Research Catalog

Title

Ghost of chance / written by William S. Burroughs ; illustrated by George Condo.

Author

Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997

Publication

• New York : Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1991.
• New York : Grenfell Press

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Details

Additional Authors

• Condo, George
• Crommelynck, Aldo, 1931-2008
• Miller, Leslie, 1957-
• Medlicot, Sue
• Cohen, Claudia, 1953-
• Grenfell Press, printer.
• Press Collection (Library of Congress) DLC

Description

51 unnumbered pages : lithograph illustrations (some color); 38 cm.

Series Statement

Artists and writers series ; 8th

Uniform Title

Artists and writers series ; 8th.

Subject

Condo, George

Genre/Form

Fiction.

Note

• "Ghost of Chance, by William S. Burroughs and George Condo, is the eighth book in the Artists and Writers Series published by the Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art. The edition is limited to 160 copies, each signed by Burroughs and Condo. Proceeds from the sale of Ghost of Chance benefit the Whitney Museum Library. This edition was designed by Leslie Miller and organized by May Castleberry, editor of the Artists and Writers Series. James Grauerholz, long time assistant of Burroughs, edited the text. George Condo made the etchings with Aldo Crommelynck, who printed the edition in Paris. The text was set in Monotype Walbaum by Michael Bixler and printed by hand on Hannumuhle etching paper by Leslie Miller at The Grenfell Press. Sue Medlicot printed the lithographs at Allethaire Press. Claudia Cohen hand-bound the edition."--Colophon.

Binding (note)

• In silk cloth boards with leather spine title label and gilt lettering, in a matching cloth slipcase.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer, 1991 23-169

LCCN

92183221

OCLC

24799573

Author

Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997, author.

Title

Ghost of chance / written by William S. Burroughs ; illustrated by George Condo.

Publisher

New York : Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1991.

Manufacturer

New York : Grenfell Press

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Artists and writers series ; 8th

Artists and writers series ; 8th.

Local Note

Spencer Coll. copy is signed by the writer and artist.

Binding

In silk cloth boards with leather spine title label and gilt lettering, in a matching cloth slipcase.

Place of Publication

United States New York

Added Author

Condo, George, illustrator.

Crommelynck, Aldo, 1931-2008, printer.

Miller, Leslie, 1957- book designer, printer.

Medlicot, Sue, printer.

Cohen, Claudia, 1953- binder.

Grenfell Press, printer.

Press Collection (Library of Congress) DLC

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. Amer, 1991 23-169