Description
New York: Random House, 1967. 8vo softcover. 36 pages. With all 10 items including the Flexidisc and the accordion still squeaks, only the string for the Dodecahedron is not present and only four “big surprises” left, two of them stamped “andy warhol”. Balloon deflated and the two pages stuck together. Previous owners name sticker with a date from 1969 on cover (see photos). Some overall wear to corners etc. Overall a good, acceptable copy
First edition, the softcover version
Index Book was book cited by both Andrew Roth and Martin Parr as among the most influential photo/artists’ books of the century. (Andrew Roth’s The Book of 101 Books: Seminal Photographic Books of the Twentieth Century (2001) and Martin Parr & Gerry Badger’s three volumes of The Photobook: a history (2004)