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First edition |
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viii, 171 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 28 cm |
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Errata slip laid in. |
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"Published to accompany an exhibition held at the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Philadelphia, 18 Feb. - 20 May 2019 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-165). |
| Contents |
Foreword / Constantia Constantinou -- Introduction / David McKnight -- Beginnings -- We moderns: making it new -- Surrealism and the 1940s -- Black Sun Press -- The Beats -- The New York School -- The seventies -- Little magazines, portfolios, and small presses -- Gotham Book Mart as publisher / Camille Davis -- Wish you were here: the postcard collection / Katherine Aid -- The enigmatic Edward Gorey / Katherine Aid -- Endings --Appendices: I. Processing a massive gift collection with a streamlined workflow / Elsa Varela and Beth Picknally Camden -- II. Gotham Book Mart bibliography / Camille Davis. |
| Summary |
"In 2008, the University of Pennsylvania received as a gift the contents of the Gotham Book Mart, the legendary New York City bookstore founded by Frances Steloff in 1920. For decades the Gotham Book Mart was, as Steloff prosaically put it, 'the headquarters of the avant-garde.' To mark the 100th anniversary of the store's founding, this exhibition catalogue explores the shop's role in assembling, publishing, and promoting groundbreaking experimental writers as well as its later years under the ownership of Steloff's hand-chosen successor, Andreas Brown"--Cover |
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Steloff, Frances, 1887-1989 -- Exhibitions.
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Brown, Andreas -- Exhibitions.
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Gotham Book Mart -- History -- Exhibitions.
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Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania) -- Exhibitions.
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Bookstores -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Exhibitions.
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Booksellers and bookselling -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Exhibitions.
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Women booksellers -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Exhibitions.
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Brown, Andreas. (OCoLC)fst01447964
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Steloff, Frances, 1887-1989. (OCoLC)fst01849169
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Gotham Book Mart. (OCoLC)fst00518612
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Booksellers and bookselling. (OCoLC)fst00836492
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Bookstores. (OCoLC)fst00836517
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Women booksellers. (OCoLC)fst01177367
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New York (State) -- New York.
(OCoLC)fst01204333
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Exhibition catalogs. (OCoLC)fst01424028
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Exhibition catalogs.
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| Added Author |
McKnight, David (David Norman), curator.
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Aid, Katherine, curator.
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Davis, Camille, curator.
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Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts (University of Pennsylvania), issuing body.
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University of Pennsylvania. Libraries, publishers.
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| ISBN |
9780990448754 (paperback) |
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0990448754 (paperback) |
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