The Milleniad. Book I. by Moondog [Thomas Louis Hardin] - 1959

Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Original silver gelatin contact sheet, showing 25 images of the legendary musician, who defied any categorization, on Sixth Avenue in New York City in 1967.  By the eminent American photographer David Gahr, then in Brooklyn; Gahr's hand stamp to verso.  9.25 x 7.75 inches (23.8 x 18.5 cm).  In fine condition.  "Moondog was, from the outset, a rebel who had a surprising devotion to the past. Although he evolved into a cult figure, and although he will be recollected as the proto-hippie, the consummate street-poet-musician of his day, Moondog will also be remembered as a serious musician and composer as well as a quaint versifier whose work evolved steadily through the apparent chaos of his life. Blind since age 16, he arrived in New York in 1943 on a Greyhound bus with very little beyond a strong sense of survival. By the early 1960s he had become probably the most photographed street figure of his time. In 1974 he made the second great leap of his life,… Read More

New York: Moondog Management, 1970. First. pamphlet. fine. Moondog. Slim 8vo, 32 pages, sewn into tan pictorial paper wrappers. New York: Moondog Management, 1970. First edition. A fine copy of this scarce ephemeral pamphlet, originally sold on the street by Moondog himself (or his associates).<br/> <br/> A collection of musical compositions, plus a scheme of "universal reckoning" by the legendary blind poet, composer, conductor, philosopher & eccentric. Moondog -- the Viking of Sixth Avenue -- (given name Louis Thomas Hardin) spent most of his years in New York City on the street, dressed in Norse Druidic garb, performing his very original poetry and musical compositions.<br/> <br/>

New York: Moondog Management, 1970. First. pamphlet. fine. Moondog. Slim 8vo, 28 pages, hand sewn into plain orange paper wrappers. New York: Moondog Management, 1970. First edition. A touch of staining on cover gutter, still a fine copy of this scarce ephemeral pamphlet, originally sold on the street by Moondog himself (or his associates).<br/> <br/> A collection of poetry in 40 cantos, plus a scheme of "universal reckoning" by the legendary blind poet, composer, conductor, philosopher & eccentric. Moondog -- the Viking of Sixth Avenue -- (given name Louis Thomas Hardin) spent most of his years in New York City on the street, dressed in Norse Druidic garb, performing his very original poetry and musical compositions.<br/> <br/>

[np]: [No Publisher], 1967. Very Good. Bound in original string-bound red stiff wraps printed in black. Very Good. Wraps lightly toned, lightly worn and with a light staining to front cover. Pages lightly toned and thumbed. A rare book of poetry from the eccentric blind poet and Viking of 6th Avenue, and cult favorite musical composer.