This is a reproduction from the original edition of eight copies produced as a selling tool; a copy of the original edition is held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

A styrofoam print documents the blind, difficult to read text set in concrete poetic imagery. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The main text was selected from Beatrice Warde's 1951 essay, "The Design of Books." The subtext was taken from Bradbury Thompson's 1945 essay in "Westvaco Inspirations." Warde's text on the lack of reading is interpreted in a set of 8 books with each book designed as a typographic reaction to Thompson's monoalphabet and alphabet 26 type experiments. Carothers forms words with capital and lowercase letters of the same size and weight to impart unusual appearances. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The Sackner Archive holds the following books displayed in this exhibition, viz., 1967 reprint of Apianus' "Astronomicum," Andy Warhol's Index Book, Art/Life, Poemobiles by De Campos, The Sense Books by Carothers and The Slant Book by Newell. The curator of this exhibition, Gay Walker, also includes her classification scheme for Eccentric Books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

All the pages of this book are overprinted in several layers. A large diamond shaped perforation has been made through both covers and the pages. The paper streamers of various colors originate from the spine. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Exhibition was curated by Norman Colp and sponsored by the Center for Book Arts. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Sackner Archive lent Martha Carothers book "Three Sheets in The Wind" to exhibitionand this piece is depicted in the catalogue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Exhibition featured twelve three dimensional paper book objects. Organized by the Center for Book Arts. Brief introduction by Norman B. Colp. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The exhibition was curated by Suzanne Reese Horvitz and Anne Stengel Raman. Judith Hoffberg's essay is titled "Full of Elegance and Wit, Timeless yet Familiar: Unique Bookworks" from the writing of Robert Lax. She claims that artists books are not containers of ideas, but a consummate experience that challenge the reader and actively shape the reading experience. "The experience of viewing and reading a unique artist book is an interactive experience in which the viewer completes the work, creating and changing emotional reactions to the artist's own." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The exhibition was curated by Tom Trusky. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

These five books, each relating to one of the senses, are a "tour de force" of book design. They have a playful quality which permits interaction between the reader and the book through unfoldings, pulling apart layered objects, and visual peeks for a fun filled, kinetic experience. The text is replete with puns and cliches. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.