[INSCRIBED] New Leaf No. 2

Russell, David; Michèle Hoare and Edward Rosen [Editors]. New Leaf No. 2. London: Humanities Society, Chelsea College, [ca. 1974]. First Edition.

Octavo (8 1/4 x 6 inches; 210 x 152 mm), 39, [1] pages in green stapled wrappers (soft cover).

INSCRIBED on the inside front cover by David Russell, one of the editors.

A scarce issue of New Leaf, which was published by the Humanities Society at Chelsea College in London in the 1970s and early '80s. New Leaf published articles and poems with Situationist themes. This issue includes essays by Guy Debord and Attila Kotány (two of the key figures in Situationism), an interesting introduction to Situationism by "Jacques Lefataliste," and poems by James Corbett, William Fitzgerald, J.M. Hough, David Russell, and Peter Collenette. There's even a comic strip as well as a crossword puzzle. Cover and layout design by Michèle Hoare.

The magazine is undated, but it is INSCRIBED on the inside front cover by David Russell, who has dated this in 1974. OCLC shows holdings at Wisconsin, Trinity College Dublin, University College London, and the National Library of Scotland. No other copies in commerce. SCARCE.

CONDITION: Staples a bit rusty, pages 7 and 8 printed twice, covers a bit rubbed. A Very Good copy.