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Concrete poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

And / Crombie, John ; Harig L., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-46398-49123
Scope and Contents

This copy of the book was printed on art board. The Sackner Archive also holds the deluxe edition that was printed on Hahnemuhle. The words "Now All Is Always" were strung together by T.S. Eliot in "Four Quarters" and later by Ludwig Harig in "Sprechstudien." This book s also entitled "Four Wise Words." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

And / Crombie, John ; Harig L., 1998

 Item
Identifier: CC-46399-49124
Scope and Contents

This copy of the book was printed on Hahnemuhle. The Sackner Archive also holds the ordinary edition that was printed on art board. The words "Now All Is Always" were strung together by T.S. Eliot in "Four Quarters" and later by Ludwig Harig in "Sprechstudien." This book is also entitled "Four Wise Words." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Chapter and Verse / Crombie, John., 2000

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Identifier: CC-40499-42471
Scope and Contents

Each line of verse is printed in a varient typeface and either black or gray ink. The poem describes a series of bombings and the aftermath of each attack. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

CV / Crombie, John., 1988

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Identifier: CC-17971-18341
Scope and Contents

This book has spiral spines on two of its borders. Text consists of the words, "gloom, doom, womb and tomb," similar to another book held by the Sackner Archive with a different format by Crombie, entitled "Womb to Tomb." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Errata or: My Mistake / Crombie, John., 2002

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Identifier: CC-40497-42469
Scope and Contents

Errata are arranged in rhyming, metrical, eight-word sentences, each identifiable by its distinct typeface of point size. Each page contains the words "for" and "read" on the top and bottom. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

From Constance to Fifi: The Loves of My Life, 1985

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Identifier: CC-17960-18330
Scope and Contents

The love is actually for a fount of Atlas type. When Charlotte Garry wrote to John Crombie saying she didn't understand the book, he patiently wrote back, 'it is designed, essentially as a diversion for typographers: the cover and first page show a complete fount, the lay of a case of type. On each successive page, a number of letters have been removed: those required to compose a particular name. Ten pages, ten names - from Constance to Fifi. Of course, it's really just a pretext dreamed up by me to show off the Atlas type, an old case of which I'd just acquired by chance.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

Integrated Circuit / Crombie, John., 1987

 Item
Identifier: CC-17955-18325
Scope and Contents

The text consists of variations on the words, 'gloom,' 'whom,' and 'womb.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

List f-92 / Black Sun Books ; Crombie J ; Kruger B ; Peret B ; Iliazd ; Roth D ; Schwitters K ; Stein G ; Tapies A., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-23618-24065
Scope and Contents

Poesie de mots inconnus by Iliazd, held by the Sackner Archive, is listed as an offering with a detailed description. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Proofs , 1991

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Identifier: CC-17975-18345
Scope and Contents

The pages are "saturated" with proofs of "discarded titles, rejected illustrations, botched typographics" from an abandoned book, "Sic Transport." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Spreading the Word / Crombie, John., 1987

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Identifier: CC-17958-18328
Scope and Contents

Words relating to love are hidden in varied lines of letters with differing size and style typefaces. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

Tentative de Mise en Onomatopees d'un Soiree chez Madame Verdurin a l'Instant ou l'un des fideles Lache une Grosse Faribole / Crombie, John., 1997

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Identifier: CC-46396-49121
Scope and Contents

This copy of the book was printed on art board. The Sackner Archive also holds the deluxe edition that was printed on Rives et Arches. The words are adapted from "Du Cote de chez Swann" by Marcel Proust. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Tentative de Mise en Onomatopees d'un Soiree chez Madame Verdurin a l'Instant ou l'un des fideles Lache une Grosse Faribole / Crombie, John., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-46397-49122
Scope and Contents

This copy of the book was printed on Rives et Arches. The Sackner Archive also holds the ordinary edition that was printed on art board. The words are adapted from "Du Cote de chez Swann" by Marcel Proust. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

The Utter Mystery / Crombie, John., 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-40498-42470
Scope and Contents

The book is divided into chapters that are titled "The Perplexities Commence," "The Perplexities Mutliply" and "The Ultimate Conundrum." The answer to the posed questions of Who? What? When,? How? and Why? is on the last page - Because!!! Listed are many excuses from Human Fallibility, Gross Mismanagement to Precocious Senility. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000