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New York: Perigee Books, 1983. First edition. Quarto. 111pp. Publisher's card covers, very light edgewear, clean and bright, a near fine copy. Internally clean.
The typescript, on Lenono letter head, of Yoko Ono's introduction to the book. Made up of three paragraphs, followed by the poem "Sky People". Signed in black ink by Yoko Ono at the end of the poem. this is the actual manuscript used in the production of the book, with this introduction and poem being reproduced on pages 6 and 7. Ono's signature here was the one photographed and printed in the book underneath the introduction. A unique object.

USA: H & O Company, 1974. Artist's book that describes the "tear technique" of traditional Japanese with techniques for crying in eight situations. Primarily illustrated with manipulated photographs, also type set in teardrop shapes. By turns a fascinating, confounding, and insightful examination of the possibilities for subversion of societal gender norms and conventions through the use of tears.
"Situation 6: Embarrassment/For women, tears can immediately solve the problem of embarrassment, you must dress modestly, otherwise you will be thought to be a streetwalker. This technique cannot be used by men, because people do not like helping men."
Paperback. 21.5 x 14. Black and white illustrations on 24 pages in black and white pictorial wrappers of the same glossy paper. Circular liquid splash to cover. In very good condition. Scarce, no copies seen in WorldCat, though attribution is given to Hidemi Ōta.