At best a balloon shape can be seen, if extra specially lucky the word “Index” can be read in the stain. This is, in 99.9% of copies, fused between the pages creating a brownish stain on the adjacent pages. ah, the notorious silver balloon with neon pink “INDEX” printed on it. Clear whatever magic property it possessed over 50 year ago had long dissolved.ġ0) Balloon. I did try this – and it dissolved into “mush”. The idea was that Warhol’s signature disappeared. Because it features Nico talking over snippets of I’m Waiting for the Man and Femme Fatale it has become a the ultimate completist (along with Aspen #3) Velvet Underground rarity.ħ) a fold-out sheet with nose & rainbow overlaysĩ) 8 tear-out ‘For a big surprise’. ![]() This was supposed to be “sprung loaded” with an elastic band & sealed between two pages, When the pages were unsealed it was supposed to pop into a sphereĦ) A flexi-disc depicting Lou Reed that was supposed to be torn out and played at 33rpm. I had a working one that was out away for over ten years – only to be silent!Ĥ) a spring-mounted disc featuring reviews of Warhol’s film Chelsea Girlsĥ) a pop out dodecahedron depicting Gerald Malanga. Stated First Printing -circa November 1967 : (one printing, OUT-OF-PRINT ever since : softcover and hardback : ) Random House, New York: & Toronto,Canada (simultaneously) printed in Japan: 28 x 22 cm.Ĭontributions by Andy Warhol, Stephen Shore, Billy Name, Nat Finkelstein and others.ġ) a pop-up castle with Billy Name B&W photosĢ) a fold-out page with paper accordion (these made squeaking sound but very few, if any still make a noise. Please read the shop Blog for a detailed background of this book, an important mid-sixties Warhol item and also a significant Velvet Underground rarity.
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