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 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 444 Collections and/or Records:

L'Alphabet: Poeme en Prose de Victor Hugo / Flocon, Albert., 1978

 Item
Identifier: CC-11372-11588
Scope and Contents

Each letter of the alphabet is incorporated into a surrealistic image. The print accompanying the book is reminiscent of work by Maurice Escher. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

L'Alphabet Socio-Politique / Villegle, Jacques., 1999

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Identifier: CC-37178-39022
Scope and Contents

Each card depicts multiple drawings of the designated letter and related political ideograms. The verso of the card explains the symbolism of the latter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Laughing Time: Collected Nonsense / Smith, William Jay ; Krahn, Fernando., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-02838-2881
Scope and Contents

This is an expanded, revised edition of a book first published in 1980. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Laughing Time: Collected Nonsense / Smith, William Jay ; Krahn, Fernando., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-02839-2882
Scope and Contents

This is an expanded, revised edition of a book first published in 1980. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Le Courrier des Lettres / Topor, Roland., 1975

 Item
Identifier: CC-30438-31859
Scope and Contents

Each page depicts a colored satirical drawing that incorporates a letter of the alphabet along with a caption below it. The Sackner copy is the first edition of the book; it was reprinted in 1992. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Le Poeme Alphabetique / Chopin, Henri., 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-18689-19062
Scope and Contents

This was also published in Chopin's book, "Le Derniere Roman du Monde" and reproduced with minor differenced in Williams' "Antholigy of Concrete Poetry." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Letter by Letter: An Alphabetical Miscellany / Pflughaupt, Laurent., 2007

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Identifier: CC-50241-71307
Scope and Contents

The author analyzes each letter of the Roman alphabet in detail, tracing its origin evolution, and form, as well as discussing its important abbreviations, symbols, and associated meanings. Arranged in alphabetical order, twenty-six entries offer a wealth of facts about each letter, establishing correspondences between letters and elements borrowed from a variety of different fields of study ranging from traditioal paleography, phonetics, and graphic arts to the more arcane areas of musicology, esotericism, and even Eastern philosophy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007

[Letter to David W. Harris on Broadside of Poem] / Bory, Jean-Francois; Harris DW; Chopin H; Nichol bp., 1967

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Identifier: CC-22446-22870
Scope and Contents

Letter concerns J. Bory's placement of copies of "Gronk" No.1 and 2 in Paris bookshops, and comments on expenses involved with being a publisher. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

[Letter to Dr. and Mrs Sackner] / Hutchins, Edward H.., 1990

 Item
Identifier: CC-08796-8971
Scope and Contents

Provides key to designations of images in Alphabet Mountain, an artist's book held by Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Letterale / Roffi, Gian Paolo., 2000

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Identifier: CC-34654-36355
Scope and Contents

The letters of the alphabet are presented in varying size lower case fonts with a circle or leaf shape with letters on the side of each page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Letters from the People / Friedlander, Lee., 1993

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Identifier: CC-11031-11246
Scope and Contents

Friedlander has photographed letters, numbers, words and graffiti which he gleaned mainly from the streets and walls of buildings in the United States; hence the title, Letters from the People. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993