Alphabetical text

Each page depicts a colored satirical drawing that incorporates a letter of the alphabet along with a caption below it. The Sackner copy is the first edition of the book; it was reprinted in 1992. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1975

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Booklets

Le Poeme Alphabetique / Chopin, Henri., 1965

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Identifier: CC-18689-19062

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This was also published in Chopin's book, "Le Derniere Roman du Monde" and reproduced with minor differenced in Williams' "Antholigy of Concrete Poetry." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Letter by Letter: An Alphabetical Miscellany / Pflughaupt, Laurent., 2007

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Identifier: CC-50241-71307

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The author analyzes each letter of the Roman alphabet in detail, tracing its origin evolution, and form, as well as discussing its important abbreviations, symbols, and associated meanings. Arranged in alphabetical order, twenty-six entries offer a wealth of facts about each letter, establishing correspondences between letters and elements borrowed from a variety of different fields of study ranging from traditioal paleography, phonetics, and graphic arts to the more arcane areas of musicology, esotericism, and even Eastern philosophy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

[Letter to David W. Harris on Broadside of Poem] / Bory, Jean-Francois; Harris DW; Chopin H; Nichol bp., 1967

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Identifier: CC-22446-22870

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Letter concerns J. Bory's placement of copies of "Gronk" No.1 and 2 in Paris bookshops, and comments on expenses involved with being a publisher. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1967

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

[Letter to Dr. and Mrs Sackner] / Hutchins, Edward H.., 1990

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Identifier: CC-08796-8971

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Provides key to designations of images in Alphabet Mountain, an artist's book held by Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Letterale / Roffi, Gian Paolo., 2000

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Identifier: CC-34654-36355

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The letters of the alphabet are presented in varying size lower case fonts with a circle or leaf shape with letters on the side of each page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

[Lettered Ken Cox Cube] / Houedard, Dom Sylvester., 1970

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Identifier: CC-55525-6667

Dates: 1970

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Letters from the People / Friedlander, Lee., 1993

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Identifier: CC-11031-11246

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Friedlander has photographed letters, numbers, words and graffiti which he gleaned mainly from the streets and walls of buildings in the United States; hence the title, Letters from the People. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books