Grolier Club Collects, The, 2002
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Scope and Contents
The exhibition consisted of books, manuscripts and works on paper from the collection of Grolier Club members. "The Heart of A Humument" from the Sackner Archive was exhibited and illustrated in the catalogue. George Koppelman exhibited Charles Bukowski's "The Genius of the Crowd," Cleveland:7 Flowers Press, 1966 (hand printed and illustrated by da levy). He purchased it for less than $1.00 from Jim Lowell, Asphodel Book Shop at the time of publication. The colophon called for 103 copies but about 40 copies survived since the rest were destroyed by the Cleveland police. Current price (2007) on the internet from Virtuous Books is $14,500. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 2002
Creator
- Phillips, Tom, 1937-2022 (Person)
- Sackner, Marvin A., 1932-2020 (Person)
- Sackner, Ruth (Person)
- Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986 (Person)
- Bukowski, Charles (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (1 hard cover book + 2 stapled pages (175 pages)) ; 31 x 23.5 x 2.4 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
alpha shelf
Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
General
Published: New York : The Grolier Club. General: Added by: RUTH; updated by: RED.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
125 W. Washington St.
Main Library
Iowa City Iowa 52242 United States
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