The History of Dada as My Muse. (Lettered Copy- Hand Coloured)
London: Spot Press, 1982. First Edition. Softcover. Signed. Near Fine. Item #49316
Folio (36.5 × 22 cm). Red wrappers printed in black. Light creasing along spine, small nicks to upper edge, and a faint spot at the lower fore-edge corner of the upper cover. "Designed & printed by Matthew Tyson on 300 gsm Somerset Cream paper. DADA initials hand-cut in wood by Ian Tyson. This is Q of 200 copies printed. The first 26 copies are lettered a-z & are hand-coloured." - colophon. A fine association copy from the library of Canadian poet Paul Dutton, inscribed to him by Jerome Rothenberg, and signed by Rothenberg at the head of the colophon. Also signed by Ian Tyson, who hand-cut and coloured the DADA initials. A striking production and a copy with excellent provenance, linking three significant figures in contemporary poetry and book art.
Price (CAD): $500.00