Marshall McLuhan — The Medium Is the Massage — 1967 First Edition (Random House)

A very good or better copy of the increasingly scarce 1967 Random House first edition of Marshall McLuhan’s iconic 1960s work—famously titled The Medium Is the Massage after a typesetter’s error that McLuhan loved so much, he insisted it remain. A defining artifact of media theory and counterculture design.

Details

• Publisher: Random House, 1967
• Format: Tall 4to, 160pp
• Binding: Original black‑and‑white pictorial cloth; titles in black and white; black endpapers; top edge dyed black
• Condition: Light rubbing to corners; some foxing to the white cloth; name and 1967 gift inscription on half‑title.
• Dust Jacket: Very good, unclipped ($10.95); edge wear, a few small, closed tears, and foxing visible on verso.

A strong, presentable example of the true first printing—hard to find in collectible condition with its original jacket. A touchstone of 1960s visual culture and one of McLuhan’s most influential works.

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