This book includes twelve poems: "Fixing The Press," "Heeding Cockerell's Advice," "The Old Hot-Metal Man Doesn't Let The Type Go--And For The Very Reason I Wouldn't Either," "Workmanship," "Imagine You Are A Craftsman," "Stopping," "Moving The Press," "Wrong Font," "Advertisement For A First Book of Poems," "The Evils Of Print," "Stet.," "The Truth About Margins." Seven of these poems were previously published elsewhere. The title page has a colored wood engraving by Gaylord Schanilec. This work was printed by Gerald Lange. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The case is fitted with four compartments arranged vertically such that top has images of the head, the next down, images of the chest, the next down, images of the abdomen and upper thighs, and the bottom, the lower extremities. The prints can be rearranged in their compartments to form an infinite variety of body views. The project was initiated by Silver Buckle Press through a request to 33 small presses to submit a print based upon one of the aforementioned body parts. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Discusses the problems of typesetting concrete poems for printing, emphasizing the scale of the type. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The material for each print in the book or project is stored in individual folders or envelopes. Material is also included that was not utilized in the final version of the book. For example, in the print, On the Corner..., the typed poem was considered but rejected, e.g., die neue SS: Lightening bilts shaved in - black on black - in the Razored and Jerrocombed hair - in the Razored and Jerrocombed hair. The title page content and layout changed considerably over the five years it took to produce the book. A section contains poems that were not used in the final version of this book. The Sackners provided financial support for this project. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Gallo exactly reproduced the title page, table of contents, and page numbers of an original book by Paul Eipper. He then removed all else except the captions that once accompanied the photographs of wild animals. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

New Year's Greeting 1990 from Granary Books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

In the colophon, Gallo mentions that the production of this book was made possible in part due to a grant from the Sackner Archive. The binding was done by Daniel Kelm. Each page has a single poem that was printed letterpress or from plates generated thru Alphatype or Postscript applications. The Archive for this book is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

These are the first proof pages of book which was underwritten by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Printed by Philip Gallo at the Hermetic Press in collaboration with Stamp Pad Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Seven columns of varying colors contain spaced letters found in the word incantation. The poem was printed by Phillip Gallo and a recording of the poem was made during Helmes' residency at The Atlantic Center for the Arts in June 2001. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Printed for the exhibition Visualog 3. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The printed instructions on the card within the plastic box read."Do not remove from box. Place on or about any household object." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.