James Lee Byars, 100.000 Minutes
or The Big Sample of Byars or half an Autobiography or The First Paper of Philosophy. Antwerp, Anny de Decker/Wide White Space, 1969. 200 pp. Pink wrappers, title printed in black on spine. Offset lithography in black on pink paper, with artist's handwriting reproduced throughout. Edition of 250 copies.
Toning to covers, some discolouring on edges of the pink paper, dog-eared right top corner. Byars' first artists' book. Rare. + Added: the original invitation card for the Wide White Space exhibition in which the book was presented. Addressed to Deelstra. Aged copy.