'Oz Magazine', London, OZ Publications Ink, 10 assorted issu...

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£500

'Oz Magazine', London, OZ Publications Ink, 10 assorted issues 1967-68 of the independent alternative/underground counterculture magazine founded & edited by Richard Neville, and with many issues with cover art by, and containing superb cartoon, pop art and psychedelic art illustrations by co founder Martin Sharp, and whose staff writers included Germaine Greer, Philippe Mora, Lillian Roxon, Michael Leunig, Angelo Quattrocchi, Barney Bubbles & David Widgery. Issues comprising: Oz No.4, June 1967, with large fold out Hapshash and the Coloured Coat cover poster by Michael English & Nigel Waymouth, Martin Sharp Tarot cards images to the reverse, Oz Sheet No.1 insert loosely inserted at end; Oz No.6 'OZ & Other Scenes', August 1967, Martin Sharp cover illustration; Oz No.7, October 1967, Bob Dylan 'Blowin in the Mind' psychedelic cover by Martin Sharp; Oz No.9, February 1968, UFO issue with flying saucer cover art by Martin Sharp, internal single page artwork 'If I could turn you on...' by Martin Sharp; Oz No.10 'Pornography of Violence, March 1968, cover art by Martin Sharp, 2 page poster inside cover Incinderjell photomontage, other Vietnam War related content, Martin Sharp cartoons along bottom third of most of this issue; Oz No.11, April 1968, Dayglo Martin Sharp 'sticker' cover (in orange variant, NB front gummed sticker cover is not stuck to inside front page, but rear gummed sticker cover is stuck to inside rear page; Oz No.12, May 1968, foldout/newspaper issue, Martin Sharp cover, internal fold out colour posters 'Existence is unhappiness' & 'Desire can be destroyed' by Barney Bubbles and David Wills, etc; Oz No.13, June 1968 (without cover poster), Martin Sharp Legalise Pot Rally graphic on cover; Oz No.14, July 1968, The Doors Strange Days cover, full page Martin Sharp art/cartoon strip, etc; Oz No.15, September 1968, Mick Jagger cartoon wraparound art cover by Martin Sharp, Jimi Hendrix The Electric Circus exploding single page graphic art by Martin Sharp, etc; all original pictorial stapled wraps, No.10 Pornography of violence covers with some toning/grubbiness at lower edge of wraps and some toning/foxing to inside covers Incinderjell poster around edges, else all covers generally VGC; plus Oz No.20, April 1969, a/f, part of issue present only, Hell's Angels cover plus pages 2,26-32 & rear cover present only. An excellent collection of assorted early issues of the foremost anti-establishment underground press magazine of the 1960s, subject to a famous obscenity trial in the UK in 1971 (11) NB front gummed sticker cover is not stuck to inside front page, but rear gummed sticker cover is stuck to inside rear page