Futura. Collection of twenty issues

Stuttgart, Edition Hansjörg Mayer, 1966-1968. Set of 20 broadsides: Nos. 1-7, 9-10, 12, 14-20, and 24-25, from the complete set of 26, one for each letter of the alphabet, each dedicated to a single poet, artist or writer. Letterpress and offset, printed in black on white sheet, 64 x 48 cm, folded to 24 x 16 cm. Text in English and German. Rooted in the lowercase font Futura, this seminal publication engages with concrete and visual poetry, typography, printmaking and conceptual art.

(1) Mathias Goeritz, The Golden Message, 1965; (2) Klaus Burkhardt, Coldtypestructure, 1965; (3) Max Bense, Valleyless Mountains, 1965; (4) Reinhard Döhl, 4 texts, 1965; (5) Louis Zukofsky, a 9, 1966; (6) Bohumila Grögerova/Josef Hirsal, Job Boj, 1966; (7) Ian Hamilton Finlay, 5 poems, 1966; (9) Augusto de Campos, Luxo lixo, 1966; (10) Edward Lucie Smith, Cloud sun fountain statue, 1966; (12) Emmett Williams, Rotapoems, 1966; (14) Carlo Belloli, Sole solo, 1966; (15) Jonathan Williams, Polycotyledonous poems, 1967; (16) Hiro Kamimura, 5 vocal texts, 1967; (17) Wolfgang Schmidt, 576köpfig, 1967; (18) Pierre Garnier, Six odes concretes, 1967; (19) Bob Cobbing, Chamber Music, 1967; (20) Edwin Morgan, Emergent Poems, 1967; (24) Peter Schmidt, Programmed square 11, 1968; (25) Andre Thomkins, Palindromes, 1968. Some copies with moderate yellowing to cover edges, overall a fine set. (total 20)