This card is part of the Bug House Archives. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The black and white photographs on the front and back covers depict two toy sailing boats in a pond. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Each page consists of photographs of one letter of the alphabet made in a distinctive material, an image relating to the letter, and a handwritten caption to the image. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The poems are constellations to describe the photographs of the two Alpine scenes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The Sackners attended Ligon's exhibition at the Whitney museum. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The handwritten page in this limited edition is a manuscript page. The folded sheet is an announcement for a reading. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The line (sentence) on the inside of the unfolded card reads, "The mute dispenser of the vernal shower." Vernal means youth or pertaining to spring and "vernal shower." It was utilized in a poem by Thomas Gray (British, 1771-1771) as "Sweet is the breath of vernal shower,The bee's collected treasures sweet, Sweet music's melting full, but sweeter yet. The still small voice of gratitude." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Each page deals with one letter of the alphabet which depicts a image and a handwritten poem with each word beginning with the same letter of the alphabet. For example, the letter 'A' page reprints the following Aron ate abalone at alternate altitudes. "Anton asked after Anne, "Avon averred. Anne answered afirmatively, after assuming an attitude as alien as always." Animals argue as arrogantly," Anne asserted... The accompanying image to this story is a wrapper for 'Tums,' the antacid. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The prints are tipped onto the papercard folder on its inner covers. One of the prints that is colored depicts a landscape surrounding the Temple of Fame, Studley Royal. The other print lists ancient dictionary definitions of dove; Dove, n. a flute-haunting bird; East, n., one of the four corners of the sphere; Fame, n., an effervescence; Gnomon, n., a rod, astaff, the shepard of hours; Horizon, n., a liberation, a bound. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The image on the cover is Roseby Willow-Herb that is also the poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This card depicts two colored photographs of a painting of the same country estate. The top one that is captioned, "An uninviting garden" is landscaped with plants. The bottom one that has been stripped of almost all of its landscaping and with a fence in front is captioned, "The same garden, supposedly improved by Strathclyde Region with the support of the Scottish Arts Council." The poem is a metaphor for Finlay's conflict over taxation of his gallery. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The image consists of two funeral urns, one labeled, Sophie, the other Xstus. The poem reads, Friedrich von Hardenberg (1772-1801). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The styrofoam objects on the cover have the appearance of two breasts. This second edition of this book object differs from every page ranging from subtle ornamentation, typeface, layout or content. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Each of three Haikus are printed one to a page along side of calligraphic markings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.