Communes USA: A Personal Tour
Fairfield, Richard. Penguin Books, 1972. Softbound. Cover design by Robert Geissman. Typography by Martin Connell. Fairfield privately published five titles in The Modern Utopian series before finding mainstream success with this slickly designed Penguin release. From the epigrammatic shot of a toothbrush rack gracing the front cover to the frontispiece featuring a blissful kitchen window–scape to the many scenes of radical domesticity throughout, the volume is lavishly illustrated with photos by Grateful Dead documentarian Sylvia Clarke Hamilton and AIDS chronicler and Clifford Odets progeny, Walt Odets.
Tight, square, uncreased spine has some moderate to heavy sunning. Clean, unmarked interior. Light edge-wear and areas of soiling/rubbing to the covers. 400 pp. Homesteading.
