This book is reviewed by Adrian Shaughnessy in eye Vol.13 no.50, 2003. Its aim was to show that graphic design and fine art blend as one. In the review, Shaugnessy points out that in the 21st century, the disciplines are growing apart due to commercial art galleries that need to distinguish the two to maintain business. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Consists of preparatory notes on the topic. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Consists of preparatory notes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is an "ode for james russwll lowell" of the Asphodel Bookshop in Cleveland.The poem reads, 'hallucinogenitalia,' suggesting a mocking of the police action.The text at the bottom of the page reads,"arrested 011266 by narcotics agents under a secret indictment by the county grand jury for possession & distribution of obscene poetry." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Image is a contemporaneous photograph of Astrid Furnival in 1958 with a reproduced typewriter poem by Houedard in its right upper corner, Halley [Halley's Comet]. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The typed subtitle of the poem is "poem for tariqali following the reversible hasut-humanity & shari ha-law." The work is typed with handwriting on tranluscent, hand cut paper. DSH has written the instruction for letter press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

In addition to AUM=OM Houedard has reversed his initials dsh and dsH.This work is drawn on perforated tissue paper. AUM a mystical Sanskrit sound of Hindu origin (India), sacred and important in various Dharmic religions such as Sanātana Dharma or Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism. Iin Sanskrit, it is sometimes referred to as praṇava, literally "that which is sounded out loudly." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Houedard's caption for this work reads, 2 sheet moire poem: intention iks that both shld (sic) be mounted in a single frame so lkight shines thru from behnind & with device so rear sheet can be manipulated by hand (or slowly moved mechanically. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This page contains 12 dated poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is a reprinting in colored rubberstamped letters of a Houedard version of Basho's frog pond plop. The verso contains a quotation from DMF (?), "One day I will have to acknowledge that the only story is the world, and action the only language in which to tell it." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The page consists of three separate geometric cubes described by Houedard as "from a series of battledores: poems constructed from complete alphabets." Handwritten documentation next to the upper cube states "suggest using 3 different weights all lower case" and the cube does illustrate three different pressures on the typewriter.The two lower cubes are made with red dots. The left one is for vowels and the right one is for consents. Battledore is a badmitten racket. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book was given to the Sackners by Guy Brett and his friend who are handling the estate of the artist, Li Yuan Chia. Li owned the gallery that published this book (L Y C museum & gallery). The Sackners were told that the book did not sell well and that most of the copies were destroyed. Stefan Themerson wrote the intoductory essay and Houedard the foreward. The cover was designed by Alex Selenitsch. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This catalogue is another smaller version of a larger catalogue with eight pockets for poems that is also held by the Sackner Archive. It lists the titles of 193 poems without illustrations. No.132 negro organ, a reversal poem is held by the Sackner Archive as is 1.mind/ache and 54.porn/shop, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Benir is the French word for bless. To see the mirror image must place poem in front of a mirro. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.