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Collecting 'spineless wonders' : a list of items on display

An A-Z list of the top and bottom shelf of the large cube display, with links to the Library catalogue.

Top shelf 

Lane's Telescopic View of the Interior of the Great Exhibition
Published by C. Lane, 1851
[B.L.] 1851 [Lane]

Particulars of the Trial and Execution of William Goodsell
Broadside printed by Phillips & co., Brighton, 1834. 
HPF/5C/43

Playbill for a performance of the Olympic Circus equestrian company in Edinburgh
Printed by William Blair, Edinburgh, 1815. 
HPF/5A/34

Playbill in Dutch for magician Doctor Silvester for a performance in the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)
Printed by H.M. van Dorp & co., Batavia (Jakarta), 1880s. 
HPF/5A/37

Poemes Visuals [artefact facsimile] 
Joan Brossa, published by Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2014.
[Rare] Y4.f.1 [Brossa] fol.

Queer Between the Covers: Maud Allan
Book artwork by Theresa Easton, 2018.  
[Rare] Y4 (xlf)

S. West’s Sale Warehouse, for Unredeem’d Pledges, Corner of Fann’s Street, Aldersgate Street.
Copperplate with landscape miniature painted on the reverse, around 1800. 
Plan Chest 1.3.1  
 

Bottom shelf 

Anarcho-feminism from Siren and Black Rose: two statements
Published by Black Bear, 2007.  
Pamph Store 4576        

“Arden of Feversham”: a Study of the Play
First Published in 1592
Anita Holt, published by the Faversham Society, 1970. 
YG (P.C. 1)      

Argentina: Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores (PRT) Revolutionary Workers' Party
Published by ERP (Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo), 1970s, 
N 320 PAM/1/19

Baskerville's Punches
Phillip Gaskell, published by Cambridge University Press, 1953. 
655 (P.C.4)      

Battle cries
Astra, published by Women's Aid Federation England around 1981. 
Pamph Store 588  

Book Distribution: : A Handbook for Booksellers and Publishers on the Ordering and Distribution of Books in the United Kingdom
Published by The Association, 1972. 
655.4 (P.C.2)

Breaking The Chains: The Struggle for Gay Liberation and Socialism
Susan Tyburn, published by Worker's Action Books, 1979. 
Pamph Store 4060

Calligramms 
S. J. Fowler, published by Penteract Press, 2017. 
Pamph Store 4370

Children's Rights: Getting out of Trouble: The children's Bust Book
John Holt, Michael Duane and others, published by Children's Rights Publications, 1972. 
Pamph Store 4489

Del Camino
Antonio Machado; translated by Michael Smith, published by Gallery Press, 1974. 
Pamph Store 2286      

A Description of Westley's & Clark's Bookbinding Establishment
Printed by the Vizetelly Brothers, 19th century. 
686 (P.C.1)  

Elsewhere
Esther McManus, 2017.  
Pamph Store 4115

Eroemas para disipar el tedio
Raúl García Ramírez, published by La Rueda Cartonera, 2011. 
[C.P.C.] 087    

Factsheets on Britain and Europe: Complete Series, Nos 1-11
Issued by H.M. Government, Published by H.M.S.O, 1971. 
Pamph Store 4620

The First Cities
Audre Lorde, published by Poets Press, 1968. 
Pamph Store 559

The Gay Trapeze
Kendrick Smithyman, published by Handcraft Press, 1955. 
Pamph Store 3481

In Comes I: An Introductory Leaflet to the Mummers' Play
E. C. Cawte, published by English Folk Dance and Song Society, 1972. 
YB (P.C.2)

Liberation Will Come From a Black Thing: a Speech
James Forman, published by Students for a Democratic Society, around 1968.
[Heisler] P1719

Limits
Christopher Okigbo, published by Caxton Press (West Africa) Limited, 1962. 
Pamph Store 1064

Malkin: an ellegy in 14 spels
Camille Ralphs, illustrations by Emma Wright, published by The Emma Press, 2015.
Pamph Store 4084

A Moment in the Life of Virginia Woolf: : A Lighthouse Shone in Tavistock Square
Louisa Amelia Albani, published by Night Bird Press, 2020. 
Pamph Store 4477

My Black Death
Arthur Jafa, published by Moor's Head Press + Publication Studio Hudson, 2016. 
Pamph Store 794

The Night Museum: Loss, Darkness, Endings
Museum of London, published by The Museum of London, 2016. 
Pamph Store 802    

One Thousand Fearful Words for Fidel Castro
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, published by City Lights, 1961. 
[Heisler] P3234

People Caught in Strong Winds 
Spike, published by Walden Press, around 2000. 
Pamph Store 3518

A Purple Thread: the Supernatural Doom of Oscar Wilde
Nina Antonia, published by Fiddler’s Green, 2020. 
Pamph Store 4453

Quien iba a Imaginar Esta... Masacre 
Ignenio Aztra, published by MRT,1977. 
J 320 PAM/1/26

Reggae: a Peoples' Music
Rolston Kallyndyr and Henderson Dalrymple, published by Carib-Arawak Publications, 1970s. 
Pamph Store 4508    

Rugby, Football and the Working Classes in Victorian and Edwardian York
Charles Walter Masters, published by University of York, Borthwick Institute of Historical Research 2014. 
Pamph Store 3472

Saline Trips too: With Brand New Never Seen Pitchers and Pomes 
Salena Saliva, published by Saltpetre, 2000. 
Pamph Store 4297

Second class disabled: a report on the non-contributary invalidity pension for married women
Irene Loach and Ruth Lister, published by the Equal Rights for Disabled Women Campaign, 1978.
[Heisler] P1424

Seven: ... :Sounds
David Wojnarowicz, published by Aloes Books, 2017. 
Pamph store 704

Should the Arts be Popular
Ben Pimlott, published by Lloyds TSB Group, 1999. 
Pamph Store 2271

The Spirit of Queens: Our Queendom Come
Myrna Loy, published by Art's Own Gallery, 2015. 
Pamph Store 3486    

Stella Clericorum Cuilibet Clerico Summe Necessaria
Published by Heinrich Quentell, Around 1489. 
[Incunabula] H24 STE IGS Priebsch books

Teenage Encounters
Stella Ibekwe; illustrations by Mick Lovelock published by Centerprise Trust, 1978. 
Pamph Store 4569

That's the way the money goes: the extra cost of living with a disability
Lyn Durward, published by the Disability Alliance, 1981. 
[Heisler] P272

Tuesdays
Edited by Kay Stout, published by the Tuesday Group of Art, 1976. 
Pamph Store 1542    

The Two Shoemakers
Hannah More, published by Cheap Repository for Religious and Moral Tracts, 1795. 
[G.S.C.] P 0085

Vampire lesbians of Sodom, and Sleeping Beauty, or Coma
Theatre programme, 1968. 
Pamph Store 4281

Viver é Etcétera: um Olhra Sobre o Patrimônio
Coletivo Loucos por Memória, published by Catapoesia, 2013. 
[C.P.C.] 161  

War and the Child Mind: a Preliminary Enquiry
Published for the Youth Committee of the Peace Pledge Union, by the Peace News, Ltd., 1944. 
Pamph Store 4571    

A way out of poverty and disability: moving towards a comprehensive disability income scheme
Published by the Disability Alliance, 1991. 
[Heisler] P123

With Downcast Gays: Aspects of Homosexual Self-Oppression
Andrew Hodges and David Hutter, published by Pomegranate Press, Around 1974. 
Pamph Store 40