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The poem is a portion of a poem written by Peret, "Je Sublime" (1936) printed on pages with abstract shapes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Poesie de mots inconnus by Iliazd, held by the Sackner Archive, is listed as an offering with a detailed description. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This poem by Peret orignally titled "Imperatit" was translated into English by Crombie.Wikipedia 2015: Based in Paris, the press was founded in 1979 by Crombie as a vehicle for his literary and design aspirations; since then, he and Bourne (who often creates artwork for the books), have printed by hand and published more than 150 small books. The design and typography of Kickshaws publications is unusual, involving a wide range of (often French) type designs, letterpress printing in multiple colours, and the use of unusual formats and binding styles, notably a simple form of comb-binding which allows the leaves of a book to be folded and refolded in different sequences. Textually, many of the books are either Crombie's own poetry or fiction, or his interpretations or translations of French or Francophile humorists and absurdist writers, including Samuel Beckett, Alphonse Allais and Pierre Henri Cami (the latter being a particular favourite of Crombie's, and a writer he considers...

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Illustrated by Yves Tanguy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Printed in a handful of copies by John Crombie from "battered and corroded Verona type salvaged in extrimis from a Glasgow printery before it is put out of its misery and junked, mercifully, as scrap metal." Stored in Crombie box or on shelf under Peret. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Also includes Atlas Arkive, repritns of documents of Avant-Garde literature. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.