199 - Rolf Dieter Brinkmann—Publishing contracts for “Modern American Poetry [Silverscreen]” and “ACID,” bearing the handwritten signatures of Brinkmann, Rygulla, and the publishers. Cologne, April 8, 1968, and Darmstadt, April 10, 1969. Two sheets, written on one side, typewritten.

Rolf Dieter Brinkmann—Publishing contracts for “Modern American Poetry [Silverscreen]” and “ACID,” bearing the handwritten signatures of Brinkmann, Rygulla, and the publishers. Cologne, April 8, 1968, and Darmstadt, April 10, 1969. Two sheets, written on one side, typewritten. Auction time: approx. 1:55 p.m. (schedule subject to change) I. Carbon copy on writing paper. — “Translator and Editor Contract” with the publisher Kiepenheuer & Witsch, signed on behalf of the publisher by R. Neven Du Mont and W. Moll alongside the editors. The anthology “Silverscreen” was not published until 1969; Rygulla ultimately served as the translator. - II. Carbon copy on letterhead from März Verlag. - “Publishing Contract” signed by Jörg Schröder, the März publisher, alongside the editors. The famous Beat poetry anthology ACID was published in 1969 as part of the first print run. - Insert: ACID. Darmstadt, March 1969. Original illustrated paperback with nine clippings on the front cover. Copy from the first print run in a black paperback (Seinsoth 34), the first publication by März Verlag. It was not until the fall of 1969 that the second print run appeared in yellow, the color that became the publisher’s trademark. — From a private collection in Hesse, formerly owned by Rygulla.