John Cage. Silence: Lectures and Writings

Middletown CT, Wesleyan University Press, 1961. First edition. Hardcover, 24 x 21 cm, 276 pp. Black cloth boards with illustrated dust-jacket, protected in acetate wrapper. Light rubbing and abrasions to edges of dust-jacket, else in excellent condition.

First edition of the influential book by avant-garde American composer John Cage (1912-1992), a collection of papers and speeches, arranged in Cage's signature typography, featuring his views on experimental music and other topics such as collecting mushrooms. The back cover of the book shows images of Cage at his drafting table during his residency at Wesleyan University, where he redrafted and assembled Silence.