This assembling was made to coincide with the exhibition "Muestra de libros de artista" at the 26th Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires meeting. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Cobbing concludes in this essay, visual (concrete) poetry can be heard, smelt, has colours, vibrations whereas sound poetry dances, tastes, has shape. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Cobbing discusses the early concrete poems of Ian Hamilton Finlay, John Furnival, Kenelm Cox, Dom Sylvester Houedard, and Tom Edmonds in depth. This essay is unbpubished. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Reproductions of paintings by Mark Rothko and Mark Toby are included in this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Ferdinand Kriwet contributed an introductory essay, "Decomposition of the Literary Unit: Notes on Visually Perceptible Literature" that traced the historical antecedents of concrete and poetry. This is followed by an illustrated section on his own linguistic and compositional techniques involving circular concrete poems, "Rundsheiben." "Walk Talk," a vinyl, floor covering, a portion of which was given to the Sackners by Kriwet is depicted in the book.Kriwet defines his term "Sehtext" as a solution to the problem of visually perceptible literature. It is the tension between the physical act of seeing and the intellectual one of reading. Seeing is a process of perception; reading is the reaction to it. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The essay written by Stephen Bann on the back inside folder explains the metaphor of grouping designs of hulls of sailing ships like sea shells in a display case. Proctor is a ship designer and Costley the artist who made this print. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Reprinted from Stereo Headphones No.5, 1972. The authors debunk the assertion of Stuart Mills who in Akros No.18, 1972 stated that the poem-poster was introduced by Ian-Hamilton Finlay. They go on to further describe the pioneers of Concrete Poetry in their opinion. Rebuttals to their conclusions by Stephan Bann and Henri Chopin are also published. Mentions that Ernest Fenellosa, who died in 1908, used the term 'concrete poetry' in an essay, 'The Chinese Character as a Medium for Poetry' in 1901. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Additional writers: Franco Cavallo, Pietro P. Daniele, Ciro Vitiello

The Sackner Archive holds "Exploding Galaxy," "Lotterie Romane," "E835," and "Geschutztes Messer," works that are depicted in photographic reproductions in this catalogue. There is also a listing and description of the objects made by Schauffelen 1966-1976. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is a reprinting of the book which was first published in 1965; it is No.15 in the Poets* series. In the introduction, Houedard traces the history of sound poetry through a listing of the chronology of "notable soundpoems" beginning with Lewis Carroll in 1855 and ending with Cobbing in 1965. He also mentions Egyptian hymns 300 B.C. of breath poems consisting of may notes sung to one syllable. Houedard's manuscript for this essay is held by the Sackner Archive. This book was written to accompany Writers Forum Record No.1 by Jandl and Cobbing. One of the poems by Jandl in this book, "time passes," also appears in the manuscript and book of "mai hart...," works also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The theme of this work is "Where id Eldridge Cleaver?" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The concrete poem on the title page reads, "The void enclosed by the squares of three four and five." The poem is also reproduced on the back cover in a different shape. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.