Richmond, Virginia: Davi Det Hompson, [1976 and 1977].
Price: $950.00
Softcover. Four pamphlets. Octavos. Each [16]pp. Stapled printed self-wrappers. Overall near fine with light rubbing, spine creases and a few scattered spots. A collection of four mail art pamphlets from Davi Det Hompson, the pseudonym of Fluxus artist and Concrete poet David E. Thompson. They include: *"Understand. This is only temporary."*; *I yelled, "What the hell is going on?"*; *May I have a glass of water with no ice, please?*; and *I asked a usually talkative friend why she was so quiet.* Each pamphlet consists of short snippets of dialogue on each page that ranges from declarative statements and questions to pedestrian asides and personal opinions, along with Hompson's name, address, and telephone number on the rear wrap. The pamphlets were sent by him to a select group of friends during the mid-1970s. Little definitive information exists as to the total number of individual mailings or copies printed. There was a 1980 box set of 15 pamphlets which contained three of the four included here, though how they differs from the original mailed pamphlets is unclear. Still, the box set itself is uncommon with *OCLC* locating nine copies, which falls in line with the scarcity of the individual pamphlets here which *OCLC* locates in quantities of nine or fewer.
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