GB 0097 UNICORN - Unicorn Bookshop

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0097 UNICORN

Title

Unicorn Bookshop

Date(s)

  • [1960-1970] (Creation)

Level of description

Extent and medium

25 boxes

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Possibly the Unicorn Bookshop in Brighton, owned and run by Bill Butler, a US beat poet and occultist.

Archival history

Acquired in 1970.
GB 0097 UNICORN [1960-1970] Collection (fonds) 25 boxes Unicorn Bookshop
Possibly the Unicorn Bookshop in Brighton, owned and run by Bill Butler, a US beat poet and occultist.

Acquired in 1970.

Records of the Unicorn Bookshop, [1960-1970], a bookshop specialising in anarchist and sexually subversive publications.

Unsorted.

Closed.

Various copyright. No documents may be photocopied.
[English]

Unlisted.

Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. May 2001 Book industry Bookselling Brighton Butler , Bill , fl 1960-1970 , US beat poet and occultist England Europe Publishing Publishing industry Sussex UK Unicorn Bookshop Western Europe East Sussex London

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Unicorn Bookshop, [1960-1970], a bookshop specialising in anarchist and sexually subversive publications.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Unsorted.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Closed.

Conditions governing reproduction

Various copyright. No documents may be photocopied.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

[English]

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Unlisted.

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Existence and location of copies

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Note

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

British Library of Political and Economic Science

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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    Sources

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