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Lists several rare and important modern books that were collected by Lewis Reines. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This work consists of poems embossed on clear celluloid by various writers. One of the prints is a version of Aram Saroyan's "eyeye." The tirage is unknown. Born in Dublin, Les Levine attended art school in London and emigrated to Canada in 1958. Levine began working in New York in the early sixties and is one of the first artists to be known as a "media artist." His first videotapes were produced in 1964. Since the, he has had over 100 exhibitions in the United States and has participated in such groundbreaking international exhibitions as Documenta 77. His work has been collected by most major contemporary art museums. Levine's most famous projects include his Irish-Jewish Canadian restaurant (New York, 1969), his imaginary "Museum of Mott Art" and his billboards with the slogan "Sex Won't Save You." Levine has been called the founder of media art, but his intent has been to question societal and cultural norms in innovative ways rather than to simply advance the use of...

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This issue includes John Ashbery's poem "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror." Another version of this poem in a limited edition is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Exhibition was divided into three parts, Le Livre D'Artiste (curated by Merielle Etignard who visited Sackner Archive in 1996), Le Livre Illustre, and Le Carnet D'Artiste. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is a sumptuously illustrated catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This broadside was a holiday gift from the Poetry Collection at the University Library at Buffalo for the Sackner's support. Ginny O'Brien is Michael Basinski's wife. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Of the books cited in this catalogue, the Sackner Archive holds "Franz Kafka, Der Prozess" with calligraphy by Hans Peter Willberg and "ABC" by Gunnar Kaldewey. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This exhibition, which featured fine press work, was curated by Francis Mattson and Daniel Tierney, Jr. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This listing of first books is accompanied with extensive annotations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.