The Passport: Revised Edition / Steinberg, Saul ; Hollander J., 1979
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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
- Creation: 1979
Creator
- Steinberg, Saul (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (1 hard cover book (240 pages) in dust jacket) ; 31 x 23.3 x 2.2 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
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Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
General
Published: New York : Random House. Nationality of creator: American. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: RED.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
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