Reports from the Bibliographic Bunker Jed Birmingham on William S. Burroughs Collecting Ann Beat, “Junkie Culture ,” excerpted from Books and Bookmen, November 1963. Norman Mailer describes Burroughs as ‘the only American novelist living today who may conceivably be possessed of genius.’ An odd offshoot of the adding machine family, he lives in a squalid…
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Burroughs-Gysin Excursus
Brion Gysin: Dream Machine at the Institut D’Art Contemporain Villeurbanne / Rhone-Alpes. 16 October — 28 November 2010. by Ian MacFadyen Gysin Homage One | Burroughs-Gysin Excursus | Gysin Homage Two Burroughs-Gysin Excursus: Magic Amulet / Silence to Say Goodbye, Brion Gysin / Hassan I Sabbah / Skywriting, I Give You — You Give Me…
Dead Fingers Talk and Burroughs Proofs
Reports from the Bibliographic Bunker Jed Birmingham on William S. Burroughs Collecting A couple weeks ago the Wizard behind the curtain at RealityStudio sent me an email alerting me to a proof copy of Dead Fingers Talk offered by Ken Lopez. As Lopez’s catalog description makes clear, this is a highly desirable book. Try finding…
Dead Fingers Talk
[M&M A7] London: Calder/Olympia 1963, first printing and one of 4,000 copies. This is a somewhat rare Review Copy with slip laid in which was sent to a Canadian distributor, possibly the only such copy in existence. DFT includes some material from the Naked Lunch, Soft Machine, and Ticket That Exploded. Hardbound in dust jacket….
Dead Fingers Talk
Reports from the Bibliographic Bunker Jed Birmingham on William S. Burroughs Collecting There were a couple of interesting signed books for sale on eBay last week that gets to the heart of what makes a particular book collectible. A 1963 John Calder Dead Fingers Talk sold for about $160 (ebay, PDF) and a Grove Ticket…