This catalogue was presented at the conference and exhibition sponsored by OSU Rare Books and Manuscripts Library. The exhibition was curated by John M Bennett who organized the event, edited the catalogue and conducted the presentations. Marvin Sackner was the keynote speaker for the conference and presented a powerpoint talk, "A Survey of the Sackner Archive." Geoffrey D. Smith, Director of Rare Books, wrote an inciteful essay, "Collecting the New." John M. Bennett contributed "The Blank Generation: An American Avant Garde." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The loose sheet indicates that this is an editorial copy sent for book review. The title of the book is printed on the dust jacket and is not in the other copy held by the Sackner Archive. The imagery between the two dust jackets differs greatly. The images on most of the pages are composed with different typefaces and sizes clipped from magazine and newspaper articles. On some of the pages, found visual images are integrated into the poems. Finally some pages have solely Pop Art images. "Spare Parts" was an advanced poetic book for its time. Papachrysantou was the printer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The title of the book is not printed on the dust jacket as is the other copy held by the Sackner Archive. The imagery between the two dust jackets differs greatly. The images on most of the pages consist of poems composed with different typefaces and that appear to have been clipped from magazine and newspaper articles. In some of these poems, appropriated images have also been integrated into the poems. Finally, some pages have solely Pop Art images. "Spare Parts" was an advanced poetic book for its time. Papachrysantou was the printer. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.