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The Iron Whim; A Fragmented History of Typewriting / Wershler-Henry, Darren ; Ballard J ; Burroughs WS ; cummings ee ; Gysin B ; Kafka F ; McCaffery S ; Kerouac J ; Ronell A ; Ruscha E ; Smart C ; Vollmann W ; Williams M ; McLuhan M ; Olson C ; Sackner MA., 2007

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Identifier: CC-56139-9999582

Scope and Contents This book is a first edition, first printing.The author provides a history of the typewriter as a machine. There is also a section on "cut-ups" by Burroughs and Gyson.Review in The Atlantic, April 2007: "Witty and idiosyncratic, this history of typewriting says more than one might think possible about the subject. . . ." Book Description Amazon.com: "The Iron Whim is an intelligent, irreverent, and humorous history of writing culture and technology. It covers the early history and evolution of the typewriter as well as the various attempts over the years to change the keyboard configuration, but it is primarily about the role played by this marvel in the writer's life. Darren Wershler-Henry populates his book with figures as disparate as Bram Stoker, Mark Twain, Franz Kafka, Norman Mailer, Alger Hiss, William Burroughs, J. G. Ballard, Jack Kerouac, Hunter S. Thompson, Northrop Frye, David Cronenberg, and David Letterman; the soundtrack ranges from the industrial clatter of a...

Dates: 2007

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

The Iron Whim; A Fragmented History of Typewriting / Wershler-Henry, Darren ; Ballard J ; Burroughs WS ; cummings ee ; Gysin B ; Kafka F ; McCaffery S ; Kerouac J ; Ronell A ; Ruscha E ; Smart C ; Vollmann W ; Williams M ; McLuhan M ; Olson C ; Sackner MA., 2005

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Identifier: CC-44481-46631

Scope and Contents The author provides a history of the typewriter as a machine. There is also a section on "cut-ups" by Burroughs and Gyson.Review in The Atlantic, April 2007: "Witty and idiosyncratic, this history of typewriting says more than one might think possible about the subject. . . ." Book Description Amazon.com: "The Iron Whim is an intelligent, irreverent, and humorous history of writing culture and technology. It covers the early history and evolution of the typewriter as well as the various attempts over the years to change the keyboard configuration, but it is primarily about the role played by this marvel in the writer's life. Darren Wershler-Henry populates his book with figures as disparate as Bram Stoker, Mark Twain, Franz Kafka, Norman Mailer, Alger Hiss, William Burroughs, J. G. Ballard, Jack Kerouac, Hunter S. Thompson, Northrop Frye, David Cronenberg, and David Letterman; the soundtrack ranges from the industrial clatter of a newsroom full of Underwoods to the more muted...

Dates: 2005

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

The Labyrinth / Steinberg, Saul., 1960

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Identifier: CC-29921-31310

Scope and Contents

This book is a collection of line drawings that appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, Life, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1960

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

The Labyrinth / Steinberg, Saul., 1954

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Identifier: CC-30396-31813

Scope and Contents

This book is a collection of line drawings that appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, Life, etc. It deals with false dicuments, passports, diplomas, certificates, false photographs, false etchings, false wine labels, letters, manuscripts, fingerprints, cowboys, games, rubberstamp architecture, slums, skyscrapers, cacography, etc. There are 350 drawings in this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1954

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

The Palnik Poster Book / Palnik, Paul., 1983

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Identifier: CC-04312-4392

Dates: 1983

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

The Passport: Revised Edition / Steinberg, Saul ; Hollander J., 1979

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Identifier: CC-30397-31814

Scope and Contents

This book is a collection of line drawings that appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, Life, etc. It deals with false dicuments, passports, diplomas, certificates, false photographs, false etchings, false wine labels, letters, manuscripts, fingerprints, cowboys, games, rubberstamp architecture, slums, skyscrapers, cacography, etc. There are 350 drawings in this book. This revised edition has a critical analysis of Steinberg's book as an introduction. There are several newly added drawings as well as deletions, from the long out of print 1954 edition of the book, also held by the Sackner Archive. The dust jackets differ between the two editions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

The Right Girl for Your Job / Craigie, Peter M.., 1981

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Identifier: CC-16514-16867

Dates: 1981

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

The Twilight of the Bums / Chambers, George ; Federman, Raymond ; Motley T., 2007

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Identifier: CC-49307-70349

Scope and Contents

More than 80 riffs, rants, and mini-fictions by two old BUMS, er, that is, masters - perfectly complemented by the avant-comic artistry of T. Motley!' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

[The twins...] / Baxter, Glen., 1980

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Identifier: CC-52457-73583

Dates: 1980

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

This Modern World / Tomorrow, Tom., 1995

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Identifier: CC-01696-1732

Dates: 1995

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

Those Martin Johnsons... / Merton, Thomas., 1935

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Identifier: CC-61349-10003936

Dates: 1935

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

Three Small Books / Chast, Roz., 1982

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Identifier: CC-18011-18381

Dates: 1982

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

Title / Franke, Christopher ; Saroyan A ; Lang E., 1975

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Identifier: CC-48258-69283

Dates: 1975

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

Twenty Four Cartoons / Cobb, R.., 1970

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Identifier: CC-17150-17508

Dates: 1970

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

Unscientific Americans / Chast, Roz., 1982

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Identifier: CC-19017-19396

Dates: 1982

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

[Untitled] / Boekie Woekie ; vanEgten H ; Voss J., 1986

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Identifier: CC-22515-22940

Dates: 1986

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

[Untitled] / Gregoire, Justin., 1990

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Identifier: CC-44515-46665

Scope and Contents

One section in the catalogue is entitled word drawings; two such examples are depicted in this record. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry