The cover depicts colored, tautologic text of the title. The images in the book depict a side view of a face over the passage of time. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is the second edition of a book with the same title printed letterpress in 1988. Crombie describes the history of the neighborhood and the artists and writers who lived there. He provides the history of printing by the Kickshaws Press whose shop was initially housed in Montparnasse. The Press was closed in 1994 but Crombie still retains a small shop in another location in Paris. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The book is an illustrated guide to 15 fruit drinks. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Each facing page has the words, "Tock Tick" in the upper outer corners and "Dong Ding" in the lower inner corners. The Center of each page consists of a single word surrounded by a rectangle of closely packed printing ornaments. For example on two sets of successive pages, the text reads, "GO HOME" and "ABROAD WIN." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.