Richard Truhlar writes "Cobbing uses the writer's tools (typewriter, various duplicating machines, ink, etc.) to explore the word and/or letter as hieroglyph, as phonetic symbol, and as concrete graphic interaction of language image with eye and body rhythms." This volume mainly depicts typewriter poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This volume contains poetry from 1976 through July 1985. In his intoductory essay, Peter finch writes that these works are modernist in the found tradition of Duchamp. Many poems are transformed pieces of lists and information reorganized by Cobbing who also performs the poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book includes poems of cut-ups begun in 1956. The method was to decide on the number of lines, clip out newspaper lines of the required number, and paste them up in an effective order to give an appearance of a conventional poem. This work antedates Gysin's 1959 cut-ups, usually attributed as the first to employ it. This book also includes cut-ups of earlier cut-ups, and permutations or mutations based on newspaper headlines but originating from phrases clipped from books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Designated Writers Forum 'fours' number one. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Designated tall books number three. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book includes poetry and performance notes which document several published works by Cobbing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Bill Griffiths' introductory essay explains how Cobbing has used the duplicator, ink, stencils and over-printing to create texts of shapes and textures. They "move away from word and letter as conventional symbols...into a new semantics of shape. The works in this book date from 1970 to 1976. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

In his introduction, Eric Mottram writes that "Voice Prints is for voice performance, and looking or meditating performance...[The] poem-texts or poem-images continue Bob Cobbings's experimental achievements with many uses of words, word-orders and word designs." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

GLOUP (GLOUcestershire grouP) signifies name given by Jonathan Williams to group of concrete poets living in the west of England, mainly in Gloustershire, including Dom Sylvester Houedard, John Furnival and Kenhelm Cox. WOUP (Westminster grOUP) is name given by Bob Cobbing and Peter Mayer to group of concrete poets living in London, mainly in the city of Westminster, including Cobbing, Mayer and Tom Edmonds. This anthology presents five works by each the poets. One copy has a yellow papercard cover, the other an orange one with a tear. Tom Edmonds who died at age 27 years was a member of the group; the Sackner Archive holds three of his typewriter drawings. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Designated Card Series No.11. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Designated folder number four. This fourth edition contains new versions of the following poems: Tan Tandinane, Wan Do Tree, Alphabet of Fishes, 'M. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book represents a performance copy of "Spearhead" (2nd & 3rd editions held by Sackner Archive) onto which is added written and typed notes. There are five performances of "Ana." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is a proof print. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Includes the following titles: A Guide to the Philocybin Mushrooms, The Sacred Mushroom 1, The Sacred Mushroom 2, Sumerian Hymn to the Sacred Mushroom, and Hymn to the Sacred Mushroom. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Designated Card Seies No.8. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.