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Ken Olisa created a thank you note after touring the Archive with Marvin Sackner using an American Airlines business class menu while returning to London. The first page message as 'mined' by Olisa reads, " Dear M & R - Thank you for making my trip to Miami Beach such a pleasure. Your discriminating taste created a unique selection. You have clearly inspired American Airlines judging by the quality of the front cover! You helped to make this trip something special. Best regards, Ken Olisa - DMATEKOn the back cover, Olisa reveals the following by selecting particular letters and connecting them with lines (after the fashion of Tom Phillips): "The piece on collecting was very funny - Ken." the latter statement refers to an essay given to Olisa by the Sackners involving the behavior of book collectors. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Also designated th wrecking ballzark #45 and pomez a penny #92. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The first section of the book depicts the handwritten manuscript for making the anagrams and the second section the printed examples found. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Edited by William Xerra. The colophon states the year of publication as 1984 but this might be 1985 to maintain the sequence of the issue numbering. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Edited by William Xerra. The colophon states the year of publication as 1984 but this might be 1985 to maintain the sequence of the issue numbering. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.