C for Brecht

11 x 16cm very good hardback. Les Coleman writes: 'Early in 1982 I wrote to George Brecht, with whom I was in intermittent contact, suggesting the idea that I might edit a small anthology of his scattered contributionsto journals and magazines. After waiting sometime I received his reply. "O.K. with me if you want to re-publish the writings, but I guess my putting off so long answering you means I don't want to put any time on it myself". I could understand his lack ofinterest in getting involved and let the proposal drift to the back of my mind and did nothing further. It was not as if I ha a publisher in mind, let alone anyone who had agreed to undertake what was, essentially, a 'labour of love' on my behalf.I have never met, or spoken, with George but over the years our occasional correspondence has continued. I send him books og mine as they appear which he consigns to his "chamber-reading collection". He in turn sent photocopies of his early and difficult to locate, published works and self-published postcards. When, in 2006, Francis Van Maele invited me to contribute to his series of books 'C'est mon dada' resulting in Thunks, the idea of a small George Brecht collection was resurrected in my mind. These books dedicated to experimental, concrete and visual poetry inspired by the spirit of Dada and Fluxus presented an unexpected opportunity to gather together in one place some of George's 'lost' works.'.…