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Donato Cinicolo writes that he will be unable to travel to Prinknish Abbey with Houedard but will meet him there as he has a;ready booked a ticket. The typings are arranged in clusters with frequent use of words translated into French and Italian. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Houedard addresses Donato as Danilo, typing the name as an optical image concrete poem. His own signature is also typed as an optical image. He thanks Cinicolo for sending him his project book and indicates that he should tell Hansjorg Mayer that he will send him Dana Atchley's Notebook. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Houedard addresses Donato as Danilo, typing the name as an optical image concrete poem. His own signature is also typed as an optical image. He thanks Cinicolo for sending him his project book and indicates that he should tell Hansjorg Mayer that he will send him Dana Atchley's Notebook. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Houedard thanks Donatello [cinicolo 3) for the greenbook and writes that he is" trying to catch up on letters & writing bookreviews &tc & typing out things for the anthology of soundpoetry i am supposed to have finished last year." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Houedard thanks Donatello for the greenbook and writes that he is" trying to catch up on letters & writing bookreviews &tc & typing out things for the anthology of soundpoetry i am supposed to have finished last year." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Addresses Donato as my dear do don't NATO donato3 donatello donatissimo donatellone. Thanks him for his "squareletter" which pleased the postman (envelope 05-08-1970). Indicates that he is still waiting for a silver ribbon. Complains about Hansjorg Mayer and friends hogging an art show for first year graphic students. The text of the letter is typed in a pattern of wavy rather than the usual straight lines. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Addresses Donato as my dear do don't NATO donato3 donatello donatissimo donatellone. Thanks him for his "squareletter" which pleased the postman (envelope 05-08-1970). Indicates that he is still waiting for a silver ribbon. Complains about Hansjorg Mayer and friends hogging an art show for first year graphic students. The text of the letter is typed in a pattern of wavy rather than the usual straight lines. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This catalogue in an edition of 100 consists of 75 copies with biographical information and 25 copies with biographical information plus photographic reproductions of the artists. Houedard provided autobiographical details and prices for his typewriter poems. Stored in Houedard box. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The design of the dust jacket and 40 black and white grainy photographic images were provided by Tom Phillips to illustrate Willliams' poems. The book and its typography were designed by Donato Cinicolo 3 who employed a large variety of typefaces including those from a typewriter. Jonathan Williams also contributed notes on the poems as well as an afterword. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Auction catalogue. Rolf Dittmar was a very famous collector of avant garde literature and poetry, artist books and magazines, and visual arts who lived in Wiesbaden Germany. He was a practicing attorney who enjoyed establishing collections on a specific theme, selling them and starting another collection thereafter. This auction catalogue is a copy of Hanns Sohm with his handwritten selections. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.