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A birthday poem for Bob Cobbing in which most of the words cut from newspapers or magazines begin with the letter "B." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Contains one long sound poem in which all words begin with the letter "b." Inscribed by Bob Cobbing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Contains one long sound poem in which all words begin with the letter "b." This is the second edition of the book first published in 1983. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Contains one long sound poem in which all words begin with the letter "b." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Ernst Jandl was a Viennese sound/concrete poet who published with Houedard. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This work is not listed in the Taylor and Horvath bobliography. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Designated minibooks number nine. One copy is a varient in that the size of the booklet is smaller than the other two copies. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is the last book made on Cobbing's original photocopying machine. It broke down in 1996 and was replaced. The replacement was funded by the Sackners who received a few of Cobbing's concrete poetry wall works in exchange for the money. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

soma signifies 'society of mental awareness. It was instrumental in overturning the harsh penal penalty for possession of hashish in England in the 1970s. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.