This book is comprised of twenty mesostic poems by Cage that draw on the writings of serious anachists, for example, one mesostic is based on a quote from Thoreau, "That government is best which governs not at all..." Anarchy is considered the culmination of Cage's work as a poet, a composer and thinker about contemporary society. Cage also wrote an intoductory essay documenting his thoughts about anarchism. The mesostics consist of the names of important anarchists, e.g., Emma Goldman, Peter Kropotkin, and Mario Maletesta. the book was written by Cage in 1988 but published here in 2001. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Introduction by Eric Mottram. Bill Butler is an American living in London. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

In his introductory essay, Robert Hall writes, "Tom Phillips' first one-man show with Angela Flowers was an instant hit that has led to an astonishing, abundant variety of erudite and imaginative creation, not only of figurative paintings and treated books, but (among others) tapestries, calligraphy and manuscripts, of which 'Palimpsest' (1987), worked over in 2004) is an intriguing and beautiful example." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book presents a history of concrete poetry from its antecedent roots of shaped poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The artists named comprise the Rixdorfer Druche group. The volume contains 20 original wood block prints. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book reprints, in dazzling, different, typographical layouts, film scripts and criticisms by avant garde writers and poets of the 20th century. The book, which is designed with several different colored papers and typefaces, received a prize for Arts and Essays from the National Center of Cinematography in France. Typewriter poetry is present on the film scenario of Fortunato Depero and sound poetry in the script by Francois Dufrene. Picture poems are depicted in the Fluxus film scripts by Robert Filliou and George Brecht. Villegle's script includes his typical ideograms. Lawrence Weiner's script is uncharacteristically dense in content and more visual/verbal than his usual works. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

As defined by Geof Nuth, a pwordmd is a one word poem, often a neologism, presesnted without a separate title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Huth defines "pwoermds" as a one word poem, often a neologism, presented without a separate title. Examples printed in this book include unreal (Jonathan Brannen), utter (John Byrum), omissin (endwar), poefict (Christopher Franke), kwife (Lee Gurga), mag((((net)))) (Karl Kempton), anf gnowing (Ezra Mark) among others. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This issue includes essays related to the minature book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This issue contains several essays on Lord Byron. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This issue includes essays related to children's books, including Alice in Wonderland and the Wizard of Oz series. Ed Maggs contributes an essay on collecting titled "From the Tea Room." JustinSchiller recounts his early years as a book collector and then dealer of children's books beginning with "The Wizard of Oz." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This issue contains several essays on maritime books and includes two illustrations of Apianus' "Astronomicum Caesarum." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The name of this periodical was changed to "Rare Book Review." Tom Phillips' is described "as a translator of imagery [who] is also sympathetic to the poet's commentary on the politics of his time within the Comedy, and updates the message by alluding to modern equivalents." This is in an essay by Jack Hinton "To Hell and Back" that searches for graphic impressions of Dante's infernal masterpiece. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Matthew Reisz contributes an essay "Falter's Psalters" about the printers and owners of Facsimile Editions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.