This book lists artists' books mainly from England, America and Germany by the year of publication. The books form the collection of the Library of the Chelsea School of Art (now the Chelsea College of Art and Design). Essays explore the history of b arts, Mallarme and Broodthaers, Russian Futurist book, Fluxus books, minimalist and conceptual books, feminist books and book collecting. A chronology, glossary and index provide reference material. Many books are also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Clive Phillpot contributed an essay, "Reading Artists' Books," in which he wrote that "Visual artists have explored and exploited the nature and structure of the book. both in former times and with renewed vigor more recently, with the result that the book has come to be appreciated widely as an extremely fruitful and subtle multidimensional means for the transmission of human experience. In addition, artists have come to demand of their readers that they develop their ability to utilize various forms of reading, whether retinal or tactile, whether linear, peripheral, oscillatory, or random, in order to be able to engage fully with the content embedded in each book." Books by Carothers, Ligorano, and Mabe were lent to this exhibition by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Jackman demonstrates in a drawing the dimensions of the chair used in the her piece held by the Sackner Archive, The Poet Assassinated, that its basis was Picasso's Maquette for a Monument to Guillaume Apollinaire. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This catalogue was published for the exhibition of the same title at the Bibliotheque Nationale which was attended by the Sackners. The works on display were predominantly conceptual and Fluxus works, with minimal examples of visual/verbal artists books and no Lettrist works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This exhibition was curated by Roberto Antolini for the Trento Biblioteca Comunale and the Bolzano Museum. He contributed one essay "Il Nuovo Libro Futurista" and with Melania Gazzotti a second one titled "Le Sperimentazioni delle Neoavanguardie Nella Seconda Meta del Novecento." A section of the catalogue contains illustrations of artists' books mainly from the 1970's. the last part of the catalogue consists of correspondence between Fedele Azari and Fortunato Depero. Most of the works depicted in this catalogue were donated to the museum by Paolo Della Grazia. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The exhibition was curated by Nora Quinlan and William Brown. The Sackner Archive lent four works to this exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.