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Burroughs, William S.. The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead. Calder Publications Ltd, 1972.

Price: US$41.61 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: (SS3) with slightly foxed dj; dj has a tea cup mark on front; very clean red boards with gilt titles; fore edges darkened with age but clean; very clean throughout; photographs upon request

Seller: Voltaire and Rousseau Bookshop, Glasgow, United Kingdom

William S. Burroughs. The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead. London: Calder & Boyars, 1972.

Price: US$130.67 + shipping

Description: First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (red boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 8" x 5¼" (0.7 kg); 184pp; ISBN: 0-7145-0893-4 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #197828|| Condition: Good+ — in Good+ Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper appears to have lost a fight with a mouse at some point, leaving a patch of loss to the spine. Boards chipped, possibly moused, at the head of the spine. The contents complete, clean and tight.

Seller: BookLovers of Bath, Peasedown St. John, BATH, United Kingdom

BURROUGHS, William S.. The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead. Calder & Boyars, London, 1972.

Price: US$165.00 + shipping

Description: First Impression. Octavo (20.5cm); red paper-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [vi],[2],3-184,[2]pp. Faint foxing to upper edge of textblock and front endpaper, else Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced £2.50), with some trivial surface wear and scattered foxing; Near Fine. Novel depicting a violent, homosexual youth movement whose objective is the downfall of western civilization. Maynard & Miles A20.b.

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

BURROUGHS, William S.. The Wild Boys : A Book of the Dead.. Calder & Boyars, 1972.

Price: US$170.45 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 184 pages, a near fine hardback in a very good dust-jacket (spine and front cover edges slightly sunned but the black lettering has become bolder and the red lettering is still visible) [0714508934]. First UK edition.

Seller: G. & J. CHESTERS, TAMWORTH, United Kingdom

William S. Burroughs. The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead. Calder and Boyars, 1972.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First UK Edition signed by Burroughs to the title page in black ink. Excellent copy in clean and bright dust-jacket (price clipped). DJ shows very minor signs of wear - a tiny closed tear to the top of back panel, a tiny beige stain to bottom of spine, mild age-toning throughout with a slightly darker spine. Boards are clean and sharp in red cloth with very minor shelf-wear to spine-edges. Interior pages unmarked, square and clean with some light, even age-toning.

Seller: Aeon Bookstore, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Burroughs, William S.. The Wild Boys. Calder & Boyars, 1972.

Price: US$500.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Calder & Boyars: London, 1972. First UK edition, same contents as the American edition. Red cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. The jacket, designed by John Sewell, has a depiction of a band of wild boys on the front panel.Not price-clipped, the price of 2.50 is intact on the flap. Fine in a near fine or better jacket with just a touch of crimping at the top of the spine. Scarce signed. Ref: Maynard and Miles.

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