Size: 141mm Inscription: Signed and inscribed by the artist.
Place publication: Rochester, NY Publisher: Artists Book Book No. 188-197
Additional notes: This copy printed for Jack Ginsberg. Bound 11-13 March 2007.
Colophon: The dictionaries are bound as a single book. Perhaps, in time, they should be presented as a limited edition set of ten booklets, each in quarter cloth, red. This seems suitable for reference books.
Each dictionary is separated by four pages of black paper.
Exhibition notes: Beyond Words
JGCBA
20 June - 11 Aug 2023
Ref: GB/11157
Articles
Introduction to the Ten Dictionaries 10pp
Book Number 188: Dictionary of Words Containing the Word ACHE 1989-1998 11pp
Book Number 189: Dictionary of Words, Within Which Are Contained the Word HIS 1989-1998 11pp
Book Number 190: Dictionary of Words, Within Which Are Contained the Word HER 1989-1998 20pp
Book Number 191: Dictionary of Two or More Words Created by Breaking a Single Word 1989-1998 155pp Not Necessarily into its Syllables.
Book Number 192: Dictionary of New Words Created by Dropping the Apostrophe From Contractions 1989-1998 7pp
Book Number 193: Dictionary of Words Beginning With the Letter S, Which, When Removed, Form Another Word 1989-1998 14pp
Book Number 194: Dictionary of Homonyms 1989-1998 22pp
Book Number 195: Dictionary of Bruisers 1989-1998 16pp Near Homonymic Words
Book Number 196: Dictionary of Improper Plurals 1989-1998 16pp The Keith Smith Dictionary of Phonetic, Phony Plurals of Singulars derived from homonyms and unhomonymic sources.
Book Number 197: Dictionary of Diminishing Returns of Words Beginning With the Letter S 1989-1998 23pp Removing the initial letter, in this case, the letter s creates a new word. The initial letter of the new word is removed, if it will form a word. The initial letter of this word is removed, if it will form a word, et cetera.