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Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 3310 Collections and/or Records:

Firsts. No.6 / Bradbury R., 2001

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Identifier: CC-36107-37886
Scope and Contents

William F. Nolan contributed a lengthy essay entitled, "Ray Bradbury; Space-Age Legend." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

Firsts. No.7., 1999

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Identifier: CC-32751-34340
Scope and Contents

Includes essays on post-colonial Indian literature and Victorian women novelists. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Firsts. No.7., 2000

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Identifier: CC-34470-36167
Scope and Contents

This issue deals mainly with the works of Robert C. Howard, author of "Conan the Barbarian" among other pulp fiction novels. An essay by editor Robin H. smiley describes the restoration of a first edition copy of "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Firsts. No.7-8., 1998

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Identifier: CC-30373-31788
Scope and Contents

Features the work of Mark Twain. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

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