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Burroughs, William S.. Naked Lunch. Grove Press, New York, 1966.

Price: US$8.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: VG- in glossy illustrated wrappers. Paperback. 2nd Black Cat printing. Covers heavily sunned, chemically mottled, smudged. Bottom front corner lightly bumped. Spine square, tight, uncreased. Interior cream-colored, darkened. Text clean, unmarked. Despite age, appears unread. Classic Beat Generation novel.

Seller: Books to Die For, The Woodlands, TX, U.S.A.

William Burroughs. Naked Lunch. Grove Press, 1966.

Price: US$29.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: The first Evergreen Black Edition in paperback of Naked Lunch escaped from the censorship wars of the 50s and 60s ,A cry from hell., a brutal and savagely funny book that swings giddily between uncontrolled hallucination and fierce,exact satire. slight tear on back cover top

Seller: The Roving Eye, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.

Burroughs, William S. The soft machine. Grove Press, 1966.

Price: US$30.46 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Grove Press Grove Press Second Printing. Dust jacket missing. Black boads in good condition.

Seller: Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.

BURROUGHS, WILLIAM S.. The Soft Machine. Grove Press, New York, 1966.

Price: US$38.99 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: - Second Printing - Boards significantly bowed and marked and rubbed - Spine ends bumped - Edges of text block toned and foxed w/ fore-edge stained - Endpapers unevenly toned - Blue pen mark to front free endpaper - Page margins a little tanned - Dustwrapper grubby and tanned w/ tearing to edges - Spine ends bumped and chipped w/ several small tears - Book ow/ solid, clean and tight - 182 pages

Seller: Green Ink Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom

Burroughs, William S.. Soft Machine. Grove Press, 1966.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Second printing of this hard-to-find title. No DJ. Front bottom board edge is somewhat bowed, other edges are sharp. There is slight fading to the top edges of the boards, otherwise a clean, bright edition.

Seller: Shaker Mill Books, W. Stockbridge, MA, U.S.A.

BURROUGHS, William S.. The Soft Machine.. Grove Press,, NY:, 1966.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: GP-361. A novel. Second printing. Very good in a very good (two short closed edge tears) dust jacket.

Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.

Burroughs, William S.. The Soft Machine. NY: Grove Press, 1966.

Price: US$48.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Near Fine hardcover w/out dj. 3rd printing. A nice copy - clean text, tight binding, and clean covers. 182pp.

Seller: Peter Lenz Bookseller, Cohoes, NY, U.S.A.

william s. burroughs. Naked Lunch. Evergreen Black Cat / Grove Press, 1966.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Stated "First Evergreen Black Cat Edition 1966", "Second Printing". Book is in Good+ condition, most notable imperfection is the foxing and fading to cover. Otherwise the cover art and lettering on spine clear, and aside from some rubbing and bumps to edges and corners, the cover and binding are solid. Price to cover has been inked out at upper cover corners front and back but otherwise cover and pages are clean and unmarked. Book is in protective mylar paperbacks sleeve and will be carefully packaged to ensure safe delivery. See photos.

Seller: Dusty Spine Rare Books, Longmont, CO, U.S.A.

William S. Burroughs. The Soft Machine. Grove Press, 1966.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 2nd printing. Unclipped dj.

Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

BURROUGHS, WILLIAM S.. THE SOFT MACHINE. GROVE PRESS, INC. - THE BOOK PRESS, 1966.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: OCTAVO. DUST JACKET HAS WEAR, BUT IS VERY PRESENTABLE IN A PROTECTIVE PLASTIC COVER.

Seller: BRIER ROSE BOOKS, TEANECK, NJ, U.S.A.

Burroughs, William S.. Naked Lunch. Grove Press, 1966.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Description: In Very Good+ condition. Bound in original mmpb wraps. Red page-edges. 255pps. Evergreen Black Cat Edition. First printing. The wraps are a bit age-toned and there is a slight crease in the spine. Also, a few pages have small corner-crimps. No previous ownership markings. In all, a very nice, clean copy, still tightly bound, of this vintage edition. Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. 41-B.

Seller: Nooks Of Books , Elkins Park, PA, U.S.A.

BURROUGHS, William S.. Naked Lunch. New York: Grove Press, 1966.

Price: US$51.98 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First paperback edition. pp xlviii, 255. Soft covers, red stain edges. Includes the Massachusetts Supreme Court Decision and excerpts from the Boston Trial as part of the lengthy introductory sections. In Very Good condition, spine creased, a little handling wear.

Seller: Picture This (ABA, ILAB, IVPDA), Sunningdale, United Kingdom

Burroughs, William. The Soft Machine. NY: Grove Press, 1966.

Price: US$64.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Near Fine hardcover in a Near Fine price-clipped dj. 3rd printing. "Third Printing" stated to copyright page. 182pp.

Seller: Peter Lenz Bookseller, Cohoes, NY, U.S.A.

Burroughs, William S.. The Soft Machine. Grove Press, 1966.

Price: US$70.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 182pp. First Printing. DJ: Very Good+ w/ minute tanning. The Book: Very Good w/ 3 dog-eared pgs.

Seller: Books Anonymous, Hudson, NY, U.S.A.

Burroughs, William S.. The Soft Machine. Grove Press, 1966.

Price: US$74.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Red cloth first edition shows light wear and toning. Unclipped jacket shows light soiling. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall

Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.

Burroughs, William S.. The Soft Machine. Grove Press, NY, 1966.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Description: No defects within this book, or externally; 182 pgs. One of the classic writings by one of the most infamous Harvard graduates ever to take up the writing trade. LCC 66-14096 Fine Condition in a fine dust jacket, price unclipped ($5.00).

Seller: Old Book Surfer, Cambridge, NY, U.S.A.

Burroughs, William S.. The Soft Machine. Grove Press, Inc., 1966.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 182 p. 21 cm. Book is solid with average shelf wear along bottom and top. This is the first Grove Press Edition. A very good collectible book. Very good in very good dust jacket. Moderate yellowing to page edges and pages. Dust jacket has moderate soiling with very light chipping along edges and spine top and bottom. First edition. First Edition. First Printing.

Seller: Outrider Book Gallery, Lacey, WA, U.S.A.

William S. Burroughs. The Soft Machine. Grove Press, New York, 1966, 1966.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Near Fine in a Very Good price clipped jacket with a 1 inch closed tear at mid front gutter but otherwise Near Fine. 1st Printing

Seller: Jackson Street Booksellers, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.

Burroughs, William S. The soft machine. Grove Press, 1966.

Price: US$79.95 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Edition, first printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. Book is in very nice condition, text is unmarked and pages are tight.

Seller: Broad Street Books, Branchville, NJ, U.S.A.

Burroughs, William. THE SOFT MACHINE. Grove Press, New York, 1966.

Price: US$80.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo; VG in VG- jacket; Jacket has some very small tears to the edges and corners, rubbing and slight soiling at spine; Board edges are rubbed, some bumping at the corners; Binding is tight, text block somewhat toned but clean; First US edition which was re-arranged and re-cut by Burroughs after the first edition (Olympia, 1961); 182 pages. SHELVED: Hardcover Fiction. 1253072. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.

Burroughs, William S.. The Soft Machine, A Novel.. New York: Grove Press, Inc., (). First American Edition., 1966.

Price: US$83.25 + shipping

Description: Octavo, red cloth (hardcover), 182 pp. Fine, in a Very Good dust jacket with light edgewear. Literature, Fiction. bxsli

Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA, Dade City, FL, U.S.A.

William S. Burroughs. The Soft Machine. Grove Press, New York, 1966.

Price: US$90.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: first printing. Book and dust jacket: Near Fine - price clipped

Seller: Manning's Books & Prints, ABAA, Pacifica, CA, U.S.A.

Burroughs, William S.. The Soft Machine : A Novel. Grove Press, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1966.

Price: US$95.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First U. S. Edition / First Printing (first published by the Olympia Press in 1961). Very good in very good dust jacket. Book : very slight soiling to top fore-edge of pages, approx. 5 pages had very tiny creases at top right corner. 14.5 x 20. hard cover. 182pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"

Seller: Vashon Island Books, Vashon, WA, U.S.A.

Burroughs, William S.. Soft Machine: A Novel. Grove Press, New York, NY, 1966.

Price: US$96.89 + shipping

Description: 182 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. FIRST PRINTING.

Seller: Montana Book Company, Fond du Lac, WI, U.S.A.

William Burroughs. The Soft Machine. Grove Press, 1966.

Price: US$100.78 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Some foxing in evidence. Dust jacket has a small stress tear at the top of the spine. Otherwise in good condition. The front inside flap says GP-361. $5.00.

Seller: PulpFiction, Glebe, NSW, Australia

Burroughs, William S.. The Soft Machine: a novel. Grove Press, New York, 1966.

Price: US$109.50 + shipping

Description: 182p., two white dots bottom edges, lightly-worn first edition, first printing stated in red cloth boards and unclipped but heavily-worn and soiled white dj. Young 539*.

Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.

Burroughs, William S.. The Soft Machine. Grove Press, New York, 1966.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Description: Spine slightly shelf-cocked; pages have gentle user wear and normal age yellowing; small black smudge 1/4" long on page 31 above chapter title. DJ has user wear and mild staining along the spine; DJ has some bumping along the top edges; DJ in mylar protector. ; "With the keenest use of the vernacular among contemporary American novelists, an ironic humor which is by turns riotous and macabre, and a total grasp of everything which is vicious, false, and absurd, Burroughs makes a devestating attach on the power structure, violence, and hypocrisy which is the fabric of contemporary society." ; 5 1/2 x 8 1/4"; 182 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

Seller: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.

BURROUGHS, William S.. The Soft Machine.. Grove Press,, NY:, 1966.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: GP-361. A novel. Stated first printing. Near fine in a near fine (light age toning about the edges) dust jacket. ; 182 pages

Seller: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.

BURROUGHS, William S.. The Soft Machine. Grove Press, New York, 1966.

Price: US$137.50 + shipping

Description: First Printing, one of 18,000 copies. Octavo (20.75cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in silver on spine; light brown topstain; dustjacket; [8],9-182,[2]pp. Scattered foxing to endpapers and upper edge of textblock; Near Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $5.00), with some light wear to extremities and some faint, scattered foxing. First volume in Burroughs's Nova Trilogy, originally published in 1961 by Olympia Press. Maynard & Miles A5.b.

Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.

William S. Burroughs. Naked Lunch. Grove Press, 1966.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Classic satirical novel. First regular mass-market edition, preceded by the French produced Olympia Press paperbacks and Grove Press hardcover. A beautiful copy, obviously never read. Fine.

Seller: DreamHaven Books, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.

William S. Burroughs. The Soft Machine. NY: Grove Press, 1966.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Immaculate, Very Fine First Edition in like dust jacket of this ‘three-dimensional field in the imagination’ — a novel of extraordinary creativity, wit, irony, and genuine illumination. A truly wonderful copy by the author called by Norman Mailer, “I think that William Burroughs is the only American novelist living today who may conceivably be possessed by genius.”  An author whom Jack Kerouac says is “ .the greatest satirical writer since Jonathan Swift.”

Seller: Mystery Pier Books, Inc.,ABAA, ILAB, ABA, West Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.

Burroughs, William S.. The Soft Machine. Grove Press, New York, 1966.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: | Fine in a bright, unclipped ($5.00), fine dustjacket with one minor diagonal crease inner front flap (mylar-protected). Lovely, fresh copy of the first American and first hardcover edition, significantly revised from paperback edition published Paris, Olympia Press, 1961.

Seller: Tony Power, Books, North Vancouver, BC, Canada

William Burroughs. The Soft Machine. Grove Press, 1966.

Price: US$201.57 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Fully intact DJ with no bumps or losses. This is the first US edition and first print. Inside Flap says GP-361 $5.00. Clean and bright pages with no inscriptions or marks. A tight binding.

Seller: PulpFiction, Glebe, NSW, Australia

BURROUGHS, William S.. The Soft Machine. Grove Press, New York, 1966.

Price: US$280.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: signed by William S. Burroughs on title page, hc w/jacket in mylar, tight binding, clean throughout, clean red cloth boards, sharp corners with a hint of rubbing, right edge of front cover is slightly raised, bright backstrip titles, complete jacket, colorful cover, whites of the jacket are mildly soiled, spine ends are lightly worn, light edge wear First Grove Press Edition

Seller: COLLINS BOOKS, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.

Burroughs, William S.. The Soft Machine. Grove Press, 1966.

Price: US$400.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First printing, signed by Burroughs at the title page. Pinkish red cloth with white spine titling, very good with light rubbing to edges, a few slight pale scuffs along bottom edges, lightly bumped spine foot. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket price-clipped; toned, scuffed, and lightly edgeworn. DJ protected in Mylar. Small faint dampstain to upper corner through first nine pages; small thumbprint stain to bottom margin of page nine; interior else clean, pages lightly toned, text unmarked.

Seller: The Book Bin, Salem, OR, U.S.A.

Burroughs, William S.. THE SOFT MACHINE.. Grove Press: NY, 1966.

Price: US$454.25 + shipping

Description: 8.25 x 5.5, cloth, 182 pp, vg in slightly rubbed and soiled dw. FIRST ED, PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR.

Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.

Burroughs, William S.. The Soft Machine. Grove Press, 1966.

Price: US$575.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First Grove printing. A rearranged version of the Olympia Press publication in 1961. Dark red cloth book in a white jacket with a drawing by Burroughs in black, brown, and violet on the front panel. Blurbs from John Ciardi, Norman Mailer and Jack Kerouac on the rear flap. Near fine in near fine jacket, which is not price-clipped ($5.00). Signed by Burroughs on the title page. Nice copy. Ref: Maynard and Miles.

Seller: Paul Johnson Fine Books, IOBA, Temecula, CA, U.S.A.

Burroughs, William. S.. The SOFT MACHINE.. Grove Press,, 1966.

Price: US$895.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A VG+ copy showing very minimal wear in like jacket with short closed tear to upper edge of rear panel at spine. $5.00 price intact.Now mylar protected. First Grove edition 1966. Signed by Burroughs on title page. Nice!

Seller: Abyssbooks, Crestone, CO, U.S.A.