This copy of the book, one of 18 was printed on Hahnemuhle paper and the remaining 200 on art board. Several four-letter words are printed within a grid of 5 x 5 letters. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The love is actually for a fount of Atlas type. When Charlotte Garry wrote to John Crombie saying she didn't understand the book, he patiently wrote back, 'it is designed, essentially as a diversion for typographers: the cover and first page show a complete fount, the lay of a case of type. On each successive page, a number of letters have been removed: those required to compose a particular name. Ten pages, ten names - from Constance to Fifi. Of course, it's really just a pretext dreamed up by me to show off the Atlas type, an old case of which I'd just acquired by chance.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This special edition differs from the ordinary edition by its matching dust jacket and slipcase. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The title is taken from a phrase in Samuel Beckett's play, Waiting for Godot. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The text consists of variations on the words, 'gloom,' 'whom,' and 'womb.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book is designed as an aid to meditation or concentration. Pages depict prayer beads which serve as a guiding thread or an alternative devotional aid. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is a short play translated from the German "Kommernisspiele - Ein dramatischer Entwurf," into English with experimental typography. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The colored text outlines a brandy glass. As the liquor level decreases, the empty part appears in green. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book is designed, hand set and hand printed by John Crombie. The text by Beckett was first printed in 1970. This edition was printed on Kickshaw's Golding Press in a cloverleaf presentation. Stored with Crombie publications. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The book represents a man's body with a white, plastic spiral spine, a face and hair made of cut, smaller spiral spine material, a heart shaped heart printed with "je t'aime," and appropriately shaped booklets for the arms, abdomen, legs and penis. Crombie wrote the Sackners that these book objects were too difficult to transport and make so that none of the editions were completed as stated in the colophon. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The book represents a man's body with a white, plastic spiral spine, a face and hair made of cut, smaller spiral spine material, a heart shaped heart printed with "je t'aime," and appropriately shaped booklets for the arms, abdomen, legs and penis. Crombie wrote the Sackners that these book objects were too difficult to transport and make so that none of the editions were completed as stated in the colophon. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.