The Map of Dusk by Angus MacLise (Ira Cohen, intro.) - 1984

SZ Press, 1984. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Crisp, unmarked copy. The wrapper is clean, corners sharp; there is a small dent on top edge of wrapper otherwise in like new condition. The binding is tight. Introduction by Ira Cohen; this copy is not signed by him.

New York: SZ Press, 1984. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Trade paperbound volume. A very good first edition. Introduction by Ira Cohen. 50 pp. A book of prose/poetry by the former member of the Velvet Underground. Scarce book. This copy nicely INSCRIBED by Cohen on the front endpaper.

New York: SZ/Press, 1984. First printing. 50 pp., 6 x 8 inches. Perfect-bound in printed wrappers. Introduction by Ira Cohen. Illustrated in black-and-white throughout. A lovely copy, essentially as new, inscribed. A posthumously published collection of prose poems and calligraphy by the legendary musician, writer, visual artist, and publisher MacLise, associate of LaMonte Young, Jack Smith, George Brecht, and so many others, first drummer for the Velvet Underground. This, the “first copy,” is inscribed by Ira Cohen, author of the introduction, to Julian Beck and Judith Malina of the Living Theater, “Bringers of light.” (Cohen’s film Paradise Now: The Living Theater in Amerika documented their 1968 tour, and they remained close friends the rest of their lives.)