modulo: rivista di cultura contemporanea numero 1 poesia concreta
Genova: Silva Editore, 1966. Invisible bound 8vo in wrappers printed in blue with yellow belly band printed in black affixed to spine. Pages printed in black. 119 + 25 pp. Text in Italian.
A comprehensive international anthology of concrete poetry edited by Arrigo Lora Totino. Includes introductory essays on the topic by Max Bense, Gillo Dorfles, Eugen Gomringer, and Arrigo Lora Totino, and visual contributions by Ronaldo Azeredo, Carlo Belloli, Claus Bremer, Max Bense, Augusto de Campos, Haroldo de Campos, Carlfriedrich Claus, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Heinz Gappmayr, Pierre Garnier, Matthias Goeritz, Eugen Gomringer, José Lino Grünewald, Bohumila Grögerová, Václav Havel, Dom Sylvester Houédard (dsh), Kitasono Katué, Jirí Kolar, Ferdinand Kriwet, E. M. de melo e Castro, Franz Mon, Edwin Morgan, Ladislav Novák, Seiichi Niikuni, Décio Pignatari, Diter Rot, Gerhard Rühm, Paul de Vree, Pedro Xisto, Salette Tavares, and Emmet Williams among others. Also includes an early concrete poetry manifesto by Augusto and Haroldo de Campos and Décio Pignatari, a section of art from the turn of the century which influenced the concrete poetry movement, a glossary, a bibliography, and trade advertisements on the final seven pages.
Lacking the continuation of the yellow belly band at rear cover which has been torn off, a gentle bump at crown of spine, and faint scattered foxing along text block extremities, including darkening and a few small stains at top of text block. Very good. Item 1111.
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