Frank Fricker provides an historical introduction of concrete poetry, optical, kinetic and phonic poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The exhibition was curated by R C Kenedy. Tom Phillips designed the cover of this catalogue of British book arts. Sections are devoted to private presses, fine binding, typography and concrete poetry. Particular mention is paid to John Furnival "who paints builds whole landscapes from semantic elements" and Ian Hamilton Finlay "who creates poetry through providing words with a rigorously controlled and potently significant environment." Page 230 depicts John Christie's Word Clock III (1978) that is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Includes several texts from 1965 to 1968 that have been reworked and new texts from 1972 to 1993 that were not previously published. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The card has two pop-ups, viz., the upper half a caricature of a face an the lower half a poem dealing with doves and magic. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The card has two pop-ups, viz., the upper half a caricature of a face an the lower half a poem dealing with doves and magic. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Zukovsky's poem reads, "There is a heart - has no complaint - better a-part - than faint - so the faintest - part of it - has no complaint - a part." Furnival illustrated it with concrete poems and Edward Wright did the typography. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

On the recto side of this broadside, the words 'opening' and 'closing' are printed in normal fashion and in mirror image. On the verso side, these words are printed over each other in a packed grid. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

On the recto side of this broadside, the words 'opening' and 'closing' are printed in normal fashion and in mirror image. On the verso side, these words are printed over each other in a packed grid. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

On the recto side of this broadside, the words 'opening' and 'closing' are printed in normal fashion and in mirror image. On the verso side, these words are printed over each other in a packed grid. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

On the recto side of this broadside, the words 'opening' and 'closing' are printed in normal fashion and in mirror image. On the verso side, these words are printed over each other in a packed grid. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

On the recto side of this broadside, the words 'opening' and 'closing' are printed in normal fashion and in mirror image. On the verso side, these words are printed over each other in a packed grid. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

On the recto side of this broadside, the words 'opening' and 'closing' are printed in normal fashion and in mirror image. On the verso side, these words are printed over each other in a packed grid. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The card prints the names of Scottish fishing ships that end in "star." The names are printed in blue and arranged and tilted to be analagous to stars in the sky. The word 'pole" is printed on the two closed borders and the word 'night' is printed on the opened borders. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The card prints the names of Scottish fishing ships that end in "star." The names are printed in blue and arranged and tilted to be analagous to stars in the sky. The word 'pole" is printed on the two closed borders and the word 'night' is printed on the opened borders. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The card prints the names of Scottish fishing ships that end in "star." The names are printed in blue and arranged and tilted to be analagous to stars in the sky. The word 'pole" is printed on the two closed borders and the word 'night' is printed on the opened borders. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

John Furnival and dom Silvester Houedard, the editors define this venture as follows. "typography - openings are constituted by poet/ typographer/ artist - openings are active poetry - openings make everybody make poetry - poetry means making poesis - a typographer thinks that the poem is the first of of the first things first." graphics - we aim to produce a series which is not a complete integration of graphics and text, i.e. not an illustrated poem or a captioned drawing but a picture/poem - in fact, we always start out with, and work from, the poem - the difficulty lies in maintaining the balance between text and drawing." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.