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Mettray [Second Series], Issue 9, September 2016

  This issue contains a wealth of reproduced primary material within its covers, which depicts scenes from Brion Gysin's 9 rue Gît-le-Cœur "Beat Hotel" apartment. This issue contains seven reproduced pages from a Brion Gysin sketchbook. It additionally contains many items relevant to William S. Burroughs, including correspondence, scrapbook pages, and an early photgraph. All English texts are afforded French translations. This copy was acquired as a gift from the Estate of William S. Burroughs during a visit in 2026. Selected Contents:   biographies Didier Morin: editorial Mortimer Burroughs: 1924 photograph of William S. Burroughs William S. Burroughs: [attributed] cover photos from Brion Gysin's room at 9 rue Gît-le-Cœur, the "Beat Hotel" undated letter to Allen Ginsberg undated letter to Jack Kerouac pages from Scrapbook 3 Laura Lee Burroughs: 1924 postcard to Otto Belue Otto Belue: a letter to William S. Burroughs, 7 January 1965 Jack Kerouac: a postcard...

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