First issue of Arcade, edited by Martin Leman, issued as a William Burroughs special. Includes Burroughs texts alongside pop-inflected drawings, image sequences, collage, graphic satire, and printed fragments by Jane Beckett, Ron Sandford, Rufus Segar, Stan Peskett, Mike Foreman, and others.
Published in 1964, the issue sits close to Burroughs' cut-up period and the wider underground print culture forming around little magazines, independent presses, visual poetry, and Beat-adjacent publishing. The object is modest, cheaply made, and visually restless: part magazine, part pamphlet, part printed relay for experimental writing and image culture.
A retained paper object from the point where literature, graphic design, pop image, and countercultural distribution overlap.
Format: Softcover magazine / stapled wrappers
Pages: 28
Illustrations: Throughout
Dimensions: Approx. small 12mo format
Publisher: Dodo / Arcade, London, 1964
Editor: Martin Leman
Condition: Good vintage condition. Age toning, light soiling to covers, softened corners, handling wear, and general paper darkening consistent with age.
Shipping and handling included in listed price. Carefully packed and shipped flat.
