Boxed four volume artist's book by David Bunn featuring selected and scanned discarded cards from the card catalogues of the Los Angeles Central Library and the Liverpool Central Library. Each book includes an index and are housed in a slip case.
"These poems were selected from the sheafs of the Liverpool Central Library. They are composed of the title lines of sequences of cards taken in order from the sheafs, using all pages beginning with a given word or words." -- Colophon, "The Sea is a Magic Carpet" (purple book).
"These poems are selected from the discarded main card catalog of the Los Angeles Central Library. They are composed of the title lines of sequences of cards taken in order from the catalog, using all cards beginning with a given word or words." -- Colophon, "The Sea is a Magic Carpet" (green book).
"These plates were drawn from the local history sheaf of the Liverpool Central Library. They represent a sequence of pages taken in order ... using all pages beginning with the word Beatles." -- Colophon, "B."
"These plates were drawn from the discarded main card catalog of the Los Angeles Central Library. They are composed of a sequence of cards taken in order ... using all cards beginning with the word Doors." -- Colophon, "D."