The Naked Lunch
New York: Grove Press, 1962.
First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. Item #16381
Owner's signature with February 1963 date, otherwise light wear; Dust Jacket 1" chip on front panel, smaller chips, edge rubbing, wear. Solid hardcover. ; First American Edition, First Printing of William Burroughs classic Beat Movement addict novel. First Printing stated on copyright page, with 1959 copyright - since the actual printing was delayed until 1962 due to legal censorship challenges. Dust Jacket is First State, as priced $6.00, no zip code, no Roman numeral on spine, original photo of Burroughs by Martha Rocher, and comments by Burroughs, Norman Mailer, Robert Lowell, E S Seldon, and Jack Kerouac. Morgen Hickey; The Bohemian Register: An Annotated Bibliography of the Beat Literary Movements; 107.3. True American First of Burrough's second novel. ; (xvi), 255 pages.
Price: $249.95