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Adrian Mitchell: proof for jacket for his Out loud (Cape Goliard, London, 1968)

Proof copy of A Wonder Book of Old Romance by Frederick Joseph Harvey Darton, London, 1907. Includes manuscript draft introduction written by Furnivall.

Promotional material from little press and commercial publishers, with some associated documents and letters including: flyer for new magazine Residu from Athens, 1965, 'The new review of hip thought writing & art'; Catalogues, 1976, 1977 from Marion Boyars, publisher; undated flyer for North & South publication, What Country by Lisa Raphals; advertising sheet for Atelier Papers, a new weekly in New York, 1965; promotional letter for new magazine from Rochdale College, Toronto, 1968; Coach House Press (Toronto) Newsletter, July 1974, with photo of William Burroughs; leaflet advertising the launch of Alcheringa, 'a first magazine of the world's tribal poetries', Boston, 1975; Hanuman Books, New York, Catalogue, 1982, including backstock; pamphlet advertising Exquisite Corpse: a monthly of books and ideas, published at Baltimore University, 1983; advertising sheet for Acts: a journal of new writing from the College of California, San Francisco, 1985; booklist from Burning Deck Books, Rhode Island, 1985-1986; promotional material from Red Hill Press, Fairfax, California, 1987; Catalogue from Agenda, London, 1988; flyer for Reality Studios vol. 10, ed Ken Edwards, London 1988; Catalogue from Rivelin Grapheme Press, Hungerford, Berkshire, 1988; flyer for New Left Review, 1988; City Lights Publications, San Francisco: two catalogues for 1988, one mail order catalogue, two rare book catalogues, and a map postcard; City Lights Publishers, San Francisco, Catalogue fall 1994-winter 1995; flyer for magazine Active in Airtime, Colchestser, Essex, 1992; Amra Imprint (Bill Griffiths) booklist, 1994; undated flyer for Neon poems by Charles Plymell, (Atom Mind Publications, New York); Catalogue from Full Court Press, New York, undated; New Year Card from The Eighth Street Bookshop, Greenwich Village, New York, with typescript letter, undated; Catalogue from Singing Horse Press, Pennsylvania, undated, 2 copies; typescript letter from Virago Press, 17 Jan 1986, acknowledging Mottram's 'words of encouragement'; typescript letter, 25 Oct 1968, from Margaret Randall, Mexico City, enclosing plea for funds for magazine El Corno Emplumado; typescript letter, 14 Aug 1972, from Tim Longville of Grosseteste Review on magazine's finances; brief printed and manuscript note from Cavan McCarthy of Location Press, not dated; undated typescript letter from Jim Pennington of Aloes Books

Robert Duncan, promotional material: manuscript note from R.B. Kitaj [1988] granting permission for use of his portrait of Duncan on a cover of Talus magazine; promotional sheets from New Directions, publishers, enclosing photograph of Duncan reading from a lectern; catalogue of exhibition of Duncan's drawings and decorated books, Berkeley, California, 1992; brochures and flyers for events featuring Duncan; newspaper cuttings with reviews of Duncan's work, 1969, 1984; newspaper cuttings with obituaries for Duncan, 1988; special print-out of Jonathan Williams' obituary for Duncan; photograph of Duncan by Allen DeLoach, 1980

Promotional material from various book distributors, including items from: Jim Lowell of The Asphodel Book Shop, Cleveland, Ohio, with some letters to Mottram; receipts, detailing titles purchased, from Eighth Street Bookshop, New York, 1971; material from I. Binnie, Islington, London, Covent Garden Bookshop, London, Daedalus, Hoogstraten Archive, Segue Distribution and others

Promotional material from various book distributors including items from: Andrews Sclanders, London, on psychedelics and Timothy Leary; Robert Temple, London; Paul Brown, London; further material from Asphodel Bookshop, Cleveland; and Sand Dollar Books, Berkeley

Notices of events (literary, non-academic) not directly involving Mottram, including: 'Poetry in motion' promotional booklet, including pages on Tom Pickard and Jeff Muttall, 1967; invitation, Aug 1968 to attend a celebration of new publications by Lucy and Richard Kostelanetz; duplicated circular letter, 28 Oct 1969, from Jim Haynes of the Arts Laboratory, serving as a newsletter; manuscript letter, 29 Apr 1969 from James Greene, inviting Mottram to a party at Kingsley Hall 'self-governing community'; spirit duplicator notice for performance of 'The Pyramid ... a multi-media extravanganza', Ravenna High School and Brown Junior High School, Ohio, 26-27 Sep 1970; invitation, Nov 1971 to view work by Michael Ginsborg, Derek Jarman and Peter Logan, with readings, at Bankside, London; duplicated newsletter sheet from Jim Haynes, 1971, with added manuscript note to Mottram, seeking co-operation in tape cassette project; Allington Castle, Maidstone, brochure of events, 1972, with typescript letter from Robert Coover inviting Mottram to Stanley Elkin reading; notice of talk by Paolo Soleri 'on arcology' at American Embassy Auditorium, 13 Nov 1972, with sheet of 'Program notes'; stick of edible rock promoting exhibition of concrete poetry at the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, 1972, in original wrapper and postal tube; invitation to book signing and reading by Bobbie Louise Hawkins at Turret Bookshop (Bernard Stone), 1986; notice of benefit reading for Talus, 23 Oct (1987), at Kentish Town; notice of reading by Elaine Randell and Ken Edwards at Rasp (London), 3 Apr 1987, printing a short poem by each author; invitation to attend launch of North & South anthology on Louis Zukofsky, 2 Nov 1988; flyers for readings by Allen Fisher at Subvoicive, 21 Jun 1988, and by Frances Presley and Elaine Randell, undated; flyer for Writers Forum celebrating 25 years of publishing, 11 Jun 1988, with card noting reading by Hazel Smith at Subvoicive, 7 Jun; report of '25 years of writing' event, Essex University, 1990; notice of 'Devil's chaffeur' events, New York, 1991; publicity and booking form for 1991 Poets & Small Press Convention in Newcastle-upon-Tyne; brochure of Museum of the Moving Image, 1993, listing events celebrating Georges Méliès; brochure of small press exhibition at South Bank, Interaction & overlap, 1994, with separate list of exhibits, receipt for books purchased, and sample of publisher's wrapping paper; notice of book signings and readings at Bernard Stone's Turret Bookshop, London, April 1994, with brochure on the Spanish Arts Festival, London, Apr 1994; notice of 'workfortheeyetodo' exhibition, West Ferry, London, 1994; invitation to view work by Bill Culbert and Simon Cutts, Oct 1994 ; notice of Fourth Cambridge Conference of Contemporary Poetry, 22-24 Apr 1994, New Year card, 1995, celebrating 'Sound & Language' (Cris Cheek, Sianed Jones, Osian Tam); notice of book-launch, Stress management (Boldface Press) by Tony Lopez at Compendium Bookshop, London, 19 Jan 1995; notice of ALP (Association of Little Presses) bookfair at Hampstead, 15 Jan 1995; undated notice of series of readings titled, 'Voices at Curfew' i.e. 'exiled and banned artists from three continents'; series of flyers for Writers Forum workshops; invitation to booklaunch, The red fez: art and spirit possession in Africa by Fritz Kramer, at Compendium Bookshop, London, undated; flyers for Sub Voicive readings series in London, including undated notices of reading by Adrian Clarke, James Sherry and David Bromige, and 'Predictions for the Nineties' (Cris Cheek); photograph of event ('surgical séance') featuring Iain Sinclair, with Mottram, Allen Fisher and Paul Brown also visible, undated

Promotional leaflets for: a book, Film: the creative process, by John Howard Lawson (1964); a 1987 film, The Last of England, directed by Mottram’s former student Derek Jarman; a film, The Ranter (1988), directed by Ann Foreman, with a note to Mottram from Foreman concerning finance for her film The Castle (1990).

Publicity leaflets for publications from Dr W Junk Publishers. 12 items

Flyers for literary events, primarily poetry readings, featuring Mottram, with some administrative correspondence and contracts, including: details of Writers Workshops at the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts, London), 1965; note of payment from the BBC (British Broadcating Corporation), dated 24 Mar 1969, for participation in programme 'The arts this week'; brochure on 'The Poet's Lifestyle: a poetry seminar' 1972; schedule of events at conference on Herman Melville, at United States Embassy, 10-11 May 1974; details of Cambridge Poetry festival, 1975; invitation to tutor at Arvon Foundation, Hebden Bridge, 1976, with informational sheet; contract and flier for Brighton Contemporary Festival of Arts, 1977; invitation from Bob Cobbing to Writers Forum's 250th publication, the launch of Mottram's Precipice of Fishes (1979); letter of thanks, 8 Oct 1980, for talk at National Book League; correspondence and information from the Ilkley Literature Festival, about Mottram's performance there in 1982; correspondence from Tim Gluckman, 1982, about Mottram's participation in 'Dial-A-Poem Northwest'; Note from Village Voice, 15 May 1984 about Mottram reading in New York; invitation to a Poetry Party in honour of Mottram, 27 Jul 1984, New York, 4 copies; correspondence from Edward Larnissy, Warwick University, about poetry reading for Mottram at Leamington Spa, 1985, and Mottram's manuscript list of items to read; letter from Pig Press, Jan 1986, with details of Basil Bunting commemoration; photocopied circular letter, 31 May 1988, from T. Wignesan, seeking Mottram's participation in 'Premier Colloque International de Poietique'; photocopies of poems by Mottram endorsed 'read by Wignesan in Paris'; manuscript letter from Gilbert Adair, 28 Jun 1988, inviting Mottram to open Sub-voicive reading series; flyer, letter of invitation and Mottram's manuscript list of poems to be read, for the Shakespeare & Company Bookstore, Paris, benefit reading, Waterstones, Covent Garden, 1990; notice of poetry reading series, 1990, at Torriano Poetry, Kentish Town, including one by Mottram, with manuscript note from organiser, John Rety, on reverse; letter of thanks, 22 Feb 1991, for contributing to educational side of exhibition 'The drawings of Jasper Johns'; correspondence 1991-1992 on Walt Whitman event in Coimbra, Portugal; letter from the John Blair Film Company, 5 Aug 1992, inviting Mottram to participate in a television programme called 'The art of tripping', with a list of subsequent shots featuring Mottram; Mottram background notes on drugs and creativity, including a compact bibliography on a message pad; undated note from BBC (British Broadcasting Company) reminding Mottram of time of broadcast of programme 'The beat goes on' to which he contributed; undated manuscript letter from Connie Pickard thanking Mottram for participating in local reading; undated schedule of events at 'Taboo' festival, Brighton, with Mottram manuscript notes on contents of talks; undated notice for benefit reading for Talus magazine byAllen Fisher, Eric Mottram, Wendy Mulford and Iain Sinclair at Polytechnic of Central London, 2 copies; undated flier for series of readings at Zap Club, Brighton, including one by Mottram and Jeff Nuttall; notice for undated reading by Mottram and others at Pentameters, Hampstead, 4 copies; undated flyer and correspondence from 'London Calling' about reading by Mottram is series at Old Red Lion, Islington; undated notice of Mottram poetry reading and lecture 'Contemporary British poetry 1960 to the present', at New York; undated correspondence about reading in Bristol; correspondence and promotional material relating to Mottram's'Poetry Forum' at the Cambridge Poetry Festival, 1975

Paula Claire, promotional material: I.C.P.A. (International Concrete Poetry Archive), Oxford, Catalogue no. 1, 1980, with covering note from Claire, the founder and curator, to Mottram; information sheet about the I.C.P.A. catalogue no. 2, 1980; circular, 8 Jun 1983 about I.C.P.A.; flyer in form of visual poem for exhibition at Sunderland, 1984; flyers for an I.C.P.A. exhibition at University College London, 1985; promotional items mailed to Mottram in 1987 including newspaper cutting on Claire's work from The University Daily (Texas, 24 Apr 1986); list of I.C.P.A. publications, to 1988; prospectus for one-day course, 'Word: sound and image' at Rewley House, Oxford, 4 Jun 1988; advertisement for 'Poetry and Electronics' conference at Rewley House, Oxford, Jan 1989; flyer for performance series called 'Resoundscore' [1991]; flyer for launch of Claire's Declarations, 1961-1991 (Oxford, 1991); four photographs of Paula Claire, 1991, 2 of her in her 'white crane' gown, 2 in performance with Lawrence Upton (left), Betty Radin (far left) and Bob Cobbing (in background)

Kirby Congdon, promotional material: catalogues for Interim Press, Crank Books and flyer for Magazine, postmarked July 1964; a second set, with additional list of Congdon's published work; flyer featuring review of Congdon's A Key west rebus; copy of article on Congdon by Dorothy Raymer, called 'Being paged', from The Key West Citizen, 30 Jan 1966; copy of article by Harry Gilroy, from The New York Times of 17 Aug 1967, which mentions Congdon's Magazine; flyer for Interim Books, 1968, with printed photograph of Congdon on reverse

Promotional leaflet for Rationale of the dirty joke: second series, by Gershon Legman (New Jersey, Breaking Point Inc, 1976).

Promotional leaflet for Captain Zoomo (no publication details).

Flyer for Five Hungarian poets, reading in Britain, 1980, 2 copies

Booklet, 'The prison film', by Mike Nellis and Christopher Hale, published by Radical Alternative to Prison (RAP), London, 1982, 64pp. Also promotional leaflet for a book, The profession of violence: The rise and fall of the Kray twins, by John Pearson Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1972).

Leaflet about book signings and readings, Bernard Stone’s Turret Book Shop, Lambs Conduit St, London WC1: Posy Simmonds 19 Oct 1988, Ralph Steadman 29 Oct 1988, Fiona Pitt-Kethley 31 Oct 1988. Also an A4 Ralph Steadman cartoon of Jack MacGowan.

Promissory note from John Drink to Edward Joy, Great Horwood, Buckinghamshire. 1 item