The front cover of a surrealistic collage was designed by David W Harris, the back cover with cartoons by Greg Simpson. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The front cover of a surrealistic collage was designed by David W Harris, the back cover with cartoons by Greg Simpson. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The Sackner Archive lent several works of the three artist-poets to the exhibition including Cleveland Prints, The North American Book of the Dead, Scarab Poems by d.a. levy; The Journal of Albion Moonlight, Cloth of the Tempest, Sleepers Awake by Kenneth Patchen; 18th Dynasty Egyptian Turnon by D.r. Wagner. Although there was no check list with the catalogue, the superb installation photographs of the books and prints in cases more than make up for this oversight. The suite of collages entitled Zen Concrete on display at this exhibition were purchased by the Sackners from Ingrid Swanberg in 2008. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The letter deals with a manuscript submitted for publication to david w harris entitled, "The Incense Box" that apparently remained unpublished. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Catalog lists writers from Gadd to Gysin. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Includes large listig of works by d.a. levy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Most of the copies of the first printing in an edition of 108 copies were confiscated by the Cleveland Police in the notorious raid of Jim Lowell's book store in 1966. The second printing by grass coin publishing in 1967 had a different cover, a modified title page & did not contain an index section. This third posthumous printing presented here is a reproduction of the original, the unique page from the second edition as well as the original manuscript pages. The cover silkscreen of this third printing was done by Mike Schaefer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Includes three poems from the "American Cross" series by David W. Harris aka David UU. The originals of these poems are held by the Sackner Archive. This copy does not include the photograph as does the limited edition of 50 copies. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Includes three poems from the "American Cross" series by David W. Harris aka David UU. The originals of these poems are held by the Sackner Archive. A color photograph of a young woman in a bathing suite (Barbara Connelly) is pasted to the inner front cover; 50 copies of the book included this feature. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Most of the copies of the first printing were confiscated by the Cleveland Police in the notorious raid of Jim Lowell's book store in 1966. This second printing is "lightly revised." It differs from the first edition by most pages consist of white rather than colored paper stock with less overall pages but stilll a rarity. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.