British Library of Political and Economic Science

Unicorn Bookshop

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0097 UNICORN

Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science

Title: Unicorn Bookshop

Date(s): [1960-1970]

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 25 boxes

Name of creator(s): Unicorn Bookshop

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

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

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

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

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: [English]

System of arrangement:

Unsorted.

Conditions governing access:

Closed.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Various copyright. No documents may be photocopied.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Unlisted.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Acquired in 1970.

Immediate source of acquisition:

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

Rules or conventions: 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.

Date(s) of descriptions: May 2001

INDEX ENTRIES

Subjects
Bookselling | Book industry | Publishing industry
Publishing | Publishing industry

Personal names
Butler | Bill | fl 1960-1970 | US beat poet and occultist

Corporate names
Unicorn Bookshop

Places
Brighton | Sussex | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
East Sussex
London