HOUSTON, Darrell (ed.) with Donovan Cork (contributor)

The Avatar Volume I Number 1 June 1, 1967

Olympia [Washington]: [Avatar], 1967. Loose tabloid. Tall tabloid, measures 11.75" x 17". Pp. [11]. With front and rear covers printed in split fountain color. Light age-toning to edges. Near Fine. Item #9384

Premier issue of Olympia's hippie rag, which debuted just two months after the first issue of Seattle's Helix. With articles on the "War against Hippies" and another concerning Carrie Nation versus John Spellman, then governor of Washington State, and Dr. Timothy Leary.

An especially well preserved copy of this scarce periodical from the underground press. OCLC locates only one institutional holding, at the University of Washington. Now housed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.

Price: $150.00