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The Spero.

Title
The Spero.
Publication
Flint, Mich., Fenian Head Centre Press.

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v. 1 1965-66TextPermit needed Berg Coll Counterculture S64 1965 v. 1 1965-66Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320
TextPermit needed Berg Coll+ Burroughs ZC6 S64 1965bSchwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320
TextPermit needed Berg Coll+ Burroughs ZC6 S64 1965Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

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Additional Authors
  • Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997.
  • Goodman, Paul, 1911-1972.
  • Wantling, William
  • Williams, Jonathan, 1929-2008.
  • Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014.
  • Di Prima, Diane
  • Levy, D. A.
  • Mednick, Murray
  • Whalen, Philip
Publication Date
v. 1- ; 1965-
Description
1 v. ill.; 21 cm.
Subject
  • Beats (Persons)
  • Counterculture > Poetry
  • Little magazines > Michigan > Flint
Genre/Form
Artists' books.
Note
  • Edited by Douglas and Kathy Casement.
  • Vol. 1, issue 1 includes insert: The Coldspring news, by William Burroughs.
  • Vol. 1, issue 1 includes: Gene, John, Jojoy, Jerry, by Paul Goodman.
  • Each issue includes a booklet in pocket, e.g., v. 1, issue 1, Petite country concrete suite, by Jonathan Williams; v. 1, issue 2, Heroin haikus, by William Wantling.
  • Includes contributions by Diane Di Prima, Leroi Jones, Murray Mednick, Philip Whalen and others.
  • Illustrations include color, wood-block prints.
  • Issue no. 1 printed in an edition of 500 stamp-numbered copies; issue no. 2 printed in an edition of 900 stamp-numbered copies.
  • "Contributors Edition" comprises 100 copies bound in thick brown card stock.
Access (note)
  • Berg Collection is restricted access;
Indexed In (note)
  • “Magazine and Magazines in Storage in New York” section of “A Descriptive Catalogue of the William S. Burroughs Archive” (London, 1973)
Call Number
Berg Coll Counterculture S64 1965
OCLC
NYPG724178149-S
Title
The Spero.
Imprint
Flint, Mich., Fenian Head Centre Press.
Access
Berg Collection is restricted access; request permission from holding division.
Local Note
Berg Collection copies (bound in 1 vol.) transferred from General Collections, January 2013.
Berg Collection copy of issue no. 1 is no. 158; Berg Collection copy of issue no. 2 is no. 3.
Berg Collection copies 2 and 3 (Berg Col + Burroughs ZC6 S64 1965 amd 1965b) formerly owned by William S. Burroughs and acquired with the “Vaduz” Archive in 2005.
Berg Coll + Burroughs ZC6 S64 1965 is "limited edition," stamped no. 421.
Berg Coll + Burroughs ZC6 S64 1965b is "contributors edition," stamped no. 54.
Indexed In:
“Magazine and Magazines in Storage in New York” section of “A Descriptive Catalogue of the William S. Burroughs Archive” (London, 1973), no. 7.
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Added Author
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997. Coldspring news.
Goodman, Paul, 1911-1972. Gene, John, Jojoy, Jerry ...
Wantling, William. Heroin haikus.
Williams, Jonathan, 1929-2008. Petite country concrete suite.
Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014.
Di Prima, Diane.
Levy, D. A. Contributor
Mednick, Murray.
Whalen, Philip.
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997. Former owner
Research Call Number
Berg Coll Counterculture S64 1965 Library has: v. 1, issue 1-2; 1965-66.
Berg Coll+ Burroughs ZC6 S64 1965
Berg Coll+ Burroughs ZC6 S64 1965b
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