PROVO – Magazines 6x Orion, Special, Lynx Maastriacht, Ratio (1966-1984)

NOTE: Single magazines can be obtained in consultation

Provo, an anarchist movement from 1965-1967, originated in Amsterdam and influenced countercultural groups like the Diggers and Yippies.

Offered here are 6 Provo (-related) magazines of this underground counterculture movement:

1. Yves van Kempen & Roelof Bos (Eds.) - Lynx (Maastricht) no. 4.
Provo magazine from Maastricht.
Content: Peace; Communication from coitus to bombarditis; Jan Wolkers; Provoke (Dedicated to Roel van Duyn; Cancers - People anf organizations are pursuing us; A charge; Vietnam; Instuif Sittard; Peace of cruelties; White peace; Between Rome and Vietnam; Program Beatclub Fort-st.-Piter with e.g. Short ’66, Peter and The Blizzards, The Outsiders, Set Back, The Vincents, The Bintangs and The Small Boots.

Condition: Overall condition: Very good.
Publisher: Lynx, Maastricht.
1st Edition. 1st Printing. Published: 1967.
Size: 29.8 x 10.8 cm. Pages: 58. Language: Dutch. Seller inventory: #28868.
2. P. Blitz et al. - Orion Blad Voor Psychologiestudenten no. 11 - Covers only.
Provo issue of a magazine for psychology students.
Content: Cover pictures of Provo members by Otto Romijn. Covers only

Condition: Wear; Small brown spots. Overall condition: Good.
Publisher: Orion, Amsterdam.
1st Edition. 1st Printing. Published: 1966.
Size: 33.9 x 21.4 cm. Pages: 1. Language: Dutch. Seller inventory: #28997.
3. Antiquariaat Schuhmacher - Provo Bulletin.
Provo: Brochures
Content: Catalog of a famous antiquarian bookseller of Provo items. Describes a lot of different Provo and Provo-related magazines, leaflets, posters and newspaper articles.

Condition: Creases. Overall condition: Good.
Publisher: Antiquariaat Schuhmacher, Amsterdam.
1st Edition. 1st Printing. Published: 1984.
Size: 29.7 x 10.5 cm. Pages: 18. Language: Dutch. Seller inventory: #28871.
4. General Janssen (Ed.) - Provo Special (Belgium) no. 2.
A Belgian Provo cartoon magazine.
Content: Cartoons and collages by KK, S. D'Orgeat. A special issue on militarism. At the last inside page a call to help Belgian Provos to pay their fines.

Condition: Brown spots / stains at the upper edge of the cover. Overall condition: Very good.
Publisher: General Janssen, Brussels.
1st Edition. 1st Printing.
Size: 21.4 x 15.3 cm. Pages: 12. Language: Dutch. Seller inventory: #12700.
5. Roel van Duyn - Miss Blanche en de Van Moppesdiamanten. Een moralisties manifest.

Content: A manifest in story-form about individual and social virtues by one of the leading figures of Provo and the Kabouters (Gnomes). Cover by Olaf Stoop. Back-cover picture by Koen Wessing.

Condition: Overall condition: Very good.
Publisher: Unit, Amsterdam.
1st Edition. 1st Printing. Published: 1967.
Size: 19.8 x 14.9 cm. Pages: 12. Language: Dutch. Seller inventory: #27081.
6. Henk J. Meier (Ed.) - Ratio vol. 02 no. 06.
Dutch cultural magazine.
Content: Issue on Provo and the BVD. Very nice reproductions of a number of Provo leaflets on the back cover.

Condition: Overall condition: Very good.
Publisher: Meulenhoff & Co., Amsterdam.
1st Edition. 1st Printing. Published: 1965.
Size: 24.3 x 16.8 cm. Pages: 32. Language: Dutch. Seller inventory: #26463.