The artist writes "This book is a visual manifestation of my musings after a night in the Scriptorium Sackner. It may be read from either direction, or opened randomly. It is given with thanks and affection." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Includes eight ink drawings, dated 1984, whose imagery and density are similar to some of the drawings in Bar-Bar 1988, also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The main text was selected from Beatrice Warde's 1951 essay, "The Design of Books." The subtext was taken from Bradbury Thompson's 1945 essay in "Westvaco Inspirations." Warde's text on the lack of reading is interpreted in a set of 8 books with each book designed as a typographic reaction to Thompson's monoalphabet and alphabet 26 type experiments. Carothers forms words with capital and lowercase letters of the same size and weight to impart unusual appearances. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Gallo exactly reproduced the title page, table of contents, and page numbers of an original book by Paul Eipper. He then removed all else except the captions that once accompanied the photographs of wild animals. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Photocopy of unique book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Most of the collage elements are circular reinforcements for the holes of loose leaf pages in varied colors -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Designed for the Frankfurter Buchmesser of 1981. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The single color photograph of a woman's face with the eyes olbscured by yellow discs included in this work is reminiscent of the art of John Baldessari and the colored dots of varied colors of Jennifer Bartlett. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The cast paper case is a death mask of a woman. Each drawing is a rubberstamped portrait of a woman's facial features dealing with her response to cosmetics. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The book is cut horizontally through the pages and slightly rotated. The fore-edge and cardboard base are painted green.Internet: Sarah Firmin (Dorothy Carr) (1933-) is a versatile artist, designer and teacher, gaining her painting diploma at St Martin's School of Art. Working at the London College of Printing, (together with Francis Carr, whom she married) Firmin helped pioneer the use of screenprinting as a fine art medium in the late 1940s. They have been credited with producing some of the first screenprints to be made in this country, and for introducing the medium to a number of artists including Eduardo Paolozzi. Firmin took part in numerous group shows and her solo exhibitions include the ICA, 1970; Gardner Art Centre, Sussex University, 1982; and Barbican Centre, 1991. The British Museum and Victoria & Albert Museum hold examples of her work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Exhibited in Visualog 2, San Luis Obispo, California, an exhibition curated by Karl Kempton. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.