Western Lands: No. 3 Of The Series "Cities Of Night"
by Burroughs, William S
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670813524
- ISBN 13
- 9780670813520
- Seller
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Vars, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Viking USA. Fine. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670813524 . Signed by the author on an inscription slip. States this is #169 of 500 copies. First Edition. Second Printing. Black / green hardcovers, gilt titles to the spine. There is a Penguin stamp on the inside of the front cover. In Fine condition. The DJ is unclipped, glossy and in Near Fine condition. "In this novel, Burroughs completes a trilogy that began with Cities of the Red Night and The Place of Dead Roads, with a profound, revealing, and often astounding meditation on the themes of mortality, loneliness, nuclear peril -- and the inextinguishable hope for an existence beyond bodily death." ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 258 pages .
Synopsis
William S. Burroughs (1914-1997)—guru of the Beat Generation, controversial éminence grise of the international avant-garde, dark prophet, and blackest of black humor satirists—had a range of influence rivaled by few post-World War II writers. His many books include Naked Lunch , Queer , Exterminator! , The Cat Inside , The Western Lands , and Interzone .
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- Bookseller
- Bytown Bookery (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26693
- Title
- Western Lands: No. 3 Of The Series "Cities Of Night"
- Author
- Burroughs, William S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670813524
- ISBN 13
- 9780670813520
- Publisher
- Viking USA
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- 0670813524, American Literature, Mythology, Egyptians
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Asia; Science Fiction & Fantasy;
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