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Collection of 5 invitations to publication events from Gotham Book Mart and 1 from Housing Works Usedbook Cafe : with publicity photograph by Overdrive Books of William S. Burroughs for The Book of Breathing.

Title
Collection of 5 invitations to publication events from Gotham Book Mart and 1 from Housing Works Usedbook Cafe : with publicity photograph by Overdrive Books of William S. Burroughs for The Book of Breathing.
Publication
New York : Gotham Book Mart, Housing Works Usedbook Cafe, Overdrive Books, 1977-1980, 2001.

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TextPermit needed Berg Coll+ Burroughs ZA2 1977Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

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Additional Authors
  • Mattson, Frank.
  • Gotham Book Mart.
  • Housing Works Used Book Café.
  • Overdrive Books.
Description
[7] pieces : illustrations; 14x10 - 14x21 cm
Summary
Events for: William S. Burroughs (Gotham, Mar. 14, 1977, for Junky) and undated publicity photograph of Burroughs (Overdrive books, undated, for The Book of Breething); portraits of contemporary authors by Jim Aplin (Gotham, Feb. 19, 1979); John Ashbery (Gotham, Nov. 12, 1979, for As We Know); Frederick Morgan (Gotham, Dec. 10, 1979); Margaret Atwood (Gotham, Feb. 4, 1980, for Life before Man); Carl Rakosi (Housing Works Usedbook Café, Ap. 11, 2001).
Subject
  • Ashbery, John, 1927-2017 > Invitations
  • Atwood, Margaret, 1939- . > Invitations
  • Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 > Invitations
  • Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 > Portraits
  • Morgan, Frederick, 1922- . > Invitations
  • Rakosi, Carl, 1903-2004 > Invitations
  • Updike, John. > Portraits
Genre/Form
Ephemera.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Call Number
Berg Coll+ Burroughs ZA2 1977
OCLC
911185005
Title
Collection of 5 invitations to publication events from Gotham Book Mart and 1 from Housing Works Usedbook Cafe : with publicity photograph by Overdrive Books of William S. Burroughs for The Book of Breathing.
Imprint
New York : Gotham Book Mart, Housing Works Usedbook Cafe, Overdrive Books, 1977-1980, 2001.
Local Note
Berg Collection copies formerly owned by Frank Mattson, former Curator of the Berg Collection.
Access
Restricted access; request permission in holding division.
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Added Author
Gotham Book Mart.
Housing Works Used Book Café.
Overdrive Books.
Mattson, Frank. Donor
Mattson, Frank. Former owner
Research Call Number
Berg Coll+ Burroughs ZA2 1977
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