Man: An International Newspaper, Dummy Vol. 1, No. 1

New York: Man International, Inc., 1966. A dummy copy of a proposed international peace newspaper that never materialized, the brainchild of New York Herald Tribune reporter and photography agency founder Arthur Brackman. The articles are mostly reprinted from other well-known newspapers with printed editorial notes to the margin showing how Man will provide a different approach to the same stories. Along the bottom of pgs. 3-7 are three columns addressed to Staff, Reader, and "A Word About this Dummy." Brackman envisaged the paper "starting as a fortnightly, then becoming weekly, then daily with editions in English, French, Spanish, Russian and Chinese" ("The man from 'Man'," The Guardian, Tue, Mar 15, 1966, p. 10). He claimed to have pledges of $25 million to start the newspaper, but needed to raise another $25 million, which apparently did not transpire.

Broadsheet format (23") printed in black on newsprint, 8 p. Folded in fours, small split at fold, light chipping along spine, browning to newsprint, otherwise a well-preserved copy of a large, fragile issue. As far as we can tell, four copies exist in WorldCat institutions. Item #12724

Price: $200.00