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Book review

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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 377 Collections and/or Records:

Arts Review. No.22/Nov / Phillips T., 1980

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Identifier: CC-24757-25210
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Kevin Powers reviews the trade edition of "A Humument" by Tom Phillips and reproduces page 190. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Atlantic, The. No.4/Oct / Petro P ; Phillips T ; King S ; Osborn K ; Zwicker T., 1990

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Identifier: CC-24982-25435
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Pamela Petro's essay "Books as Works of Art" describes "A Humument" by Tom Phillips ("perhaps the most famous artist's book to date"), "I Spent the Summer in Paris" by Susan King, and "Tropos" by Kevin Osborn. All of these books are held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Because the Night Belongs To Her / Dowd, Maureen; Smith P., 2010

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Identifier: CC-51864-72964
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This is a book review "Just Kids," Patti Smith's early years in New York with romance with Robert Mapplethorpe. The Sackners have a signed deluxe copy of the book and also heard Patti Smith talk and perform at the Miami Book Fair. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2010

Biblio. No.1/Jan / Basbanes N., 1997

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Identifier: CC-29405-30770
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Peter Beal descibes the story of the false document that sent Alfred Dreyfus to prison. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Biblio. No.2/Feb / Basbanes N., 1999

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Identifier: CC-31715-33227
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Includes essays on Tom Wolfe and Arthur Szyk. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Biblio. No.4/Apr / Basbanes N., 1999

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Identifier: CC-32006-33537
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Alice Tufel contributes an essay, "Dealing in Eternity," that describes the New York Public Library's Berg Collection. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Biblio. No.5/May / Basbanes N ; Sackner MA ; Carey B ; Freeman B ; Drucker J., 1998

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Identifier: CC-29802-31181
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Rye Armstrong contributed an illustrated essay, "Blessed Be the Book," concerning the work of Brainard Carey (aka Brian Salzsberg). Carey, a book artist whose work is held by the Sackner Archive, is described as a neo-monk who has recreated the Book of Job, transcribing, illustrating and binding it by hand. Carole Grossman discusses the difference between livre d'artiste and artists' books in her essay '"Books at the Limit." She writes that artists' books "are very much an international twentieth century phenomenon...and frequently question the meaning and role of the book as an art form. Often the artists hark back to the original idea of a clandestine private press and use their artistic abilities to underscore their own political or social ideas. As a general rule one can expect private-press or fine-press books and livres d'artistes to be more in the classical tradition of book design than artists' books." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Biblio. No.6/Jun / Basbanes N., 1997

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Identifier: CC-29424-30789
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Sidney Berger contributes an essay on Book Format: Part Two - Octavo, Duodecimo, and Sextodecimo -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Biblio. No.7/Jul / Basbanes N., 1997

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Identifier: CC-29410-30775
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Sidney Berger contributes an essay, "Book Format. Part One: Broadsides, Folios, and Quartos." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Biblio. No.8/Aug / Basbanes N ; Beckett S., 1998

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Identifier: CC-30593-32031
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Daniel Lindlley writes in his essay, "The Unnamable Samuel Beckett," that Beckett wrote his play "Breath" in 1970 as a contribution to Kenneth Tynan's show "Oh! Calcutta." It consisted of a few lighting effects, cries, and the sound of breathing. The Sackner Archive holds a hand-knit sweater by Astrid Furnival that depicts the full text of this play. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998