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Work consists of Baroni's interpretation of a roulette game. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Designated pamphlets number nine. A performance copy of this work with added notes is also held by the Sackner Archive. it has the title, "Ana 1 - 5." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Designated pamphlets number nine. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Most of the poems in this book have been published previously. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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A second deluxe edition illustrated by Jiri Sindler was published in 1996. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The pages consist of a designer alphabet by Reichert. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Metal objects consist of lead type. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The letters of this drawing are based on an alphabet by Theo Van Doesburg. The letters were formed by extensive cross-hatching with a very fine rapidiograph pen. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents In this book, Ball indicates the following. "The smallest unit in this poem-sequence is a three-letter combination or "word" employing a central vowel and two different consonants. There are five words per line incorporating each of the five vowels. All the words in a section begin with the same consonant. There are 21 sections. All the words in a given line end with the same consonant. Each section has 20 lines because the consonant that begins each word in a section is not repeated at the ends of words within that section.The words in this poem are meant to be read aloud, line by line. Pronunciation is left to the reader. Readers will find various words and lines induce surprise or laughter because of the sounds involved and because of meanings and suggested meanings.While one reads, one may become uncertain about which words are in dictionaries or in use and which are not. Some words and non-words will sound like real words that have other spellings. Many non-words look and...

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The book was designed, printed and handbound by Johnson. The illustrations, based on the original style of Thomas Tenniel, the original illustrator of Alice in Wonderland, were recreated by Yvonne van Rietschoten. The letters were written by Lewis Carroll a.k.a. C.L. Dodgson and printed with a computor by the author. Twenty-six letters were chosen addressed to 26 people in alphabetical order of their first name. Each letter of the alphabet with an illustration is printed on the outside of each envelope page. This book was awarded the Bienes Book prize at the Broward County public library. Marvin Sackner served as one of three jurors in this selection. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Each page is typed with lines of lower case letters a to z and then z to a. Each successive page is over-typed with increasing density such that the additional letters create a moire effect. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.