Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1961. First edition (stated). xii, 276pp. Square 8vo. Black cloth, blind-embossed to front board; white and bronze spine titles; dust jacket. Mild scrape to rear board; textblock edges toned. Very good or better in a very good jacket, unclipped, rubbed as usual and with a triangular chip to top of rear panel and a small surface abrasion to spine.
First edition of the first book by avant-garde American composer John Cage (1912-1992), a collection of papers and addresses, frequently employing experimental forms, and elucidating various aspects of Cage's aesthetic philosophy.
