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Add MS 88938/3/7/2
- Record Id:
- 040-000897913
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000673106
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000147.0x00034c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88938/3/7/2
- Title:
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Ballard 'Advertisements' Published in Ambit, and Assorted Material Relating to J F Kennedy and Ronald Reagan
- Scope & Content:
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1. The back cover only of Ambit 32 (1967), featuring a full-page 'advertisement' by Ballard entitled 'Homage to Claire Churchill' [Claire Walsh]. Signed by Ballard on the verso.
2. Complete copy of Ambit 46 (1971), including on the back cover a full-page 'advertisement' by Ballard entitled 'Venus Smiles'.
3. Four covers from Ambit featuring Ballard 'advertisements':
- Ambit 33 (1967), featuring on the back cover 'Sex: Inner Space' ('Does the angle between two walls have a happy ending?');
- Ambit 36 (1968), featuring on the back cover 'A Neural Interval';
- Ambit 45 (1970), featuring on the back cover 'Placental Insufficiency';
- Ambit 46 (1971), featuring on the back cover 'Venus Smiles'.
4. Colour postcard (1981, not used) displaying an image of the 'Assassination Site - J F Kennedy'.
5. Greetings card (1984, not used) displaying an image of Ronald Reagan advertising 'Peacemaker Cigarettes'.
6. A photocopied passage from The Atrocity Exhibition (beginning: 'Reagan's personality. The profound anality of the Presidential contender may be expected [...]'), underneath which is typed a 'Comment' by Ballard beginning: 'What happens if you regard the whole of reality as a vast video game?'). The 'Comment' includes a date reference ('but now, in 2008, we call it everyday reality'). Single sheet photocopy on headed paper (Shepperton address).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000673106
036-000786687
037-000897874
040-000897913 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88938 : The Papers of J. G. Ballard
Add MS 88938/3 : J G Ballard: Works
Add MS 88938/3/7 : The Atrocity Exhibition (and associated material)
Add MS 88938/3/7/2 : Ballard 'Advertisements' Published in Ambit, and Assorted Material Relating to J F Kennedy and Ronald Reagan - Hierarchy:
- 032-000673106[0003]/036-000786687[0008]/037-000897874[0002]/040-000897913
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88938
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1967
- End Date:
- 2008
- Date Range:
- 1967-2008
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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