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Benoit / Paris, Gabriel; Witold, Rene., 1984

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Identifier: CC-04686-4774
Scope and Contents

Paris employs a different, experimental, calligraphic style for the text on each page facing an illustration. The book deals with the printer, PA Benoit. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Chanskaja Stavka / Andryczuk, Hartmut ; Khlebnikov V., 1988

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Identifier: CC-27025-27499
Scope and Contents

This book is based upon Velimir Khlebnikov's "Chanskaja Stavka," the title for a magic and fictional world. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Der Bücherwächter, 1993

 Item — Box 128: [Barcode: 31858072458304]
Identifier: CC-01498-1531
Scope and Contents

The theme of this work is the poet, Jorge Luis Borges. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Les Instants Mal Gardes, 1983

 Item — Box 188: [Barcode: 31858072459583]
Identifier: CC-37372-39225

Pie / Crombie, John ; Bourne, Sheila., 1983

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Identifier: CC-20122-20517
Scope and Contents

The illustrations consist of dense clusters of letters and words printed with several type faces and spacings. It starts as an incomprehensible mound of dropped type which gets smaller on each page as letters are selected to tell a story, set above in neat lines, bringing order out of chaos, -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Pie / Crombie, John ; Bourne, Sheila., 1983

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Identifier: CC-20123-20518
Scope and Contents

The illustrations consist of dense clusters of letters and wordsprinted with several type faces and spacings. It starts as an incomprehensible mound of dropped type which gets smaller on each page as letters are selected to tell a story, set above in neat lines, bringing order out of chaos. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Procrustes Inn Register / Cremean, Robert., 1994

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Identifier: CC-20495-20892
Scope and Contents

The text of this mythical tale of an innkeeper who saws the legs short if the guest is too long for his/her bed and streches the guest's legs if they are too short to fit the bed was handwritten by Cremean and then printed letterpress on a blank sheet of paper and in fragments across the embossed area of the print. The prints were embossed through the application of a unique relief, realistic sculpture. The edition was printed by Bill Kelly and Michele Burgess. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Sinn (Meaning or Sense) / Haider, Christian C. ; Wittgenstein L., 1993

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Identifier: CC-09733-9926
Scope and Contents

Includes essays in code on philosophy, psychology and astrology along with colored photographic reproductions of 22 paintings. The latter also include calligraphic and mathematical content. The text is composed with a difficult to read, frgmented typeface. A readable version of the German text is provided on the loose sheets. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Tagebuch Eines Nie Gesehenen April / Elytis, Odysseas; Kerg, Theo., 1984

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Identifier: CC-14126-14431
Scope and Contents

Embossed prints based upon the Greek poems of Odysseas Elytis have been placed within folded pages of German translations composed in experimental typography by Kerg. Odysseas Elytis, a greek poet, received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1979. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

the world Is sick, she cried, so let's dance / Golden, Alisa J.., 1983

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Identifier: CC-10393-10596
Scope and Contents

The title page of the duplicate copy has waterstains on the lower third. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Un Conte a Votre Facon by Raymond Queneau / Crombie, John ; Bourne, Sheila., 1982

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Identifier: CC-20117-20512
Scope and Contents

This identical in design to the English version, Yours for the Telling, that is also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Untitled Book, 2nd Ed. / Crombie, John ; Bourne, Sheila., 1992

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Identifier: CC-20131-20526
Scope and Contents

The illustrations consist of dense clusters of letters and words printed with several type faces and spacings. The Sackner Archive holds the first edition of this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell / Fahrner, Barbara ; Gallo, Philip., 1993

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Identifier: CC-11026-11241
Scope and Contents

The bookbinding was done by Daniel E. Kelm and the printing by Philip Gallo. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Wish You Were Here...! / Crombie, John ; Bourne, Sheila., 1988

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Identifier: CC-20115-20510
Scope and Contents

Printed on Arches paper. A French version of this book also held by the Sackner Archive "Bous Baisers D'Angleterre," has identical images but conventional typography. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Wish You Were Here...! / Crombie, John ; Bourne, Sheila., 1988

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Identifier: CC-20121-20516
Scope and Contents

A French version of this book also held by the Sackner Archive, "Bons Baisers d'Angleterre," contains identical images but conventional typography. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988