AmBEATion No.0

AmBEATion Zeitschrift für junge Dichtung, Grafik, Kritik, Versuch. Beat influenced German avant-garde periodical for young poetry, graphic arts, criticism and experiment. Self-published in Wanderup from 1963 to 1968 (8 issues all publ.). Edited by Riewert Q. Tode and Hartmut König.

Zero issue, November 1963. Stapled at top, 29.5 x 20.5 cm, 28 pp. with hand-printed cover. Edition of 182 numbered copies, stamped No. 131. Features mimeographed writing, poetry and original graphic work. Includes: three woodcuts signed Jane (Balsgaard), literary contributions by Volker Thomsen, Volker Braun, Uwe Ehrich, Riewert Q. Tode et al, essays on contemporary music referencing Schönberg, Cocteau and Jack Kerouac. Texts in German. Cover sheet with age wear and tear, the last 6 pages are loose from the staples. Scarce item.