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A Form of Sound Words: The Religious Poetry of Christopher Smart / Guest, Harriet., 1989

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Identifier: CC-32033-33564
Scope and Contents

The author writes about the ideas in Smart's poetry, composed in the late 18th century, in relationship to contemporaneous writers in order to establish the significance and ambition of his poetry. Smart was confined to a mental institution during most of his poetic writings. Guest devotes a major portion of the book to an analysis of Smart's poem, "Jubilate Agno." One section of this poem deals with Smart's discussion of the Hebrew letter, lamed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

A Fragment / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1988

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Identifier: CC-13001-13293
Scope and Contents

This was Finlay's Christmas card for 1988. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

A Further Choice of Whiskies / Sirr, Connie., 1991

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Identifier: CC-02217-2257
Scope and Contents

This is the second edition of a booklet first published in 1990. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

A Harbour of Boat Books Cards and Prints / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1993 - 1994

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Identifier: CC-11119-11334
Scope and Contents

Includes the prices of the works on exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993 - 1994

A Journey toward the End in the Shape of Air / Evason, Greg ; Necakov L ; Ross S., 1987

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Identifier: CC-13832-14137
Scope and Contents

This book includes 34 poems excerpted from Evason's "Symptoms of Collage"with collage contributions by Lillian Necakov and Stuart Ross. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

A Lesson Overheard, 1990

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Identifier: CC-14508-14819

A Lettrist Lyric / Smith, William Jay., 1996

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Identifier: CC-03093-3140
Scope and Contents

Poem written for Ruth Sackner on her 60th birthday while William Smith was a guest at the Sackner's house. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

A Literary Bible - An Original Translation / Rosenberg, David., 2009

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Identifier: CC-50596-71669
Scope and Contents Whether rendering the Bible as wonderous or strangely familiar, David Rosenberg's magisterial translation forces us to ask again - and at last in literary terms - why the Bible remains a crucial foundation of our culture...[His] translation is the only possible rival to the King James Version. A Literary Bible presents the core of the Hebrew Bible, restoring a sense of the original authors and providing a literary revelation for the contemporary reader. A copy of the New York Times Book Review of "A Literary Bible" is inserted in the book.Amos Lassen (Amazon.com) When asked if I have a favorite book, I often reply that I have several but above them all is the Bible because it is such a beautiful piece of literature. It is all that more exciting because we do not know who wrote it. Regardless how one feels about the divine aspects of the Bible, few can deny its literary beauty. Of the many translations available some are beautifully done and some are very literary. Then along comes...
Dates: 2009

A London Odyssey / Radin, Betty ; Cobbing B., 1989

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Identifier: CC-03152-3201
Scope and Contents

This book was designed by Bob Cobbing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

A Mast of Hankies / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Paterson, Dave., 1975

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Identifier: CC-12804-13091
Scope and Contents

The conventional poems by Finlay dealing with toy sailing ships are accompanied by photographs of ships taken by Dave Paterson. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

A Mixed Exhibition / Finlay, Ian Hamilton., 1983

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Identifier: CC-12855-13144
Scope and Contents

Printed by Crispen and Jan Elsted. The exhibition consists of the 11 cards with varied colored and size paper. The printing has been done with different typefaces and colored ink. The theme relates to verbal translations of classical paintings by artists who lived in the 17th and 18th centuries. One booklet lists the content of the cards that constitutes the exhibition; the other, denoted Reflections, notes by Finlay and asides by Crispen Elsted. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

A New Song / Hutchins, Edward H.., 1996

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Identifier: CC-36245-38033
Scope and Contents

The book consists of as poem about liberty particularly as it relates to gay persons; it was first published in 1986 in an edition of 50 copies. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

A Preliminary Draft of the d.a. levy Collection / Anacapa Books ; levy da ; Atkins R ; Berge C ; Blazek D ; Butcher G ; Cook G ; Dagmar ; Katzman A ; Krech R ; Kryss TL ; Salamon R ; Morris R ; Fox H ; Sigmund RJ ; Taylor K ; Wagner Dr ; Zack D ; Crews J., 1992

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Identifier: CC-26924-27397
Scope and Contents

This check list of works by d.a. levy and his circle was collected by David Wirshup, owner of Anacapa Books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

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