NOVA. A broken run of 6 issues from 1967

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NOVA. A broken run of 6 issues from 1967.

London: George Newnes Ltd., February-May, November-December, 1967. Ed. Dennis Hackett. Pagination varies (96pp.-184pp.). Illustrated throughout in colour and b/w.

Features include Irma Kurtz on homosexuality and Leo Abse's proposed new legislation (6pp.); Molly Parkin on Paco Rabanne (6pp.); political theatre; playwright Jane Arden; co-habitation; mobile inflatable homes and domes; Brigid Brophy; painted patterns (Alan Aldridge, Wolff Olins, Zandra Rhodes and Sylvia Ayton, Celia Birtwell and Ossie Clark), including colour photos of Granny Takes a Trip and Hung On You exteriors; short stories by Graham Greene, Brian Aldiss, Len Deighton; full-page ads. for Mary Quant, Slimma with Twiggy, etc.; Dom Moraes on David Frost; 'Violence' (incl. colour photo of The Move smashing their equipment); 'Do Women Like Each Other?' (incl. quotes from Jean Shrimpton, Jeanne Moreau); Sean Connery meets Brigitte Bardot; Robert Lester on meditation (the Beatles and the Maharishi, with full-page colour photo of George Harrison seated cross-legged); computers and the future (5pp.); Nova fashion spreads; more.

A little musty and grubby, with some spotting to covers of two issues and some spine slants. Overall, Good plus to Very Good.

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