Douglas Hofstadter, “Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid”

Copper, Silver, Gold

Gebstadter, Egbert B., “Copper, Silver, Gold: an Indestructible Metallic Alloy”.
Perth: Acidic Books, 1979.
A formidable hodge-podge, turgid and confused — yet remarkably similar to the present work. Professor Gebstadter’s Shandean digressions include some excellent examples of indirect self-reference. Of particular interest is a reference in its well-annotated bibliography to an isomorphic, but imaginary, book.