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  Rare 1965 RUpTure Magazine From the Collection of Jack Kerouac; Inscribed by Editor-in-Chief Jean-Pierre Lemaire with an Original Sketch of Kerouac

  [KEROUAC, Jack; Jean-Pierre Lemaire].

  RUpTure.

  Paris, France: Printed at 21 Rue de Saintonge, 1965.

  Rare vintage January 1965 issue of RUpTure, a left-leaning French-language literary magazine, gifted to and personally owned by Beatnik writer Jack Kerouac. Oblong octavo, written in French, original soft red wrappers with brass brad binding, title page vignette, unpaginated, illustrated with three gelatin silver photos. Stamped with the Jack Kerouac Estate stamp and the raised blind seal from the Executor of the Estate, John Sampas, Kerouac's brother-in-law, on the first page of the magazine mission statement. Presentation copy, "A Jack Kerouac de la beat generation et parce qu'il est Breton." The English translation is, "To Jack Kerouac of the beat generation and because he is Breton." RUpTure was a Paris-based quarterly literary magazine published irregularly between ca. 1965-1975. Issues contained essays, poetry, and photography promoting Surrealist and Trotskyist messaging. Contributors in this inaugural issue included its editor-in-chief, Jean-Pierre Lemaire, as well as members of the directory committee including Monique Charbonel, Jean-Claude Charbonel, and Pascal Colard. The dedicatory inscription and sketch on the title page is believed to have been signed by "RUpTure" editor-in-chief Jean-Pierre Lemaire, whom Kerouac had recently met in France. In early June 1965,...

  Price: $2,000.00     Item Number: 150642

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