Reports from the Bibliographic Bunker Jed Birmingham on William S. Burroughs Collecting William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg at Grove Press book launch party, 22 December 1964 (photograph by Fred McDarrah) When William Burroughs arrived in New York Harbor on the Independence on December 8, 1964, with seven suitcases full of books and manuscripts, customs officials…
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Two Drive Suites
Reports from the Bibliographic Bunker Jed Birmingham on William S. Burroughs Collecting “Imagine that you have before you a flagon of wine. You may choose your own favorite vintage for this imaginary demonstration, so that it be a deep shimmering crimson in color. You have two goblets before you. One is of solid gold, wrought…
Kulchur 1
Reports from the Bibliographic Bunker Jed Birmingham on William S. Burroughs Collecting Kulchur 1 Front Kulchur 1 Title Page Kulchur 1 Table of Contents Kulchur 1 William Burroughs“The Conspiracy” Kulchur 1 Kulchur 1 Erick Hawkins“Here and Now” Kulchur 1 Donald Phelps“The Muck School” Kulchur 1 Kulchur 1 Kulchur 1 Kulchur 1 Diane Di Prima“Whims” Charles…
Yugen
Reports from the Bibliographic BunkerJed Birmingham on William S. Burroughs Collecting Several years ago, I wrote on the potential joys of collecting Charles Olson. Olson loomed as a literal giant over the small press and little magazine scene from 1950 until his death in 1970. As a result, his work appeared in some of the…
Floating Bear
Reports from the Bibliographic BunkerJed Birmingham on William S. Burroughs Collecting Also see Jed Birmingham’s Floating Bear Archive and article on Floating Bear 24. After my deal to obtain Floating Bear #24 fell through a month or so ago, Floating Bears have been much on my mind. I broke down and bought a run of…
Floating Bear Archive
Reports from the Bibliographic BunkerJed Birmingham on William S. Burroughs Collecting For more information about Floating Bear, see Jed Birmingham’s articles on Floating Bear and Floating Bear 24. You can also download this spreadsheet mapping the recipients to whom copies of Floating Bear were mailed. Floating Bear 1February 1961 Download Floating Bear 2February 1961 Download…
Floating Bear 24
Reports from the Bibliographic BunkerJed Birmingham on William S. Burroughs Collecting Book collecting is full of regrets and missed opportunities as much as exciting acquisitions. Previously, I wrote about some of my regrets: the biggest involving a complete set of Black Mountain Review. I have also had my share of books and magazines slip through…