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This survey focuses more on the traditional illustrated book (Livre d'Artiste) than its title as contemporaneously defined. The dust jacket reproduces a detail of the Transsiberian Railroad by Cendrars and Delaunay, a work held by the Sackner Archive. Indeed, several books exhibited and reproduced in this catalogue are also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This catalogue mentions that the press' works are held by the Sackner Archive. The loose sheet announces "Lizard Snake Suit." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This catalogue complements exhibitions at the Univwersity of Pennsylvania, University of Georgia, Scripps College and Smith College. Daniel Traister contributed an essay "The Press and the Poets." The Sackner Archive is cited as holding works of Enid Marks. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This exhibition was curated by Betty Bright. Pages of Timothy Ely's unique book, "The Open Hand Discovers," which was lent to the exhibition by the Sackner Archive are reproduced. Henrik Drescher's book, "Too Much Bliss," a work also held by the Sackner Archive was depicted on the cover of the catalog. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

In a section entitled "A Note on the Original Edition," Phillips mentions the following, "Heartening support was given by Ruth and Leo Phillips as well as the many patient collectors who bought their copies before a picture or a line was printed. Amongst those I should particularly like to mention Marvin and Ruth Sackner without those staunch encouragement the seven year trial of making the edition would have seemed so much less suprerable." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Ruth and Marvin Sackner served as jurors along with Jean Trebbi. The catalogue was edited and the exhibition curated by James A. Findlay, Librarian of Special Collections. The companion exhibition at the Fort Lauderdale Library was "Modern Rare Books II: Artists' Books from the Mata and Arthur Jaffe Collection." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This issue describes the bookmaking workshops related to the exhibition of pop-up books opening spring 2005, "Stand & Deliver: Engineering Sculpture into a Book Format" that is curated by Ed Hutchins. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

R K Francis writes, "In 1989, following a visit to the Ruth and Marvin Sackner Collection of Concrete and Visual Poetry in Miami, Rea was inspired by the idea of creating an artist's book. His interest in this project grew out of a desire to paint a series of watercolour images to accompany extracts from Rimbaud's 'Une saison enfer,' a work which has for a long time fascinated him." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.