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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 3298 Collections and/or Records:

Firsts. No.9., 1999

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Identifier: CC-33034-34656
Scope and Contents

This issue deals with the books by Henry David Thoreau. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Firsts. No.9., 2000

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Identifier: CC-34693-36396
Scope and Contents

This issue deals mainly with collecting the works of James Thurber and Trash Collecting. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Firsts. No.10., 1999

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Identifier: CC-33190-34820
Scope and Contents

This issue deals with science fiction and fantasy. Robin Smiley contributes an essay "The Internet Follies Hit the Road of Revisiting the Caveat Emptorium." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Firsts. No.10., 2001

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Identifier: CC-37958-39840
Scope and Contents

Contains a list of the 100 most rapidly appreciating literary titles of the last decade. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

Firsts. No.11 / Danielewski M., 2000

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Identifier: CC-35079-36807
Scope and Contents

This issue deals mainly with collecting works of Agatha Christie and Dashiell Hammett. A review and complete publication details of "House of Leaves" by Mark Danielewski are featured in the Update: Collectible Books section. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Firsts: Science Fiction and Fantasy Issue. No.10., 1998

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Identifier: CC-31075-32540
Scope and Contents

Contains an essay on collecting Edgar Allan Poe. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

Fleur de l'Air; A Garden in Provence / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Hunt JD ; Simig P ; Gilonis H ; Herre V., 2004

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Identifier: CC-43540-45614
Scope and Contents

John Dixon Hunt contributed an introductory essay about the literary and classical references of Finlay's garden works. The book was edited by Pia Simig, who as Hunt notes, had a great deal to do with the organization of the project. Commentaries on the artworks in the garden and house of the unidentified collector who commissioned Finlay were provided by Harry Gilonis. The 67 black and white photographs were taken by Volkmar Herre. There ia a neoclassical theme to Finlay's artworks. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Flights of Fancy / Hutchins, Edward H.., 1996

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Identifier: CC-38762-40674
Scope and Contents

The exhibition was curated by Constance Woo. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Florilegium Hispanicum: Medieval and Golden Age Studies / Geary, John S., editor ; Carpenter, Dwayne E., editor ; Faulhaber, Charles B., editor., 1993

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Identifier: CC-10543-10747
Scope and Contents

Includes a critical analysis of the labyrinth poems by the Portuguese writer, Manual de Faria e Sousa (1590-1649). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Flue. No.1 / Buzz Spector ; Tony Whitfield, editor ; Lanyon E ; Spector B ; Roth D ; Dean N ; Zweig J ; Wool I ; Spero N ; Lerner S., 1983

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Identifier: CC-11598-11814
Scope and Contents

Buzz Spector interviews the collector Ira Wool who describes how Dieter Roth influenced him in acquiring artists' books. A chronology of publications from 1961 to 1982 about artists' books is presented by Barbara Tannenbaum. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Fluxus & co. / Friedman, Ken., 1989

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Identifier: CC-12756-13011
Scope and Contents

This is a review of the 12 components (according to Friedman) that comprise Fluxus. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989