£5,000 - £6,000
Ono (Yoko) - Grapefruit - a rare signed first edition, from a limited edition of 500, pub. Tokyo: Wunternaum Press, July 4 1964, original ecru wraps with title printed in black script, printed typewriter text in English with some Japanese translations, signed by the author in blue biro to the ffep, 'To Chris, yoko, London '66' and inscribed with the haiku 'Summer Grasses' by the Japanese poet Matsuo Basho, (translation "Summer's grasses! All that remains of soldiers' dreams"), 8vo (140 x 140mm.). * A few preliminary leaves inc. title loose, title with part missing from lower edge (apparently due to damage caused by the family pet!), hinges cracked, covers soiled and thumbed, corners and back cover creased, tiny tear to top of back cover, small water spot stain to fore edges, foxing to inside of covers. ** An important Yoko Ono work, published by her own press in Tokyo, divided into five categories (Music, Painting, Event, Poetry and Object) and containing over 150 pieces and poems, many of which are dedicated to notable art world figures of the day, such as John Cage, Yuji Takahashi and her then husband, Anthony Cox.
*Condition: A few preliminary leaves inc. title loose, title with part missing from lower edge (apparently due to damage caused by the family pet!), hinges cracked, covers soiled and thumbed, corners and back cover creased, tiny tear to top of back cover, small water spot stain to fore edges, foxing to inside of covers
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