Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Underground Newspapers,

A Collection of Underground Newspapers, Music Periodicals, and Guitar Instructional Books, c. 1968-1973 - An assortment of counter-culture and music-related ephemera and softcover publications primarily dating from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. The lot features several issues of the London-based underground newspaper IT (International Times), including Issue 41 (October 4-17, 1968) titled Olympics of Repression; Issue 42 (October 18-31, 1968); Issue 44 (November 15-28, 1968) featuring John Lennon and Yoko Ono with the headline U.S. Erection; Issue 69 (November-December 1969) titled Take Your Positions for 69; Issue 95 (December 31, 1970 - January 14, 1971) titled Mad Cop; and Issue 109 (July 29 - August 12, 1971) titled Gimme Shelter. Music periodicals include Rolling Stone No. 139 (July 19, 1973) with a Jimi Hendrix cover, Friends No. 18 (December 11, 1970) with a Country Joe cover, and a Jazz Journal Photo Album featuring Louis Armstrong. Instructional material comprises several softcover volumes including The Complete Guitar Player Book 1 by Russ Shipton, Frederick Noad First Book for the Guitar, Flamenco Without Tears for Guitar, Acoustic Guitars, and Fretwire Music featuring guitar technique by Nick Smith. The items are printed on newsprint and standard paper stock with varied graphic illustrations and photographic covers characteristic of the era.