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Several publications from Walter Hamady's Perishable Press are listed in this catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Sharing space with Division Leap. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The citation of Walter Hamady indicates that his work is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This tour de force of bookmaking, printing and neo-dada texts is the final production of Walter Hamady in this series. This volume is described by him as "The last Gabberjabb number eight and IX/XViths of aleatory annexations of odd bondings or fortuitous encounters with incompatible realities or love, anguish, wonder; and engagement or a partial timeline of sorts or bait and switch or finally, a pedagogical rememberance." In this book, Hamady launches a long polemic against the unauthorized and false statements accompanying an exhibition of his press at the Grolier Club in April 2003. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This tour de force of bookmaking, printing and neo-dada texts has different covers for each book in the run of 125 copies. Different old maps are collaged onto the covers and some books have a spine image printed on the book spine (not the Sackner copy). The media description of the pages is taken directly from Hamady's description that is printed on a leaflet of an accompanying advertisement for the book. The book includes a letter picture that incorporates varied ornaments and devices around the number '7' as well as several other pages depicting other typographic ornamaments and devices. This work was exhibited at the Agnes Scott College Gallery, Atlanta, January 2001.Reprints dada-like modifications of notes on typography and bookmaking from other sources in a wide variety of typefaces and sizes. For example, one page reprints "Outline Of Divisions: 174, 'Front Matter'...1. Just about all books start out from an idea. 2. Everything in the world is waiting to become a book. 3....

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The theme of this exhibition was tools. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This is an installation photograph. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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[see pdf for full text] This retrospective exhibition shows selected books from the Perishable Press and Hamady's darkly humorous collages and sculptural boxes. The catalogue was published in a signed, altered and unsigned edition. … -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The image is an upper half of a face with flowers sprouting from the scalp rather than hair. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The image is an upper half of a face with flowers sprouting from the scalp rather than hair. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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In addition to books published by the press, Hamady's archive including the printing presses are offered for sale. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.