M: Writings '67-'72
by John Cage
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1973. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Square Quarto (4to). viii. 217pp. Publisher's cloth boards. Signed and inscribed by John Cage in the form of an original acrostic poem. The poem is styled in lighthearted emulation of several others published in the present volume, most notably the acrostic for Marcel Duchamp. The subject of the poem was Cage's close friend, the ethnomusicologist Fredric Lieberman, who was responsible for arranging many of Cage's notable lectures and performances at institutions across the country and himself a Cage expert. The warmth and wit of the poem beautifully exemplifies the playful genius of the iconoclastic composer. A wonderful association copy. NEAR FINE in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows a hint of shelf rubbing of the corners, else Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows marginal shelf rubbing along the edges with the slightest hint of chipping at the topmost of the spine, panels lightly rubbed, otherwise is not price-clipped remaining bright, colorful, and distinct. As pictured.
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Details
- Bookseller
- North Books: Used & Rare (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M64
- Title
- M: Writings '67-'72
- Author
- John Cage
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Wesleyan University Press
- Place of Publication
- Middletown, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1973
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- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- First Edition
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- Fine
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- New
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...