ThIs book follows the romantic adventures of A (L'Amoureuse) and M (Le Marchand) though a poetic, typographic landscape in Paris. Quesemand is the author of the texts and Berman is the graphic designer and illustrator of this humorous and sophisticated book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

ThIs drawing is included in a book that follows the romantic adventures of A (L'Amoureuse) and M (Le Marchand) though a poetic, typographic landscape in Paris. Berman is the graphic designer and illustrator of this humorous and sophisticated book. Quesemand is the author of the text. This drawing 's main image is a black building on the left in the night with the day on the right. One of the buildings is labeled "Cochin Hospital." Quesemand's poetry is printed on the extreme right. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Leggere means to read in Italian. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Laxson writes that the "Letters to the Ether Other" first existed as one-of-a-kind bas relief wall pieces... This small edition is a spin off of that work printed while the hand-set type was still in tack on various papers found around the studio." Each page is presented as a combination folded letter with a black printed envelope waiting to be mailed. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book "plots the logarithms of social measurement against stimulus values in decibels. It finds the sensation magnitude to be a constant that depends on interaction." Laxson uses scientific statements in a poetic mixture with social perceptions and feelings. These pages are printed in her typical arrangement of mixing different fonts and font dimensions. She also includes five pages of naive line drawings of a leader, a visionary, traffic, a friend, and a muse/guardian that contrast in style and content to the scientific, sophisticated typographic pages. Both inside covers have been collaged from edge to edge with letterpressed printed text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The words are printed in silver ink on a blue paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The 22 poems of Octavio Paz, translated into French by Jean-Clarence Lambert, were printed on papermade paper by Milda Krasno. The title means loose or free stones and the handmade papers resemble stones. The book object was conceived by Rodolfo Krasno who also contributed a line drawing of a surrealist-like figure. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

An unusal typeface ws used in this poster. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Book describes the craft of letterpress printing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book was sent to master printer Walter Hamady to review for "The American Book Collector" by Daniel Traister, book review editor. Hamady's response to Traister, his refusal to critique the book, and his reaction to the text is described in the correspondence. Furthermore, Hamady mutilated several pages by violently stabbing them with a ball point pen, reversed the dust jacket, wrote scathing opinions in the margins of the text, and returned the volume to Traister. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Laxson writes that the "title is inspired by D.H. Lawrence who said - Don't trust the artist. Trust the tale." And the tale is written by Laxson in brilliant twists, turns, shapes of typography and drawings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is the second edition of a book with the same title printed letterpress in 1988. Crombie describes the history of the neighborhood and the artists and writers who lived there. He provides the history of printing by the Kickshaws Press whose shop was initially housed in Montparnasse. The Press was closed in 1994 but Crombie still retains a small shop in another location in Paris. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.