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Benoit / Paris, Gabriel; Witold, Rene., 1984
Paris employs a different, experimental, calligraphic style for the text on each page facing an illustration. The book deals with the printer, PA Benoit. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Chanskaja Stavka / Andryczuk, Hartmut ; Khlebnikov V., 1988
This book is based upon Velimir Khlebnikov's "Chanskaja Stavka," the title for a magic and fictional world. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Der Bücherwächter, 1993
The theme of this work is the poet, Jorge Luis Borges. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Les Instants Mal Gardes, 1983
Pie / Crombie, John ; Bourne, Sheila., 1983
The illustrations consist of dense clusters of letters and words printed with several type faces and spacings. It starts as an incomprehensible mound of dropped type which gets smaller on each page as letters are selected to tell a story, set above in neat lines, bringing order out of chaos, -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Pie / Crombie, John ; Bourne, Sheila., 1983
The illustrations consist of dense clusters of letters and wordsprinted with several type faces and spacings. It starts as an incomprehensible mound of dropped type which gets smaller on each page as letters are selected to tell a story, set above in neat lines, bringing order out of chaos. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Procrustes Inn Register / Cremean, Robert., 1994
The text of this mythical tale of an innkeeper who saws the legs short if the guest is too long for his/her bed and streches the guest's legs if they are too short to fit the bed was handwritten by Cremean and then printed letterpress on a blank sheet of paper and in fragments across the embossed area of the print. The prints were embossed through the application of a unique relief, realistic sculpture. The edition was printed by Bill Kelly and Michele Burgess. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Sinn (Meaning or Sense) / Haider, Christian C. ; Wittgenstein L., 1993
Includes essays in code on philosophy, psychology and astrology along with colored photographic reproductions of 22 paintings. The latter also include calligraphic and mathematical content. The text is composed with a difficult to read, frgmented typeface. A readable version of the German text is provided on the loose sheets. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Tagebuch Eines Nie Gesehenen April / Elytis, Odysseas; Kerg, Theo., 1984
Embossed prints based upon the Greek poems of Odysseas Elytis have been placed within folded pages of German translations composed in experimental typography by Kerg. Odysseas Elytis, a greek poet, received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1979. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
the world Is sick, she cried, so let's dance / Golden, Alisa J.., 1983
The title page of the duplicate copy has waterstains on the lower third. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Un Conte a Votre Facon by Raymond Queneau / Crombie, John ; Bourne, Sheila., 1982
This identical in design to the English version, Yours for the Telling, that is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Untitled Book, 2nd Ed. / Crombie, John ; Bourne, Sheila., 1992
The illustrations consist of dense clusters of letters and words printed with several type faces and spacings. The Sackner Archive holds the first edition of this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Visions of a One Eyed Horse / Canover, Beatrice Sigany., 1987
William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell / Fahrner, Barbara ; Gallo, Philip., 1993
The bookbinding was done by Daniel E. Kelm and the printing by Philip Gallo. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Wish You Were Here...! / Crombie, John ; Bourne, Sheila., 1988
Printed on Arches paper. A French version of this book also held by the Sackner Archive "Bous Baisers D'Angleterre," has identical images but conventional typography. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Wish You Were Here...! / Crombie, John ; Bourne, Sheila., 1988
A French version of this book also held by the Sackner Archive, "Bons Baisers d'Angleterre," contains identical images but conventional typography. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.