Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Albanese, Lucy
2. Reed, Robert
3. Sandell, David

Description

1. 306 p. : map; 24 cm.

Subject

1. Embossed stamps (Provenance)
2. Bookplates (Provenance)
3. Bookmarks
4. Slipcases (Binding)
5. Dust jackets (Binding)
6. Autographs (Provenance)
7. Authors' presentation inscriptions (Provenance)
8. Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997 > Portraits

Genre/Form

1. Dust jackets (Binding).
2. Embossed stamps (Provenance).
3. Authors' presentation inscriptions (Provenance).
4. Autographs (Provenance).
5. Bookmarks.
6. Bookplates (Provenance).
7. Slipcases (Binding).

Call number

1. JFE 84-1567

Note

1. Book designed by Lucy Albanese; jacket designed by Robert Reed.
2. Photograph of author on rear flap of jacket by David Sandell.

Provenance (note)

1. Berg Coll. copy 1 contains "ADC" embossed stamp on t.p.
2. Berg Coll. copy 2 from the library of Dr. Linda A. Fisher. Inscribed by the author, "For Linda Fisher MD, a charter member of the Johnson Family ... March 30, 1984"--t.p.
3. Berg Coll. copy 3 inscribed by the author to Maureen Mulvihill, 1985--t.p. Contains Mulvihill's bookplate and ownership signature on paste-down endpaper.

Binding (note)

1. Bound in pumpkin quarter cloth over boards with tan paper covers; printed dust jacket.

Author

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

Title

1. The place of dead roads / William S. Burroughs.

Imprint

1. New York : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1984, c1983.

Edition

1. 1st ed.

Binding

1. Bound in pumpkin quarter cloth over boards with tan paper covers; printed dust jacket.

Provenance

1. Berg Coll. copy 1 contains "ADC" embossed stamp on t.p.
2. Berg Coll. copy 2 from the library of Dr. Linda A. Fisher. Inscribed by the author, "For Linda Fisher MD, a charter member of the Johnson Family ... March 30, 1984"--t.p.

Local note

1. Berg Coll. copy 2 contains printed bookmark from Left Bank Books in St. Louis, Mo.--laid in.
2. Berg Coll. copy 2: Gift of Dr. Bonnie F. Fisher in memory of her sister, Dr. Linda A. Fisher, Oct. 2006.

Provenance

1. Berg Coll. copy 3 inscribed by the author to Maureen Mulvihill, 1985--t.p. Contains Mulvihill's bookplate and ownership signature on paste-down endpaper.

Local note

1. Berg Coll. copy 3 is lettered R of a limited edition of three hundred copies specially bound in natural linen and signed by William S. Burroughs on leaf preceding half-title. Housed in slipcase.
2. Berg Coll. copy 3: Gift of Dr. Maureen E. Mulvihill, May 2007.
3. Berg Coll. copy 4 formerly owned by the author and acquired with the Vaduz Archive in 2005.

Connect to:

1. Request access to this item in the Berg Collection

Added author

1. Albanese, Lucy Book designer
2. Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997. Former owner
3. Reed, Robert Bookjacket designer
4. Sandell, David Photographer
5. Charters, Ann Former owner
6. Fisher, Linda A., 1924-2006 Former owner
7. Mulvihill, Maureen Esther. Former owner
8. Mulvihill, Maureen Esther. Donor

LCCN

1. 83008498

ISBN

1. 0030632560

Research call number

1. JFE 84-1567
2. Berg Coll Burroughs P63 1984