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House Mother Normal: A Geriatric Comedy, 1971

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Identifier: CC-31706-33216

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Scope and Contents

This is the first edition of the book limited to 100 copies for sale and 26 for distribution by the author. The layout of the text has unusual spacing and a variety of fonts. In one chapter, the spaced words take on a concrete poetic appearance and in another, the spaced letters almost appear like a letter picture. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates

  • Creation: 1971

Creator

Extent

0 See container summary (1 hard cover book (204 pages)) ; 21.5 x 14.3 x 2.2 cm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Location

alphabetical shelves

Custodial History

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift of Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.

General

Published: London, England : Trigram Press. Signed by: B. S. Johnson (c.- colophon). Nationality of creator: British. General: 100 copies of 126 total copies. About 79 number copy. General: Added by: RED; updated by: RED.

Repository Details

Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository

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