Second collection of verse by the American avant-garde poet and critic. In a 2013 interview conducted by Stephen Fredman, Antin referred to the work in Code of Flag Behavior as "pop poems," a claim bolstered by the book design's affinity with the flag paintings of Jasper Johns.
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First edition. No. 27 of 100 hardcover copies handbound by Earle Gray and signed by Antin on limitation page at rear. Quarto, 8.25 x 10.75 in.). 67pp. Blue cloth backed with horizontally patterned red, white and blue cloth, glossy printed title card tipped onto front board, paper title-label on spine; lacking the original acetate jacket (but now fitted with a custom-cut archival polyester replacement). Near fine, with light shelfwear and few loose threads at the edge of the blue cloth where it meets the patterned cloth.
