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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 3298 Collections and/or Records:

Fine Print. No.3/Jul / Hamady W., 1983

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Identifier: CC-11523-11739
Scope and Contents

Cover was designed by Wesley Tanner. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Fine Print. No.4/Oct / Bigus R., 1978

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Identifier: CC-11511-11727
Scope and Contents

Includes an essay on Islamic Calligraphy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Finnegans Wake: A Plot Summary by John Gordon / Joyce, James., 1986

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Identifier: CC-43928-46038
Scope and Contents

This is the only full-length study of Finnegans Wake to outline and catalog the immense amount of naturalistc detail from which Joyce built the book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Fire Over Water / Williams, Reese, editor ; Vicuna C ; Melchert J ; Gerstler A ; Kahn D ; Williams R ; Stevens M ; Cha T., 1986

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Identifier: CC-50189-71253
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Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's contribution was the last section of "Dictee," a book held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

fires in th tempul / bissett, bill ; Watson S., 1984

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Identifier: CC-24225-24677
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Exhibition was curated by Scott Watson who also wrote the introductory essay. Works in this exhibition featured vividly colored semi-realistic human figures but also included bissett's line drawings and concrete poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

First Impressions: Early Prints by Forty-six Contempoary Artists / Acconci V ; Bartlett J ; Holzer J ; Johns J ; Nauman B ; Oldenburg C ; Rivers L ; Ruscha E ; Wiley WT ; Winters T., 1989

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Identifier: CC-11383-11599
Scope and Contents

Elizabeth Armstrong curated the exhibition and wrote the catalogue essays along with Sheila McGuire. Jennifer Bartlett's print Day and Night (1978), a work held by the Sackner Archive, is documented and reproduced. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989

Firsts: Gala 100th Issue. No.11 / Joyce J., 1999

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Identifier: CC-33441-35082
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Contains an illustrated essay "A Dreamer of Dreams: Barry Moser" by Dena McDuffie that describes the influence of Leonard Baskin and Gehenna Press on Moser. Contains a list of books that were omitted from the experts' top 100 list. Lee Bioni contributes an in depth biography of James Joyce. Included in the essay are descriptions of Joyc'e published books and documentation of their auction history. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Firsts: Mark Twain Special. No.9., 1998

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Identifier: CC-30704-32148
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Features the work of Mark Twain. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Firsts: Maxfield Parrish Illustrations. No.12., 1998

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Identifier: CC-31300-32773
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Contains an illustrated essay and bibliography of Margaret and H.A. Rey who wrote and illustrated the Curious George books and other children's books. In 1923, Rey, then known as Reyersbach, drew bizarre illustrations for a limited deluxe edition of grotesque poems by Christian Morgenstern, an early concrete poet. Rey republished the book in 1973 in English with the same 1923 illustrations. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Firsts: Mystery Issue. No.4 / Lopez K., 2000

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Identifier: CC-33934-35606
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Includes Sherlock Holmes and the books of Raymond Chandler. Ken Lopez contributes a "Book Collector's Glossary." In it, he explains Galleys, Proofs, Bound Manuscript, Advanced Reading Copy, Advanced Review Copy, Signature, Trade Edition, TLS, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Firsts. No.1., 2000

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Identifier: CC-33655-35315
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Contains an essay "Paris in the Twenties; Part One: Where the World Came to be Modern" in which the Dada movement in Paris in the 1920's is discussed. The essay contains quotations from prominent writers, artists and musicians of the period and reproductions of relevant books published about this post WWI period in Paris. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Firsts. No.1 / Kathryn Smiley, editor., 2001

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Identifier: CC-35598-37342
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This is the second decade of publication of the periodical. This issue is dedicated to the black expatriates writers and musicians in Paris in the 1920's. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

Firsts. No.2., 1999

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Identifier: CC-31803-33321
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This issue includes a critical and biographical essay by William F. Nolan, "The Many Lives of Norman Mailer." Vic Zoschak, Jr. contributes an article, "The Power of Access" concerning booksellers access to the Internet, its use as a place to interact with colleagues and customers and its impact on the book world. Robin H. Smiley writes about the Internet auction site,eBay, in his essay "The Internet Follies or Dancing on eBay." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Firsts. No.2., 2000

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Identifier: CC-34523-36222
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This issue deals mainly with colleting the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Paris in the 20's. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Firsts. No.2., 2001

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Identifier: CC-35727-37481
Scope and Contents

This issue features the life in publishing of Charles Scribner Jr. Also featured are essays on Esquire magazine and Ernest Hemingway. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001