Comments on: Chris Stein’s Photograph of William S. Burroughs’ Bookshelf

By: jim mccrary

jim mccrary — Sun, 11 Aug 2024 13:09:42 +0000

After he passed, every inch of WSB’s house was photographed in detail..every bookshelf, every drawer, every closet etc. The thought being to put the house “back together” some day. Well the photos were never made public, who knows where they are and the house…………..

Thanks Chris for the post.

By: fuuz

fuuz — Sat, 26 Nov 2022 19:38:12 +0000

Pretty sure the pistol is an an old Crosman American Classic.
https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/crossman-model-1377-american-classic-177-cal-pell-621-c-10e4fcf88f

The only common real pistol of that size and shape is a Thompson/Center Contender, but its handle is solid not split.

By: Daurade

Daurade — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 17:52:34 +0000

Wiil do. Thx for the heads up.

By: Jed

Jed — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 00:38:11 +0000

Check out the other Mike Stevens stuff on RS. The Road to Interzone and the addendum. Mike just wrote a memoir as bibliography about Larry McMurtry as a bookman and book collector that is great.

By: Daurade

Daurade — Sat, 28 May 2022 21:59:19 +0000

Thanks for your efforts. This really provides some insight and my interest is piqued….gonna be checking some of these out!

By: Chris Stein

Chris Stein — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 18:27:38 +0000

I’ve only just run into this. It’s remarkable thanks for your efforts. The 1976 date in the book is indeed a typo that’s not been corrected.
I think what appears to be a gun on the third shelf is an air pistol of some kind.

By: GF

GF — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 08:34:47 +0000

Great work indeed! Chris has stated elsewhere that he is aware of the 1976 typo, and that it will be corrected to 1986 when the book is reprinted. Some interesting links from Chris’s twitter:
https://twitter.com/chrissteinplays/status/1397191309501341696
https://twitter.com/chrissteinplays/status/1046764815367249921
https://twitter.com/chrissteinplays/status/1276510033220681735
https://twitter.com/chrissteinplays/status/1092887090717749248

By: Marcus Gray

Marcus Gray — Sun, 16 May 2021 20:25:36 +0000

You’re welcome!
I did once have a similar inclination to buy and read the same editions of all the pulp murder mystery novels that were on Faulkner’s bookshelf when he died. Instead I spent the money on the same pocket watch he used on his sailboat. What the fuck is wrong with us?!

By: Jim pennington

Jim pennington — Sun, 16 May 2021 20:04:37 +0000

Good to see Bill still hanging on to a New Directions Rimbaud.

By: Jeff Ball

Jeff Ball — Sun, 16 May 2021 01:54:39 +0000

Mike’s mad brilliance exhausts me. I’m so glad he works so hard, allowing me to savor the results without leaving my couch!