Voices from the Sixties: Twenty-Two Views of a Revolutionary Decade.
First Edition Voices from the Sixties with a Unique TLS from the Marlton Hotel Manager to Legal Scholar Ronald K.L. Collins Berton, Pierre, (1920-2004). Voices from the Sixties: Twenty-Two Views of a Revolutionary Decade. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1967. First edition. Octavo (9-1/2" x 6"; 24.1 x 15.2cm). xviii, 242 pp. Publisher's black cloth with gilt stamped spine. Moderate rubbing to spine ends and extremities, light soiling. Portions of dust jacket laid in and affixed to front free endpaper. Internally clean and bright. Accompanied by a TLS (Typed Letter Signed) from Carl Montgomery, manager of Greenwich Village's historic Marlton Hotel, to First Amendment lawyer and legal scholar Ronald K. L. Collins regarding his research into comedian Lenny Bruce, laid in. A good, sound copy. $450. * A notable historical and journalistic compilation by celebrated Canadian journalist, author, and television personality Pierre Berton. The book contains 22 insightful interviews and profiles including a colorful interview by Berton with famed counterculture comedian Lenny Bruce about his obscenity accusations. Laid in this copy is a signed letter by Carl Montgomery, manager of the Hotel Marlton, which housed many famed 1960's counterculture figures such as Bruce, to "Ron" or Ronald [K. L.] Collins, the First Amendment lawyer who researched and wrote about Bruce's obscenity trials in The Trials of Lenny Bruce. Montgomery praises Collins' balanced scholarship and notes that Berton's interview with Bruce stands out from others of the period. He reflects on Bruce's character, paraphrasing a passage to Collins on judging individuals by their personal interactions rather than their reputation. Montgomery goes on to promise more material on Bruce, and further pleasantries with Collins.
Price: $450.00
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