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BALDWIN, James (1924–1987), editor. –– AVEDON, Richard (1923–2004), editor. Two Issues of the Magpie Literary Magazine with Original Typed Manuscript Submitted for the Publication that was Accepted by James Baldwin, association copies. Brooklyn: The Comet Press / DeWitt Clinton High School, 1941–1942. Includes Volume 25, No. 1; and Volume 26, No. 1. Profusely illustrated by Harold Altman and other notables. Publisher’s printed wrappers (short closed tears to edges of Vol. 25, No. 1; text block separated from wrappers in Vol. 26, No. 1). BOTH FIRST EDITIONS WITH NUMEROUS EARLY ORIGINAL STORIES, POEMS, AND PLAYS BY BALDWIN AND AVEDON. [Together with:] 4pp. typed manuscript by Sol Stein, contributor and editorial board member, with review cover sheet to be submitted to the chief editor of the Magpie for acceptance and with numerous holograph emendations and corrections in ink. Includes 5 lines of pencil notations to cover sheet under “Criticism” stating that this is “the only story I’ve seen so far, over which I am enthusiastic. By all means accept this…The ending should please ever the most sombre of our writing staff. In favor of acceptance/Baldwin”. Provenance: from the estate of Baldwin’s friend and editor, Sol Stein. One of the most significant public high school literary and art magazines of the depression and World War II era that featured the young teens, Baldwin and Avedon, as both editors and contributors.