THE WESTERN LANDS
by Burroughs, William S
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
(NY): Viking, (1987).. 8vo. 258 pp. Pictorial endpapers. Green cloth spine over black paper boards. Light fading at foot of spine, else about fine in like dustwrapper with only faint rubbing to edges; price clipped..
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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Details
- Bookseller
- About Books, ABAC (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4866
- Title
- THE WESTERN LANDS
- Author
- Burroughs, William S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (NY): Viking, (1987).
- Keywords
- Literature, First Editions.
- Bookseller catalogs
- ABE;
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
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- Price Clipped
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...