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Zustand: New.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. 56 Pages. Features: John Gamble Kirkwood - a personality in science; Breeding machine brains; The Road to Empire - II - an archeological discovery of unusual interest was made during the excavation of a sacred well in Minturnae; Science at the scene of the crime - J. Edgar Hoover with the inside story of how his special agents operate; New high-efficiency fluorescent mercury lamps; Are We Inside a Dark Nebula?; High-Speed Paving for California Aqueduct - fantastic photos; The operation of the human brain; Tracking down your trade mark title; Polar Molecules; Cutting metal underwater using pressurized oxygen; The senses of sight and taste vary greatly between individuals; The amateur telescope maker; World-wide radio; and more. Three-inch opening along top of front cover at spine. Above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Vol. IV, No. 11. Small octavo. 98pp. Stapled wrappers. Wrappers with rubbing and wear, very good or a bit better. A single issue from this important and influential digest, which was the foundation of the Johnson Publishing empire. In addition to excerpting articles by and about African-Americans from other publications, there was also much original content written expressly for the magazine. This issue prints "Sidney Hillman's Last Message to Negroes"; a roundtable discussing the question "Is Labor or Business Fairer To The Negro?"; "The Rape of Justice" by Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. (condensed from *Everybody's Digest*); "How I Beat Jim Crow" by Chatwood Hall (pen name of African-American journalist Homer Smith, Jr.); "Iron Men of Baseball," an article on the Negro league by George C. Morse; "My Father Had 16 Wives" by Okechukwu Ikejian (condensed from *Magazine Digest*); "Jim Crow on the Band Stand" by African-American band leader Phil Moore; "African Beauty Parlor" by Ernest Henry Shrenzel (condensed from *Fascination*); "He Lost 10,000 Years," by Allen Rankin (about African-American artist Bill Traylor, condensed from *Colliers*); "How I Discovered Marian Anderson" by Sol Hurok with Ruth Goode (condensed from their book *Impresario*); and a condensation from the book *Trumpet to the World* by Mark Harris, among other material. Early issues are uncommon.

7 vol. : [4] pp. (each); 7 vol. : 35.5 x 27.8 cm. (no. 1) ; 30.5 x 22.8 cm. (no. 2) ; 30.5 x 22.8 cm. (no. 3) ; 30.3 x 22.8 cm. (no. 4) ; 30.3 x 22.8 cm. (no. 5) ; 30.3 x 22.8 cm. (no. 6) ; 30.6 x 22.8 cm. (no. 7); black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed; Issues 1 - 7 of Scrap from total of 8, published in New York City and edited by Anita Ventura and Sidney Geist between 1960 - 1962. Issue One, contents include : "A Review of Sculpture this Season," by Sidney Geist ; "Report from the Club" featuring Gabriel Laderman, Neil Mallow, Wolf Kahn, Lester Johnson, Harold Cohen, Louis Finklestein, Paul Georges, Sidney Geist, Landes Lewitin, and E.A. Navaretta ; an overheard conversation betweeen Lois Dodd, Sally Hazelet, and Philip Pearlstein ; "I Confess," by Milton Resnick ; "Pollock by Robertson," by Barbara Butler ; an excerpt from "The Metamorphosis of the Gods" by André Malroux. Issue Two, contents include : a dance review of "Peripateia and Tableaux," by Landes Lewitin and Sidney Geist ; Letters to the editor from Irving Sandler and Sonia Gechtoff ; "Dear Scrap" with comments by Sally Hazelet, Mark di Suvero, Thomas B. Hess, Thomas A. Hess, Milton Resnick, James Terry, Stephen Radich, Hilton Kramer, Ad Reinhardt, R. Gordon, David Smith, and Yvonne Thomas ; "Beating the Beat" by Margaret Randall ; "Rauschenberg," by Paul Brach ; "Kanemitsu" by William McLean ; "Duchamp," by Jasper Johns ; and "Letter from India," by Milton Resnick. Issue Three, contents include : an excerpt from a panel conversation with Ad Reinhardt and Milton Resnick ; Letters to the editor from Richard Maxfield, Stanley Fisher ; "Change : Eight Lectures on the I Ching," book review by Adam Margoshes ; "The Totem," by May Swenson ; "Letter on the Maximus Poems," by James Mellow ; and "Sculpture and Other Trouble," by Sidney Geist. Issue Four, contents include : the reproduction of Peter Selz's essay on Mark Rothko published in MoMA's brochure for Rothko's 1961 exhibition along with an annotated critical response to the text by Sidney Geist. Issue Five, contents include : "Cajori," by Louis Finkelstein ; "A View of Rothko's Images," by Sidney Geist ; "Hard Put," by Margaret Randall ; "Brecht Berlin / New York," by Josephine Herbst ; "Manifestoes on the Music and Dance of 8 Clear Places," by Lucia Dlugoszewski; and letters to the editor by Katharine Kuh and David Sylvestor. Issue Six, contents include : "Yellow can be Black," by John Grillo ; "The Source (Desire)," by Mary Frank ; "Why Am I So?," by Philip Pearlstein ; "No Front-Side-Back-Side," by Tom Doyle ; "Taste of Potatoes," by Milton Resnick ; ".A Bad Habit," by Wolf Kahn ; "The Image Central," by Sonia Gechtoff ; "Catalyst for My Art," by Perle Fine ; "Like a Spider I Go," by Pat Passlof ; "I Had an Indian Nurse," by Alfred Jensen ; "m-m-m-m-MM," by Adam Margoshes ; "Brand-New & Terrific," by Alex Katz ; Includes letters to the editor and a report from the Arts Club. Issue Seven, contents include : "A Number of Things : Editorial Observations," by Sidney Geist ; "The Envious Male," by Adam Margoshes ; "A Wide-Open Image," by George Sugarman ; "Report from the Club," and letters to the editor. Very Good. Near complete set, missing Issue 8. Moderate yellowing from age to all issues. Folded in half as issued with some additional folds and occasional small tears to page edges. 2.5 cm. dog-ear to issue 4. Clean and unmarked. All issues from first printing on newsprint.

[1] pp.; 35.7 x 12.7 cm.; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Single sided flyer / announcement published in conjunction with show held May 10 - 31, 1957. Artists include Calvin Albert, Rhys Caparn, Rudolph Condon, Ralph Dorazio, Mary Frank, Sidney Geist, Sidney Gordin, Vance Hunt, Alice Johnson, Allan Kaprow, Gabriel Kohn, Herbert Lent, Israel Levitan, Marguerite, Edgar Negret, Louise Nevelson, Blanche Phillips, James Rosati, Avram Schlemowitz, Carol Cook Smith, George Spaventa, Richard Stankiewicz, Jim Steinhardt, George Sugarman, Lou Trakis, Ruth Vodicka, Wilfrid Zogbaum. Very Good. Hand addressed mailed copy, folded in three as issued, with mailing marks and wear including torn closure sticker and gentle bend to lower left corner when folded. Light discoloration of paper due to the age of the paper, otherwise Fine.