Scope and Contents Marvin Sackner reviewed the book and wrote a blurb for the dust jacket. Betty Bright is a co-founder and curator of the Minneapolis Center for Book Arts who was responsible for over 50 exhibitions in a nine year-period. She has written a book on artist books that removes the chaos from the many flavors of this genre. Her analysis is confined almost exclusively to British and American writers and artists. She discusses artist books chronologically based upon the classification of the fine press book, deluxe book, bookwork, sculptural books and hybrids She begins the journey with the books by William Morris of the English Arts and Crafts movement in the late nineteenth century. She mentions that Morris was preoccupied with the design of the book because he believed that such books should not only tell a story but cause the reader to enter into a new world, a remark that seems apropos to the artist book today. Along the way, she cites exhibitions and catalogues, some well known and...

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Article describing artist books found in the shop, "Printed Matter". -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Stored in Nannucci box. "This voume, subtitled "Nonprofit Collective Organizations in the 1960's and 1970's," gathers one of the first extensive research on artist-run spaces. Developed in collaboration with the initiators and founders of Art Metropole (Vancouver), Artpool (Budapest), Ecart (Geneva), Farnklin Furnace (New York) La Mamelle (San Francisco), Printed Matter (New York), and Zona (Florence), the activities of these interconnected points of an alternative network are thus introduced by figures such as AA Bronson, Lucy Lippard, Tom Marioni, and Maurizio Nannucci. They develop on the implications of new art practices, self-organizaion strategies, and politics of exchange." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This catalogue defines, describes and illustrates, in an experiment graphic designed layout, mass produced editions of artists' books from the 1970's to the 1990's. This book is complementary to Johanna Drucker's book, "The Century of Artists' Books that dealt with unique and small editioned books. In an in-depth essay, Clive Phillpot analyzes the entire spectrum, including magazines, assemblings, manifestos, visual poetry, scores, documentation, sketchbooks, albums, graphic works, comic books, illustrated books, page art, mail art and bookworks. Martha Wilson is interviewed by Thomas Padon about the Franklin Furnace Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The event that was documented by this catalogue was organized by Ric Gadella and Florence Loewy. The catalogue included an annotated listing of the illustrated books by Henri Matisse and offerings by commercial art galleries and bookshops. Clive Phillpot wrote "Booktrek: The Next Frontier," in which he described the influence of the paperback book on artists books. May Castleberry provided an historic essay on children's books by American artists and mentioned Man Ray, Andy Warhol, and Faith Ringgold. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Nancy Princenthal contributed an essay, "The Bookmakers' Odds: A Short, Subjective Survey of Recent Publications by Artists." The catalogue includes a sixteen page insert by Lawrence Weiner of conceptual art. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Edited by Rick Gadella and Daniel Elias. Includes a 16 page insert by Francisco Clemente. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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These cards describe the scope of the collection -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The Sackner Archive is listed as resource of Artists' Books Collections. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The Sackner Archive is listed as resource of Artists' Books Collections. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This catalogue was designed by Dianne Fogwell. Works that are illustrated in here and held by the Sackner Archive include "Real Estates of the Heart" by Ruth Cowen, "Typewriter Series" by Jennifer Hawkins, and "Australian Poet." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The suite of drawings by Jennifer Hawkins, "Typewriter Series" (1982) depicted in this book is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This catalogue is a retrospective of Kocman's Artists' Books and Papers. Jiri Valoch contributed a critical essay that traced the interdisciplinary art movements of the 1970's, the European political and artistic community in which Kocman worked, and his studies in bookbinding and aesthetics. He describes Kocman's work as "a synthesis combining intellectual detachment informed by his conceptual experience with a remarkable sensibility and strong lyricism and with a continuous questioning of the nature of art." Several examples of Kocman's works are held by the Sackner Archive. For example, the catalogue depicts a reproduction of Poe's "The Raven," one of Kocman's paper re-making books that is held by the Sackner Archive. The catalogue lists "The Metamorphosis" by Kafka (1980) and Fragment of Videvdat and Other Fragments (1988), as well as several editioned books held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.