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The folded letters were printed in an edition of 650 in 1983-1991 and mailed to the Sackner Archive in separate envelopes by Edition Despalles, the distributor for Atelier des Grames, but the cassette that holds them is made upon request. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This unusual exhibition catalog, which itself can be classified as an artist book, consists of booklets with reproductions from limited editioned artist and illustrated books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Stored in box with other books having a title beginning with Livres. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Almost all the book images, one to an author/artist, are accompanied by a brief biography and a personal statement. Timm Ulrichs' book object "Concrete Poetry" is depicted. The Sackner Archive holds one of the 50 copies. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This auction catalogue contains masterworks of artists books and illustrated books from 1876 to 1991 in unique bookbindings. Several works cited and illustrated in the catalogue are contained in the Sackner Archive. They include "The Transsiberien" by Cendrars and Delaunay, "La Fin du Monde" by Cendrars and Leger, "Ledentu le Phare" by Iliazd, "Calligrammes" by Apollinaire, "Poesie de Mots Inconnu," and "Maximiliana" by Temple and Ernst. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The engravings were made by Robert Blanchet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book, written in appreciation of Staritzky's ouevre, depicts examples of various aspects of her art including visual poem objects, collages, carved wood sculptures with text, and pages from an illustrated book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Pessin's writing of a Butor text is presented in gold ink on a black paper background. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This is the first American edition of this book.eNotes internet summary: "Mobile: Study for the Representation of the United States has fifty chapters, and each chapter is more or less devoted to a different state, in alphabetical order, of the United States. The novel does not tell a story or relate a sequence of events. Instead, the disjointed details, mostly about small-town America, consist of information usually found in history books, atlases, encyclopedias, tourist brochures, and Howard Johnson menus. Some continuity is provided by a series of repetitions which are designed to illustrate the scope and diversity of the United States. For example, the first chapter is entitled "pitch dark in CORDOVA, ALABAMA, the Deep South" and that is all. The first word is not capitalized, nor is there a period at the end. The second chapter reads "pitch dark in CORDOVA, ALASKA, the Far North" and continues with a brief, nightmarish description of the land around Cordova. With no apparent...

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