obtained at the Lowell Lecture Hall in the spring of 1959 and that he attended with Valerie Shaw.

Seller: Charles Thomas Bookseller, Stratham, NH, U.S.A.

William Burroughs/Jack Kerouac/Gregory Corso. Big Table 1. Big Table Inc, Chicago, 1959.

Price: US$850.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Edition/First Printing. Softcover original. Very good plus in wrappers. Signed by Burroughs and Corso on the contents page. Contains the complete contents of the suppressed winter 1959 Chicago Review issue. Includes excerpts from Naked Lunch (Burroughs), the first appearance of Old Angel Midnight (Kerouac) and three poems by Gregory Corso. The editorial included recaps the events leading to the suppressed Chicago Review and the launch of Big Table. Laid in is the Big Table subscription card.

Seller: MDS BOOKS, Mississauga, ON, Canada

Rosenthal, Irving (ed.) [Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, Edward Dahlberg, et al]. Big Table no. 1, Spring 1959. Chicago: Big Table Inc., 1959.

Price: US$1500.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Big Table, Chicago, 1959. Condition: Good. First Edition. Small 8vo. Printed wraps. [152]pp.: Excellent previous ownership copy belonging to Frank O'Hara, signed by O'Hara to the first page in black ink and dated "New York, 1959". Additionally signed by O'Hara in pencil to the cover. The inaugural issue of Big Table offers "the complete contents of the suppressed winter 1959 Chicago Review. After the administration at University of Chicago Press would not allow contributions by William S. Burroughs or Jack Kerouac in the Chicago Review, editor Irving Rosenthal resigned and launched Big Table. Features the first ten episodes from Burroughs landscape altering Naked Lunch, thus, its first printing in any form. 400 copies of the magazine, mailed to subscribers, were seized and impounded by the Chicago Post Office, deemed obscene and filthy it has no redeeming value. Editor Rosenthal sued the Post Office in the District Court of Chicago, where Judge Julius Hoffman ruled it not obscene. Printed in an unusually large run of 10,000 copies, Big Table served as a proving ground for Burroughs and others. Maurice Girodias of the Olympia Press took notice and gambled that if Burroughs, Kerouac, et al could be printed in an edition of that size, it was worth attempting a publication of 5,000 copies of Naked Lunch, which he would do promptly the same year. A more intriguing copy can hardly be imagined, as poet O'Hara had a taut, at best, relationship with Kerouac. A notorious 1959 poetry reading at the Living Theatre in New York saw Kerouac drunkenly heckle O'Hara with the line "you are ruining American poetry, O Hara", while O'Hara clapped back "that's more than you ever did for it". Big Table issue number one stands as a landmark publication and snapshot of a literary world turning on its axis as the 50's faded into the 60's. In Good condition with some water staining to the front cover, which affects the top and bottom page block, but does affect the interior pages. Typical age toning throughout and extremely light edge wear, with definite creasing to the spine. Binding has become loose, leaving glue residue on the first page, but is still very much intact. All said, a sound copy of an important publication with a better previous ownership hardly imaginable.

Seller: Mast Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.