ABRACADABRA #1-5 all published

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ABRACADABRA #1-5 (all published).

Luxembourg: 1977-1981. 8vo. Printed glossy wrps. (first issue uncoated), stapled, unpaginated. Ed. Marcello Angioni; contributing editors Franco Beltrametti and Harry Hoogstraten. Illustrated. The majority of texts in English, with some in French, Italian and Dutch.

A complete run of this wide-ranging, genre-fluid publication, featuring experimental poetry, concrete poetry, visual poetry, essays, collages and art from Europe and America.

Contributors (many of them appearing in more than one issue) include -

Issue 1 (1977): Ulises Carrion; Michael Gibbs; Joe Brainard; John Giorno; Philip Whalen; Adriano Spatola; Julien Blaine; James Koller; Suse Hahn; Jack Hirschman; Anne Waldman; Giulia Noccolai; and Peter Nijmeijer. 700 copies printed.

Issue #2 (1977): Steve Lacy; Carl Weissner; John Giorno; Charles Plymell; Clemente Padín; Franco Beltrametti; and Michael Gibbs. 900 copies printed.

Issue #3 (1978): Jochen Gerz; Ted Berrigan; Alice Notley; Charles Bernstein; Richard Kostelanetz; Joanne Kyger; Blaise Cendrars; Maurizio Nannucci; Dick Higgins; and Steve McCaffery. 1000 copies printed.

Issue #4 (1979): John Cage; Brion Gysin; Michael Andre; Ron Silliman; Dick Higgins; Julien Blaine; Marcello Angioni; Millie Graffi; Peter Andersson; Mara Cini; and David Weiss. Print run not stated.

Issue #5 (1981): Tom Raworth; Heathcote Williams; Harry Hoogstraten; The Tinklers; bp nichols; Dieter Roth; Michele Perfetti; Dick Higgins; Gruppo Texto Poetico; Charles Bernstein; Capalula; and Giorgio Bellini. 600 copies printed.

First issue slightly spine-faded, o/w all issues Very Good plus, at least. Complete sets are quite scarce, with the fourth issue especially elusive.

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