Drop City color-two

Drop City color-twoNew York: The Olympia Press, 1971. First edition. Softcover, offset printed, 163pp., 4. 25 x 7 inches. Near Fine. Crease to cover and faint chip to rear cover bottom. Pages are tight and clean. Scarce book written by a founding member of Drop City, the infamous commune found in southern Colorado in 1965. Influenced by the "happenings" of Allan Kaprow and the counterculture pedagogy of Black Mountain College, Drop City was notable for hosting a Joy

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