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Illustrated book (mass produced)

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:

The Boy's Alphabet Book / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Paterson, Dave ; Nichol bp., 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-12797-13083
Scope and Contents

Each page depicts a duotone photograph of Finlay's toy airplane, glider and ship models. The facing page has a description for the photograph. There is one photograph and description for each letter of the alphabet. bp Nichol was the editor of Coach House Press at the time of the publication of this book. The Archive for this book is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

The Saga of Frankie & Johnny / Held, John Jr.., 1972

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Identifier: CC-09464-9652
Scope and Contents

John Held Jr., the illustrator of this book, was born in 1889. According to Nicholas Fox Weber, author of Patron Saints, Knopf, 1992, Held was a famous illustrator of the 20's (e.g. F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Tales of the Jazz Age," 1922 who lost his monies in the Stock Market Crash and fell upon hard times in the 30's. He did the costume and set designs for the first ballet by the American Ballet Company of New York with wholly American subject matter, "Alma Mater," performed in 1934. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Thomas Onetwo / Robson, Ernest M. ; Friedman K., 1971

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Identifier: CC-03370-3423
Scope and Contents

This book was written in 1926 and was illustrated by Ken Friedman in 1971. The protagonist, Thomas Onetwo, is a life-long loser. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Translations / Jess ; Duncan, Robert., 1971

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Identifier: CC-08225-8386
Scope and Contents

This book was published in conjunction with an exhibition of oil paintings held at the Odyssia Gallery, New York in 1971. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Tu es mon Amour Depuis Tant D'Annees / Koraichi, Rachid ; Huston, Nancy., 2001

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Identifier: CC-41563-43553
Scope and Contents

The 49 poems by Nancy Huston each are illustrated with mandalas drawn by Koraichi. Huston received the "Femina" book prize in France in 2006 for her novel "Lignes e Fille." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2001

Unrecounted / Sebald, W.G. ; Tripp, Jan Peter ; Michael Hamburger, translator ; Enzensberger HM., 2004

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Identifier: CC-48352-69378
Scope and Contents

The book consists of 33 brief poems by W.G. Sebald and 33 lithographs by Jan Peter Tripp of the eyes of Borges, Proust, Jasper Johns, Francis Bacon, Tripp, Sebald and Sebalds's dog Maurice among others. "The poems are anti-narative, epiphanic, and brief as haiku. The art and the poems do not explain each other, but rather engage in a kind of dialogue...behind the illusions of the surface, a dread-inspiring depth is concealed. It is the matphysical lining of reality." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Violet Pilot Lights / Harris, David W. ; Long, Joy Zemel., 1974

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Identifier: CC-36550-38351
Scope and Contents

The poems and stories were created by David UU, and the drawings by Joy Zemel Long. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

White Shroud / Ginsberg, Allen ; Clemente, Francesco., 1984

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Identifier: CC-27277-27837
Scope and Contents

This book was published on the occasion of Francisco Clemente's exhibition at the Kunsthalle, Basel in 1984. It reproduces colored paintings by Clemente and Ginsberg's handwritten poem. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Yingl Tsingl Khvat / Lissitzky, El ; Leib, Mani ; Jeffrey Shandler, translator., 1986

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Identifier: CC-30070-31465
Scope and Contents

This is a translation of the first edition of the book published by Yidischer Folksfarlag in Kiev/Petersburg Russia in 1918/1919. The story deals with Yingl Tsingl, a very small person like Tom thomb who is pluckly and daring (Khvat). Chafing from the endless, rainy fall weather, he manages to bring a welcome winter to the Shtetl. This first edition lacks the contructivistic title page in the 2nd edition published in Warsaw in 1922. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986