Collection: Avant-Garde Magazines and Eros On Trial, 1965–1971 [Herb Lubalin, Ralph Ginzburg]

Avant-Garde magazine, 1968–1971. Published bi-monthly, then quarterly by Ralph Ginzburg and later Frank R. Brady at 110 W. 40th Street, NYC by Avant-Garde Media, Inc. Art Direction by Herb Lubalin.

(12) individual issues including: No. 1, January 1968; No. 2, March 1968; No. 3, May 1968; No. 6, January 1969; No. 7, March 1969; No. 8, September 1969; No. 9, November 1969; No. 10, January 1970; No. 11, March 1970; No. 12, May 1970; No. 13, Spring 1971; and No. 14, Summer 1971. Missing issues No. 4 and No. 5 only.

“As most of the world’s ills are traceable to old imperatives, old superstitions, and old fools, this magazine is exuberantly dedicated to the future.” — Avant-Garde No. 1, January 1968

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With Eros on Trial. Including: A Portfolio of the Most Beautiful Art from Eros. This is the May-June, 1965 issue of Fact magazine, Vol. 2, No. 3 with 64 pages by Ralph Ginzburg. Fact Magazine Inc. Distributed by Avant-Garde, 110 W. 40th Street, NYC. Art Direction by Herb Lubalin.

“The publisher of a magazine ‘devoted to the joys of love and sex’ tells how Post Office censors drove his magazine out of business and condemned him to prison.” With reprinted page layouts from the four issues of Eros, and even a few from the never-published fifth issue.

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A collection of good, original vintage magazines with moderate wear, corner creases and foxing to the covers and light handling throughout. Some wavy covers and interior pages, foxing along the gutter and tight bindings. A few subscription cards have been removed and/or are stuck to the top edge margin from the adhesive seal. Overall, interior pages are well preserved.