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Bissett, Bill, 1939-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1939-

Nationality

Canadian

Found in 268 Collections and/or Records:

Eyes Open / LaChance, Bertrand ; bissett b., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-48192-69216
Scope and Contents

bill bissett designed the cover and contributed line drawings to this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Eyes Open / LaChance, Bertrand ; bissett b., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-48193-69217
Scope and Contents

bill bissett designed the cover and contributed line drawings to this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Eyes Open / LaChance, Bertrand ; bissett b., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-48194-69218
Scope and Contents

bill bissett designed the cover and contributed line drawings to this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Eyes Open / LaChance, Bertrand ; bissett b., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-48195-69219
Scope and Contents

bill bissett designed the cover and contributed line drawings to this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Eyes Open / LaChance, Bertrand ; bissett b., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-48196-69220
Scope and Contents

bill bissett designed the cover and contributed line drawings to this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Eyes Open / LaChance, Bertrand ; bissett b., 1970

 Item
Identifier: CC-48219-69243
Scope and Contents

bill bissett designed the cover and contributed line drawings to this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Fall / Small Press Distribution ; bissett b ; Mottram E ; Spatola A ; Beckett S ; Foley J ; Grossman R ; Kasper M ; Noel B ; Rothenberg J ; Selby S ; Waldrop R., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-02789-2832
Scope and Contents

This catalogue provides a listing of current books in stock with annotations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

fires in th tempul / bissett, bill ; Watson S., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-24225-24677
Scope and Contents

Exhibition was curated by Scott Watson who also wrote the introductory essay. Works in this exhibition featured vividly colored semi-realistic human figures but also included bissett's line drawings and concrete poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Fiveways / Cobbing, Bob ; bissett, bill., 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-17505-17871
Scope and Contents

Designated fives number fifteen. Poems were performed at five Toronto High Schools by Bob Cobbing and bill bissett. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Four Parts Sand, 1972

 Item
Identifier: CC-46788-49520
Scope and Contents

The Sackner Artchive holds another copy without a dust jacket. This book is divided into four sections, each depicting representative work of a single poet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Four Parts Sand, 1972

 Item
Identifier: CC-20933-21342
Scope and Contents

This copy is missing the dust jacket -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Ganglia: We Sleep Inside Each Other All [Deluxe Copy]. No.4 / bill bissett., 1966

 Item
Identifier: CC-21150-21559
Scope and Contents

This issue includes an introduction about bissett's life, family and work written by Sam Perry. An essay about bissett's typographic style was written by bp Nichol. According to David Mason Books: bill bissett 1998, although bissett states that this is his first book, a noted bibliographer believes otherwise. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Ganglia: We Sleep Inside Each Other All. No.4 / bill bissett., 1966

 Item
Identifier: CC-21896-22308
Scope and Contents

This issue includes an introduction by Sam Perry on bissett's life, family and work, and an essay by bp Nichol describing bissett's typographic style. According to David Mason Books: bill bissett 1998, although bissett states that this is his first book, a noted bibliographer believes otherwise. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Ganglia's Concrete Series: Touch. No.2 / David W. Harris ; bissett b., 1967

 Item
Identifier: CC-10637-10846
Scope and Contents

Provides an introduction patterned after bill bissett's unique spelling of the English language. Each page depicts a reproduction of a single typewriter poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Gideon Music / Harris, David W. ; Payne, Gordon ; bissett b., 1967

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Identifier: CC-36544-38345
Scope and Contents

Author's second book. The poems were created by David W. Harris, later known as David UU (pronounced "double U," and the drawings by Gordon Payne. This book was designed and printed by bill bissett. The originals of the typewriter poems published in this book, "Monument for a City" and "Verklarte Nacht" are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967