Calais, ME: Bern Porter, 1960. First edition. [48]pp; b&w illus. Printed wraps. Moderate foxing/soiling to wraps, with mild dampstain at base of rear; gift inscription to ffep, else contents clean and unmarked. Good to very good.
First book by American writer, Fluxus artist, and Something Else Press publisher Dick Higgins (1938-1998). Contents consist of reproduced holograph text by Higgins—a poetic and repetitive rumination on legends, both abstract and US-historical (Eisenhower, Grant, Sitting Bull, Lincoln)—with interspersed collage/found illustrations by Bern Porter.
