Play Power.

Neville (Richard)

Play Power.

Description: FIRST EDITION, pp. 360, crown 8vo, original yellow boards, backstrip lettered in black, a few faint spots to boards, top edge black, other edges lightly spotted, endpapers spotted with gift inscription to flyleaf, pocket to rear pastedown containing the 'Headopoly' game (this sometimes lacking, see below), dustjacket by Martin Sharp, price-clipped, a little nicked, chipped and rubbed at extremities, the backstrip panel sunned, good

Publication Details: Jonathan Cape, 1970

Notes: A statement of the 'International Underground' from one of the founders of OZ magazine - 'important for those who consider themselves part of the Movement, essential for those outside it'.The Headopoly game - a spoof of Monopoly in the form of an 'Underground Almanac Poster-Game' - was not present in copies entering Australia, where the game had attracted the attention of the authorities; in these copies, the pocket was sealed with a sticker explaining that a Prohibition Notice had been imposed upon it. The game itself, designed by Jon Goodchild, is not only attractive but a thorough and scho...moreA statement of the 'International Underground' from one of the founders of OZ magazine - 'important for those who consider themselves part of the Movement, essential for those outside it'.The Headopoly game - a spoof of Monopoly in the form of an 'Underground Almanac Poster-Game' - was not present in copies entering Australia, where the game had attracted the attention of the authorities; in these copies, the pocket was sealed with a sticker explaining that a Prohibition Notice had been imposed upon it. The game itself, designed by Jon Goodchild, is not only attractive but a thorough and scholarly record of sixties counter-culture. HIDE