5/28/2023 0 Comments Scum manifesto first editionSolanas wrote this radical feminist text between 19, originally self-publishing mimeographed copies to distribute in New York (selling them for 1 dollar to women, 2 dollars to men), the text of which differs slightly to this edition and lacks the introductions by Maurice Girodias and Vivian Gornick added here. This copy lacks a fep, though it may not have been bound with one (the final leaf is an Olympia Love Letters / Hate Letters advertisement.įirst UK edition, first impression. This is a VG copy, with small chip to front wrap adjacent front spine joint, chafing to wrap edges and front spine joint, minor creasing to wraps, with short crease to lower rear wrap light discoloration to endpapers, lower outermost corner of several pages crimped small stain to lower front page ends, previous owners signature to top of half title text block toned, but a solid copy overall of a scarce title. Her work in recent years has been revisited and she is now seen as an early feminist and gay rights activist. Solanas advocated the creation of a world without men, and though the work comes off as a parody, Solanas defended her ideas as serious. First edition of this manifesto by the would be Andy Warhol assassin, with commentary 'Wonder Waif Meets Super Neuter' by Paul Crasser.
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