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Rosset, Barney. Evergreen Review 22. Grove Press, NY, 1962.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: - Samuel Beckett, Pablo Neruda, Gregory Corso, Evtushenko, William Burroughs contributes an introduction to Naked Lunch, The Soft Machine, Nova Express [ with episodes ] - fine bright copy - 128 pages, illustrated. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Seller: Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB), Port Colborne, ON, Canada
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG+. 8vo, 128pp, printed wrappers. Nice copy of this important early issue, which includes work by William Burroughs (Schottlaender C36). Also includes writing by Corso, Beckett, Hollo, Neruda, et al. Unmarked copy, light cover wear.
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Burroughs, William S.. NAKED LUNCH. Grove Press, New York, 1962.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Thirteenth Printing. Fine in a Near Fine, unclipped dustjacket. A single, short tear at the lower edge of the front panel, with some trivial pinpoint rubbing to the corner tips and spine ends, otherwise a lovely example of the jacket, with the spine colors vibrant and unfaded. A Beat generation highspot, and basis for the bizarre 1991 David Cronenberg film starring Peter Weller, Judy Davis, and Ian Holm.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
BURROUGHS (William S.).. The Naked Lunch.. New York. Castle Books, 1962.
Price: US$100.89 + shipping
Description: . In-8 cartonnage éditeur, jaquette illustrée en couleurs. This edition published by arrangement with Grove Press. Tirée à 3500 exemplaires.
Seller: Librairie Les Autodidactes - Aichelbaum, Paris, France
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Slender stapled wrappers with cover photograph of Burroughs. 16 unnumbered pp including covers. A Grove Press promotional pamphlet for the upcoming publication of Naked Lunch with reviews by Terry Southern and E. S. Seldon. Includes a brief excerpt from the text of the book. Rear cover blurbs by John Ciardi, Norman Mailer, Robert Lowell and Jack Kerouac. A handsome very good copy. Beat era ephemera.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
BURROUGHS, William.. Naked Lunch.. Grove Press, New York, 1962.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: 13 pp. 8vo, publisher's printed self-wrappers. First edition. Slight use to corners; very good or better. Promotional pamphlet issued by the publisher, with an excerpt and reviews by Terry Southern and E. S. Seldon.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
BURROUGHS, William.. Naked Lunch.. Grove Press, New York, 1962.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 13 pp. 8vo, publisher's printed self-wrappers. First edition. Very near fine. Promotional pamphlet issued by the publisher, with an excerpt and reviews by Terry Southern and E. S. Seldon.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
William S. Burroughs. Naked Lunch. Grove Press, New York, 1962.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A very presentable copy of the 1962 stated 1st American printing, following the 1959 original edition issued out of Paris. Clean and VG+ to Near Fine (light scuffing along the fore-edge) in a crisp, price-intact, VG+ dustjacket, with just a bit of light creasing along the spine crown.
Seller: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$180.00 + shipping
Description: Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. First Edition Clamshell Case. Burroughs, William S. NAKED LUNCH Collector's Clamshell Case. New York: Grove Press, 1962 [Book Date]. Superb Custom Fitted Modern Collector's Clamshell Bookcase [Not A Book] HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, each box is Gilt-stamped at the spine. The case is finished in medium yellow cloth & black Nuba® with a 'sculpted design [after the book's distinct illustrated wrapper] on the side. Every TBCL case can be finished in a selection of fine leathers & cloths or Nuba® or a combination of both. Nuba® is a fine, supple & durable covering with a neutral ph that has the feel of velvety soft Italian Nubuck leather. This clamshell is perfectly sized to accommodate your first edition. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for OVER 100 generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available upon request. Book definitely NOT included.
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Burroughs, William S.. Naked Lunch. Grove, New York, 1962.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A nice copy, later issue dj ( zip code present on Grove address on rear panel ) . Jacket with a few short tears and chips. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. The first hardbound issue from the Grove Press in 1962.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Pre-publication pamphlet issued by the publisher in the Summer of 1962. Reportedly only 100 copies were produced for advance distribution. Near fine in stapled wrappers. (Trace of faint offsetting at head of front cover) (14pp. ) Features an essay written by Terry Southern & E. S. Seldon. Also a blurb supplied by Jack Kerouac. An excerpt from the novel is represented as well. Uncommon. (B) ; 8vo 5 1/2" - 8" tall; 14 pages
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
William Burroughs. Naked Lunch. Grove Press, 1962.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "Naked Lunch" by William Burroughs. New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1959. First American edition (1962), first printing. Black half-cloth, half paper boards. 255 pp. Very good, in a very good unclipped jacket. Bottom board corners lightly bumped with fading and a small white spot on the top stain. Jacket lightly worn at the edges with sun to the spine. $6.00 price on jacket. Published in the United States three years after its initial publication in Paris.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Burroughs, William.. Naked Lunch.. Grove Press, NY, 1962.
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: "First Printing" stated on copyright page. A solid square copy with sharp corners. Dust jacket is first state without roman numeral next to rear spine and without zip code in publisher's address. Some fading to yellow and orange portions of jacket spine, but still strong. Wear and chipping to top 1/4" of jacket spine. One 1/2" tear to top of front panel. Two 1/2" tears to top of rear panel and one 1/4" tear to bottom of rear panel. Jacket is price-clipped.
Seller: Eliot Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Burroughs, William S.. Naked Lunch.. Grove Press Inc, 1962.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A Fine copy in black cloth over black paper covered boards (small bump to lower front corner), top edge stained rich black, in a Fine yellow, red, black and white dustwrapper, not price-clipped, with trivial rubs to spine-fold tips. Second state jacket with zip code present and "AX" code near lower rear spinefold. 255pp. Originally published in France in 1959, it had to survive an obscenity challenge before being published in the U.S. A Beat classic. Q14246
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
William Burroughs. Naked Lunch Prospectus. Grove Press, New York, 1962.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Printing. Softcover Original. Fine in stapled white wrappers. Light toning to the edges else fine. Grove Press issued this booklet prior to the first American edition of Naked Lunch. Includes an excerpt from Naked Lunch and original essays by Terry Southern and E.S. Seldon in defense of this banned book. Testimonials by John Ciardi, Norman Mailer, Robert Lowell and Jack Kerouac to the back flap.
Seller: MDS BOOKS, Mississauga, ON, Canada
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Pre-publication pamphlet issued by the publisher in the Summer of 1962. Reportedly only 100 copies were produced for advance distribution. Fine in stapled wrappers. Printed publicity card for advancing orders laid-in. (14pp. ) Features an essay written by Terry Southern & E. S. Seldon. Also a blurb supplied by Jack Kerouac. An excerpt from the novel is represented as well. Uncommon. ; 5 1/2" X 8"; 14 pages
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
BURROUGHS, William. Naked Lunch. Grove Press, New York, 1962.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 14 pages, original printed self-wrappers, stapled as issued. Some very light dust-soiling, otherwise a fine copy. Some very light dust-soiling, otherwise a fine copy The prospectus for the first American edition of Naked Lunch, published by the publisher, Barney Rosset, in anticipation of an obscenity trial. The prospectus includes lengthy statements by Terry Southern and E. S. Seldon, as well as short statements by John Ciardi, Norman Mailer, Robert Lowell and Jack Kerouac. It also includes an 8 page excerpt from the novel. The prospectus appears to be rare.
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books, LLC, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Burroughs, William. Naked Lunch. Grove Press, New York, 1962.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: 255 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Maynard & Miles A2b Half black cloth over black boards. Spine not stamped with gilt titling, otherwise a fine copy in fine first state dust jacket, with price "$6.00" in inner flap
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
William Burroughs. Naked Lunch. Grove Press Inc., New York, 1962.
Price: US$507.76 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First American Edition, first printing (one of 3500 copies). Grove Press Inc., New York 1962. "Although known in this country only through excerpts in a number of quarterlies, NAKED LUNCH already has the underground reputation of an authentic literary masterpiece of the twentieth century. It has been more widely discussed and written about than almost any other book before its full publication." (from the front flap) Book is in near fine condition exept some miniscule creasing to the spine ends and light dusting to the edges of the text block. Dust jacket has slightly signs of shelfwear and is in good+ condition except some creasing/chipping to the edges of spine and a small loss of paper at the spine top. Spine is also lightly faded. Jacket is now protected by a transparent archival sleeve.
Seller: Nik's Bookstore Versandantiquariat, PBFA, Oestrich-Winkel, Germany
BURROUGHS WILLIAM S. (1914-1997). Naked Lunch. Grove Press, New York, 1962.
Price: US$526.40 + shipping
Description: 208x145mm, 255pp., demi-toile noire de l'éditeur, jaquette illustrée. Première édition américaine après celle d'Olympia Press à Paris, et premier tirage sans le zipcode de l'éditeur au dos, et le prix non coupé 6$ sur le premier rabat de la jaquette. Défaut à la partie supérieure de la jaquette avec un petit manque et déchirure au dos. Maynard and Miles A2.b. Quelques Petits Manques Couverture rigide Livre
Seller: Chloé et Denis Ozanne, Paris, France
BURROUGHS, William. Naked Lunch. New York: Grove Press, 1962.
Price: US$577.57 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First US edition. Octavo, pp 255. Bound in black paper covered boards over black cloth spine, gilt lettering to the spine. Top edge stained black. In the original first state dust jacket which is un-clipped and priced $6.00 and has no zip code on the rear panel. Classic Beat generation novel, which was not published in the U.S. until three years after its original Olympia Press Paris publication, and until a successful legal challenge overturned its banning in the USA. The book is in Fine condition, clean and unmarked; the jacket is Very Good Plus, a 2cm clean tear to the bottom of the front panel, red on the spine gently faded. Overall a very pleasing copy of this landmark book.
Seller: Picture This (ABA, ILAB, IVPDA), Sunningdale, United Kingdom
BURROUGHS William. Naked Lunch. [1962]., 1962.
Price: US$606.45 + shipping
Description: First US edition, first printing. 8vo. Original half black cloth with black paper covered boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge in black, dust jacket. New York, Grove Press, Inc. Naked Lunch was first published in book-form in Paris by the Olympia Press in 1959. It had been censored in America following the publication of extracts in the literary journals The Chicago Review (1958) and Big Table (1959). When it was finally published in full in America, after Grove Press won a key anti-censorship case in Chicago, it included some material that Burroughs had edited out of the Olympia version. The book was, however, again censored and ruled obscene; this was overruled in 1966, marking an important step in the end of literary censorship in the United States. Jacket a touch rubbed at extremities, spine panel very slightly faded, faint pencilled price to rear panel, otherwise a very good.
Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom
Burroughs, William.. NAKED LUNCH.. GROVE PRESS., NY, 1962.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First American Edition. Close to fine in borderline very good+ to near fine dust jacket. (Tiny less than pea-size chip at bottom edge of rear cloth cover. Couple of exceedingly mild corner tip bumps. 1"-inch tear at upper right hand corner of front cover of jacket. 1/2"-inch closed tear at mid-spine on jacket. A few tiny edge tears at corners. Orange hue on spine bright & unfaded! ) One of only 3500 copies.
Seller: WAVERLEY BOOKS ABAA, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
William S. Burroughs. Naked Lunch. Grove Press, New York, 1962.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First printing. A sharp fine copy. In a near fine first state dust jacket. The slightest edge wear and a thin line of clear tape inside top of back panel. An excellent copy. See photos.
Seller: Rob Warren Books, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
Burroughs, William S.. NAKED LUNCH. Grove Press, Inc, New York, 1962.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First US edition, first printing of the Beat masterpiece, also containing the first book appearances of Burroughs's "Deposition: Testimony concerning a Sickness," and "Letter from a Master Addict to Dangerous Drugs." A landmark novel, it led to several important court decisions on indecency and censorship. Certainly Burroughs's best-known work (it was successfully adapted by David Cronenberg into a fine film of the same name), it is also arguably his best and most enduring as well. One of 3500 copies. Copyright date aside, this edition was not actually published until 1962. And incidentally, there are no "states" of this jacket, contrary to some dealer's listings. There are only later printings of the jacket married to earlier editions of the book (ref. Shoaf). An unusually nice copy. 8'' x 5.25''. Original half black cloth, black paper boards, gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($6.00) black and yellow dust jacket; no zip code on rear panel. Black topstain. xvi, 255, [1] pages. Corners lightly bumped. Jacket with only lightest rubbing at spine head and corners. About fine in near-fine jacket.
Seller: Brian Cassidy Books at Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Burroughs, William S.. NAKED LUNCH. New York: Grove Press, 1962.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. First US edition, thirteenth print. Inscribed by Burroughs to a Cleveland bookseller on the title page. Quarter-bound in black cloth, black boards, gilt titling on the spine. Small bumps to the corners of the back panel. Upper edge shows damp stains. End-papers shows age related tanning. The DJ is not price-clipped. It shows light wear, dusting, and some chips; and its reverse shows tanning. Loosely laid in is a 1975 postcard with a picture of the author taken by Richard Avedon. Overall, a VG+ book in a VG+ jacket.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
BURROUGHS, William S.. Naked Lunch.. New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1962, 1962.
Price: US$962.62 + shipping
Description: First US edition, first printing. Naked Lunch was first published in book form in Paris by Olympia Press in 1959. It had been censored in America following the publication of extracts in the literary journals the Chicago Review (1958) and Big Table (1959). When it was finally published in full in America, after Grove Press won a key anti-censorship case in Chicago, it included some material that Burroughs had edited out of the Olympia version. The book was, however, again censored and ruled obscene; this was overruled in 1966, marking "the end of literary censorship in the United States" (Morgan, p. 347). Maynard and Miles A2b; Ted Morgan, Literary Outlaw, 1988. Octavo. Original black cloth-backed boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge black. With dust jacket. Contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Trivially bumped at head of spine, a near-fine copy in the like dust jacket, unclipped, a handful of rubs and nicks to extremities, else sharp and bright.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
BURROUGHS, William S.. Naked Lunch.. New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1962, 1962.
Price: US$1283.49 + shipping
Description: First US edition, first printing. Naked Lunch was first published in book form in Paris by Olympia Press in 1959. It had been censored in America following the publication of extracts in the literary journals the Chicago Review (1958) and Big Table (1959). When it was finally published in full in America, after Grove Press won a key anti-censorship case in Chicago, it included some material that Burroughs had edited out of the Olympia version. The book was, however, again censored and ruled obscene; this was overruled in 1966, marking "the end of over literary censorship in the United States". Maynard and Miles A2b. Burroughs, Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (2015). Octavo. Original black cloth-backed boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge black. With dust jacket. Foot of spine and one tip bumped, very slightly bowed, else firm. A very good copy, contents bright and unmarked, in the unusually bright jacket, with some nicks and very light rubbing to spine ends and tips, unclipped.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$1700.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Promotional brochure. 16pp. Stapled wrappers. Fine. An excerpt from *Naked Lunch*, distributed by Grove Press, along with comments from various writers including Terry Southern, E.S. Selden, John Ciardi, Norman Mailer, Robert Lowell, and Jack Kerouac. This copy Signed by Burroughs on the front wrap, below his printed name. Reportedly one of abut 100 copies printed, very scarce signed.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Burroughs, William S.. Naked Lunch. Grove Press, New York, 1962.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Description: Black cloth backed boards, light spotting on the top edge, a fine copy in lightly used first issue dust jacket. Inscribed by Burroughs on the title page. 3500 copies were printed of this edition, fewer than of the Olympia Press first edition. It contains also the first book appearances of Burroughs's "Deposition: Testimony concerning a Sickness," and "Letter from a Master Addict to Dangerous Drugs." Maynard and Miles A2b.
Seller: Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books (ABAA), CHESTER, CT, U.S.A.
Burroughs, William S. Naked Lunch.. Grove Press, Inc, New York, 1962.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition, first issue jacket with no zip code on rear panel and no roman numerals on lower spine near back panel of Burroughs' classic novel. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by William S. Burroughs on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket with a touch of rubbing. Included is the original prospectus issued by Grove Press prior to publication. Photograph of Burroughs on the rear panel by Martha Rocher. An exceptional example, scarce with the original prospectus. Naked Lunch is considered Burroughs' seminal work. Extremely controversial in both its subject matter and its use of obscene language (something Burroughs recognized and intended), the book was banned in Boston and Los Angeles in the United States, and several European publishers were harassed. It was one of the more recent American books over which an obscenity trial was held. The book was banned in Boston in 1962 due to obscenity (notably child murder and acts of pedophilia), making it among the last works to be banned in that city, but that decision was reversed in 1966 by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. The Appeals Court found the book did not violate obscenity statutes, as it was found to have some social value. The hearing included testimony in support of the work by Allen Ginsberg and Norman Mailer. Burroughs states in his introduction that Jack Kerouac suggested the title. "The title means exactly what the words say: naked lunch, a frozen moment when everyone sees what is on the end of every fork." In a June 1960 letter to Allen Ginsberg, Kerouac said that he was pleased that Burroughs had credited him with the title. He states that Ginsberg misread "Naked Lust" from the manuscript, and only he noticed. Kerouac did not specify which manuscript and critics could only speculate until 2003 when Burroughs scholar Oliver Harris established that, in his Lower East Side apartment in fall 1953, Ginsberg had been reading aloud to Kerouac from the manuscript of Queer, which Burroughs had just brought with him from Mexico City.[8] For the next five years, Burroughs used the title to refer to a three-part work made up of 'Junk,' 'Queer' and 'Yage,' corresponding to his first three manuscripts, before it came to describe the book later published as Naked Lunch, which was based largely on his 1957 'Interzone' manuscript. It was named by Time Magazine's "100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005". In 1991, David Cronenberg directed a film of the same name based on the novel and other Burroughs writings.
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
BURROUGHS, William. Naked Lunch. Grove Press, Inc., 1962.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition. 8vo. Dust jacket unclipped with $6.00 price (3 inch closed tear to front panel; few small spots at foredge). Very good. 255 pages. Signed and inscribed on title page by Burroughs - "to. Al Purdy William S. Burroughs June 1, 1981. Provenance: Heritage Book Shop, Los Angeles with their original description with price of $3,000.00.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Burroughs, William S.. Naked Lunch.. Grove Press, New York, 1962.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First American Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in quarter black cloth over black paper covered board, rich black topstain, in a Fine bright yellow black and red dustwrapper, not price-clipped. Jacket is First State with all points. Text and endpapers clean and unmarked, as unread. 255pp. Published three years earlier originally in Paris. Classic Beat title, unequivocally Fine. Q14376
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Burroughs, William S.. Naked Lunch. Grove Press, New York, 1962.
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Description: Black cloth backed boards, fine copy in slightly used first issue dust jacket. Inscribed by Burroughs, and with a typed postcard signed, agreeing to sign the copy. 3500 copies were printed of this edition, fewer than of the Olympia Press first edition. It contains also the first book appearances of Burroughs's "Deposition: Testimony concerning a Sickness," and "Letter from a Master Addict to Dangerous Drugs." With a copy of a 1992 edition inscribed by Burroughs to biographer Virginia Spencer Carr "with shared memories of Paul Bowles and old Tangier," together in a cloth clamshell box with leather label.
Seller: Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books (ABAA), CHESTER, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$2800.00 + shipping
Description: First Printing, one of 3,500 copies. Octavo (20.75cm); charcoal grey paper and black cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spinel; black topstain; dustjacket; original wraparound band; xvi,255,[1]pp. A few faint, tiny spots of finger-soil to right edge of textblock, else a fresh, Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $6.00), with some pinpoint wear and a single tiny tear at crown; very Near Fine, without the usual fading to the spine. Of especial note is the presence of the publisher's original wraparound band, which according to the bibliographer was issued with "some copies." Rather than an advertising blurb, it prints the following text in black: "Recommended for Sale to Adults Only $6.00," and instead of folding over the jacket flaps, was taped together and designed to keep the book sealed shut. Gentle sunning to a few folds, with a few faint creases, and a small tear along the right side; Very Good+. Perhaps the most compelling feature of this band is the presence of a holograph note (in pencil) in a contemporary hand, detailing the recipe for Apomorphine Treatment: "The compound Apomorphine is formed by boiling morphine with hydrocholoric acid."Offered together with a copy of the publisher's original prospectus. Slim octavo (20.25cm); original pictorial wrappers, stapled; [16]pp. Subtle toning along right edge, else Near Fine. A superior copy of this Beat Generation cornerstone, a series of interconnected vignettes centered around full-time drug addict William Lee and his travels from the United States, to Mexico, to Tangier and the dreamlike Interzone. Basis for David Cronenberg's bizarre 1991 film adaptation starring Peter Weller, Judy Davis, and Ian Holm. Maynard & Miles A2b; Criterion 220.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Burroughs, William S. The Naked Lunch. Grove Press, New York, 1962.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing SIGNED by William S. Burroughs. A beautiful copy. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is vibrant in color with minor wear to the edges. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with slight wear. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a lovely copy SIGNED by the author in collector's condition. We buy SIGNED Burroughs First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.