Reference note:
The structure is complex. The primary leporello measuring 80mm has the larger pages (296 x 345mm) attached thereto with all pages showing vertical text on the leporello which stands as a pop-up between the verso and recto of each opening. The leporello texts - corresponding to the same pages:

1. Definition of a book. 2. Types of Books. Synonyms for Book. 3. Types of Book binding. 4. The first books we made. 5. Comics. 6. Reading Books. 7. Creating Artists' Books. Sarah Bodman. 8. The Writer Knows his Field. Ruth Rogers. 9. Paper. Dorothea Eimert. 10. Appropriation is not the same as stealing. 11. Quotes from Keith Smith and Betty Bright. 12. Quote from Ezekiel 2:9,10. 13. If you have a pen in your bag. 14. Twentysix Gasoline Stations. 15. Matisse. 16. Stéphane Mallarmé. 17. Keith Smith - Visual Structure of the Book. 18. To the Reader.

1. Title Page. A Book about Books.

2. Colophon. See text under Additional Notes.

3. Signature Page

4. First Book. In slot: Letter from Cheryl to Liz.

5. Second Book. In slot: Letter from Cheryl to Liz.

6. Third Book. In slot: Comments about Comics.

7. Source Material. In slot: Letter from Cheryl to Liz. Mining the Quarry.

8. The Book as Vessel. In slot: Two Keycards: Book as Vessel. Book as Concept.

9. Paper: In slot: Artist's Books and Paper. (This is a book to be unopened. P.T.O.)

10.Image Appropriation: In slot: Dear Dizzy Busy Lizzy.

11. Altered Book. In slot: On Altered Books.

12. Different Kinds of Books. In slot: Four-page leporello pamphlet.

13. Books in Books: In slot: Four-page book with envelope and three flaps containing cards.

14. Printing / Prints. In slot: A print "Mediterranean Sea" with text on the back and a letter from Liz to Cheryl inserted into a second slot

15. Collaborative Books. In slot: Six-page book with letter to Liz marked 'Private and Confidential".

16. In the end, the beginning. In slot: Six-page book: Process; Then; The Point!?

17. And Finally, finally. In slot: And in Conclusion my Dear. Eight-page leporello.

18. Endpaper. To the reader: Please take a piece of paper and give your opinion of the value of the book to the work of the artist. Please insert it back into the slot so that it can form part of this work.

[I have followed the artist's instructions and inserted a copy of this catalogue entry into the slot. Seldom have I more enjoyed cataloguing this one-of-a-kind artist's book. A spectacular, collaborative work of genius. Jack Ginsberg. 16/12/2023]

Ref: GB/31052