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Typography

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

List 16: Ars Typographia; Fine Printing / Ursus Rare Books ; Ginsberg A ; Grabhorn R ; Hoyem A ; Abbott E ; Bradbury R ; Pound E ; Joyce J ; Mark E ; Mayakovsky V ; Beckett S ; Kaldewey G ; Koch P ; Lissitzky E ; Mutel D ; Zapf H., 1996

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Identifier: CC-30149-31548
Scope and Contents

The presses are listed alphabetically and include works from Arion Press, Black Sun Press, Gehenna Press, Kaldewey Press and Mutel Art Books. A detailed description of "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Didier Mutel is included. The Sackner Archive holds both the English and French version of this extraordinary book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

No.22 / Jaffe, James S. ; cummings ee ; Finlay IH ; Ginsberg A ; Johnson R ; Hamady W ; Hansen A ; Updike J ; Ashbery J ; Burroughs WS ; Gysin B ; Schwerner A ; Rothenberg J ; Olson C., 1991

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Identifier: CC-08245-8407
Scope and Contents

Lists Ian Hamilton Finlay's corrected galley proofs of "The Sea-Bed and Other Stories" for sale at $2,500. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Ray Gun: Out of Control / Jarrett, Marvin Scott ; Kuipers, Dean ; Poynor, Rick ; Brody N ; Burroughs WS ; Byrne D ; Carson D ; Fella E ; Ginsberg A ; Gysin B ; Makela S ; Ono Y ; Lichtenstein R., 1997

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Identifier: CC-27888-29027
Scope and Contents

The authors comment that "In four short but inspired years, Ray Gun has captured the imagination of American alternative culture as a forum for debate and as an arbiter of credibility on music, graphic design, culture, and style." This book presents new design on the cutting edge of typography, writing, photography, illustration, fashion. The compact disc is formatted for the MacIntosh. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Trance & Recalcitrance: The Private Voice in the Public Realm / Poltroon Press ; Butler F ; Johnston A ; Jandl E ; Gysin B ; Ginsberg A ; Hirschman J ; Sackner MA ; Sackner RK., 1995

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Identifier: CC-04763-4852
Scope and Contents

Essays by Frances Butler and Alastair Johnston present a historical, personal view of the founding of Poltroon, its philosophy and their artistic journeys during the twenty years of the press, a private voice in the public realm. They mention seeing the exhibition, "The Altered Page" at the Center for Book Arts, NYC consisting of works from the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995