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Better books / Better bookz : art, anarchy, apostasy, counter-culture & the new Avant-Garde

Title: Better books / Better bookz : art, anarchy, apostasy, counter-culture & the new Avant-Garde / edited by Rozemin Keshvani, Axel Heil, and Peter Weibel ; with essays by Rozemin Keshvani and Barry Miles ; and contributions from Philip Cohen [and nine others].
Publication: London : Koenig Books Ltd, [2018]

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Description

319 pages; 29 cm.

Summary

The legendary independent London bookstore 'Better Books' on the Charing Cross Road was the hub for Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Alexander Trocchi, John Latham, Jeff Nuttall, Bob Cobbing, Barry Miles, Gustav Metzger, and countless others, for their ideas and approaches to art, film, literature, and activism. With its unique range of books, offbeat events, poetry readings, film screenings, and happenings, 'Better Books' became the hot spot of London?s 1960s counter-culture scene. 0Now, more than fifty years later, this book is the first to examine this special historic moment. Combining previously unpublished texts, documents, and photographs with the voices of the protagonists who authored this revolution, this volume offers a comprehensive history of what really happened during those exceptional years at 'Better Books'.

Series Statement

The future of the past ; vol. 6

Uniform Title

Future of the past ; 6.

Subjects

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Call Number

JQF 19-758

ISBN

9783960984580
3960984588

OCLC

1054395519

Title

Better books / Better bookz : art, anarchy, apostasy, counter-culture & the new Avant-Garde / edited by Rozemin Keshvani, Axel Heil, and Peter Weibel ; with essays by Rozemin Keshvani and Barry Miles ; and contributions from Philip Cohen [and nine others].

Publisher

London : Koenig Books Ltd, [2018]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

The future of the past ; vol. 6

Future of the past ; 6.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Keshvani, Rozemin, editor, author.

Heil, Axel, editor.

Weibel, Peter, editor.

Research Call Number

JQF 19-758

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