"The Award Avant-Garde Reader" (1965)

New York City: Award Books (book, anthology), 1965.
7" x 4.25" x 0.625", 254 pages, softcover, "A135N".

The Award Avant-Garde Reader edited by Gil Orlovitz, as published in softcover by Award Books (New York City) in 1965.

This contains the first appearance of William S. Burroughs "Proclaim Present Time Over", pp. 11-23.

A second copy in less crisp shape is also in the archive.

Maynard & Miles B17.
Shoaf II.21. Not in Schottlaender.

Contents:

• Gil Orlovitz: Introduction
• William S. Burroughs: "Proclaim Present Time Over"
• Michel Butor: "Passage de Milan"
• Jean Cocteau: "The Fantom of Marseilles"
• Peter Jones: "The Open House of Asmodeus the Tortoise"
• Thomas McEvilley III: "Wakerobin"
• Gil Orlovitz: "I'm Just in Sparta on a Visit"
• Antonio Pizzuto: "Ravenna"
• Edoardo Sanguinetti: "Capriccio Italiano"
• Sol Yurick: "Someone Just Like Me"