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The Naked Lunch
by Burroughs, William
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very good/good
- Seller
-
Livingston, Montana, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Olympia Press, 1959. First Edition. Paperback. Very good/good. 12mo (17.5 cm), pp. [1-6], 7-225, [226-232], Green wraps in purple and white jacket. Housed in a near fine, custom, clamshell case. First printing with green decorative border on title page and price of 1500 Francs on back cover. From the personal library of William "Gatz" Hjortsberg, author of Jubilee Hitchhiker: The Life and Times of Richard Brautian and Falling Angel (filmed as Angel Heart). Previous owner's name (not Hjortsberg's) on front free endpaper, light rubbing and edge wear to wraps, damp-staining to bottoms of endpapers. Jacket with moderate chipping and small closed tears. One of 5000 copies printed. [Maynard & Miles A2a]
Synopsis
Naked Lunch (sometimes referred to as The Naked Lunch) is a novel by William S. Burroughs originally published in 1959. The book was originally published with the title The Naked Lunch in Paris in 1959 by Olympia Press. An American edition by Grove Press followed soon after in 1962. The American edition was titled Naked Lunch and was substantially different from the Olympia Press edition, because it was based on an earlier 1958 manuscript in Allen Ginsberg's possession.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Elk River Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32339
- Title
- The Naked Lunch
- Author
- Burroughs, William
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Olympia Press
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1959
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Elk River Books
Biblio member since 2010
Livingston, Montana
About Elk River Books
Elk River Books offers a curated selection of used and collectible books, specializing in outdoor literature, western history and authors from the Rocky Mountain West.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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