Spare Parts
Spare Parts
By Charles Henri Ford. First edition; 1966. In VG condition. Association copy belonging to the poet & publisher of The Jargon Society, Jonathan Williams. Inscribed "fondly for Jonathan & Tom/20xi93" & initialed to ffep. Limited edition of 950 copies. This is a Hors de Commerce copy, numbered "LC" & flat signed to colophon. Rare issue, self-published artist book. Original off-set lithography to varied color papers. Collection of concrete poems Ford called "Poem Posters", published in the year following his NY exhibition of the same name.
Folio (10"x14"). Unpaginated. Illustrated paper-covered boards. Several scuffs to covers; edgewear. Chip missing from middle of spine, light chipping to spine extremes, chipping to inner edges of covers. Missing dust jacket, covered in protective mylar by seller.