This essay deals with the advantages of letterpress printing and the basis for design of the books published by the press that are also held by the Sackner Archive. Jarvis discusses Alasdair Gray's book 1982/Janine. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The print depicts a stylized broken arm with a fractured Swatstika arm band with the hand aflame. The smoke from the fire consists of a political address in 1993 set in bold type by Helmut Kohl, the leader of Germany dealing with solving the world's problems with money. This overlays a text with fainter type dealing with protection of the environment. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The text deals with the decision of the French government to perform nuclear bomb testing near Australia and its impact on the environment. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This essay provides a brief history of typography up to the 15th century. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This essay provides brief history of typography and the printing trade. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is the fourth in a series of four monographs concerned with the evolution of reading traditions and book practices over the past 2000 years. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.