In his epilogue Bill Smith describes his encounter when "my friend the eminent pulmonologist Dr. Marvin Sackner found that the hospital had misread" an x-ray and was responsible for a pulmonary diagnosis that saved Smith from unnecessary lung surgery. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Christmas greetings 2000. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This first edition was iIlustrated by Jane Dyer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is a card sent out to friends Christmas 1968. The illustration was done by Don Bolognese and the poem reads, "Said Dorothy Hughes to Helen Hocking, 'I can't for the life of me get on this stocking!' 'Would it help if you first removed your shoes?' Said Helen Hocking to Dorothy Hughes." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is a card sent out to friends Christmas 1968. The illustration was done by Don Bolognese and the poem reads, "Said Dorothy Hughes to Helen Hocking, 'I can't for the life of me get on this stocking!' 'Would it help if you first removed your shoes?' Said Helen Hocking to Dorothy Hughes." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Among his accomplishments, John De Pol illustrated the poems of William Jay Smith. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The cover of the book depicts a cyclist who is composed of elements of graphic design e.g., exclamation point, question mark, parenthsis, commas, period, bracket, not-equal-to sign. This is the deluxe edition which contains 5 prints numbered 2/60 and prints on velin d'arche numbered 2/20. The Sackner Archive also holds "The Cyclist" by William Jay Smith published in 1995 by Stone House Press. Dupont and Smith were introduced by the Sackners in Paris and shortly thereafter became collaborators. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The happy holidays card says "with love & gratitude for your great help with the exhibition & with love & very best wishes as ever, Sonja & Bill." The print appears to be an abstract image of a Pacific island (atoll). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is an expanded, revised edition of a book first published in 1980. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is an expanded, revised edition of a book first published in 1980. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The poem written by Smith tells the story of the forced exile of American Indians from Georgia to the territory west of the Mississippi in 1838. The journey on which many died became known as the Trail of Tears. Dupont made an engraving that utilized Indian symbols relating to Smith's poem. Dupont's cover design depicted rows of multi-colored tear drops. Thirty six copies of this book were signed by the authors anf printed on Japon paper; the remainder were unsigned and printed on ordinary paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Smith expresses appreciation for Dorny's response to his poem "The Pyramid of the Louvre." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.