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Mottram, Eric
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W. S. Burroughs, L'Algebre du Besoin
Paris, France: Christian Bourgois Editeur, 1980. First French Edition. Softcover, signature bound. This is the first French edition of Eric Mottram's William Burroughs: The Algebra of Need. First published in the UK in 1977, it is one of the earliest comprehensive critical studies of the work of WSB. Text in French. In very fine condition, with very minor creases & wear to glossy black covers & spine, slight loosening of... Item #1518
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Burroughs, William S.
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Port of Saints
Berkeley, CA: Blue Wind Press, 1980. First American edition. Hardcover. Signed by William S. Burroughs "Port of Saints is the mind-boggling story of a man whose alternate selves take him on a fantastic journey through space, time, and sexuality. The last work written by William S. Burroughs before his return to the United States in 1973, PORT OF SAINTS is partly experimental autobiography, partly profound exploration of the concept of... Item #1517
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Burroughs, William S.
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Cities of the Red Night
New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1981. First Edition. Hard Cover. In his article Burroughs' Theatre of Illusion: Cities of the Red Night, in the Spring 1984 issue of The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Steven Shapiro describes this work as WSB's "....most densely overdetermined work of fiction." With great insight, and fitting density, he writes that "Burroughs' discourse encompasses contradictory exigencies of obsession and freedom, replication and mutation, disaster... Item #1057
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Burroughs, William S., Ginsberg, Allen
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Letters to Allen Ginsberg
New York City, New York: Full Court Press, 1982. First Softcover Edition. Soft Cover. With a foreword by William S. Burroughs. Introduction and notes by Allen Ginsberg. Entertaining & very insightful letters from a period of close literary & personal involvement between the 2 iconic Beat writers. A rare early item preceding later, more well-known anthologies of their correspondence. First soft cover edition, published simultaneously with the hardcover. Near Mint. Item #1058
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Burroughs, William S.
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The Place of Dead Roads
New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. "Burroughs sees human history as a vast film spread out in front of him, with himself the master director. Here, as in all major Burroughs works, good and evil are in a state of conflict and delicate balance, with the outcome uncertain."(front flap) This novel is the second volume of the trilogy that begins with Cities of the Red... Item #1556
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Burroughs, William S.
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The Review of Contemorary Fiction
Elmwood Park, IL: The Review of Contemporary Fiction, 1984. First Edition. Soft Cover. The Special William S. Burroughs Issue. 190 pages. Many deeply insightful articles about William S. Burroughs' life & work, by WSB himself, Alan Ansen, Jennie Skerl, Robin Leydenberg, Regina Weinreich, Anne Waldman & many others. A rare & important item of Burroughsian Skullership, in very fine condition. Very Fine. Item #1059
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Burroughs, William S.
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The Western Lands
New York, NY: The Viking Press, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover. In the first full-length biography of WSB, Literary Outlaw: The Life and Times of William S. Burroughs, author Ted Morgan writes that The Western Lands " ...is another quest book, but this time the quest is not space travel or mutation, but some form of life after death...Western Lands is an account of a trip beyond death, a metaphor... Item #1060
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Lydenberg, Robin (Burroughs, William S.)
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Word Cultures: Radical Theory and Practice in William S. Burroughs' Fiction
Urbana,IL: Univeristy of Illinois Press, 1987. First Edition. Hard Cover. An important critical study of William S. Burroughs' fiction, which concentrates on 4 major early works: Naked Lunch, and the cut-up trilogy of The Soft Machine, The Ticket that Exploded & Nova Express. An as-new, unread copy of this very important piece of Burroughsian Skullership. As New. Item #1061
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Burroughs, William S., Giorno, John, Panter, Gary
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Giorno Poetry Systems Catalogue
New York, NY: Giorno Poetry Systems Institute, Inc. 1987. First Edition. Catalogue. 15 page catalogue of Giorno Poetry Systems LPs, tapes, cds and videos featuring William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, John Giorno and others. Gary Panter artwork featured on front cover and inside front cover as well as on cover of "Smack My Crack" LP. As mailed with cancelled 22 cent stamp, NYC postmark and mailing lable addressed to Jeffrey... Item #1062
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Burroughs, William S., et al
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Semiotext(e) USA, Issue 13
New York, NY: Autonomedia, Inc. 1987. First edition. Softcover. Large format, 350p+ issue of the provocative, avant garde periodical anthology, featuring Sects and Death by William S. Burroughs, & contributions by Allen Ginsberg, Julian Beck, Harold Norse, Robert Anton Wilson & many, many others. With myriad illustrations, collages, photos. Missing are 4 pages that had been adhered to the inside back cover, with this statement stamped on the lower right... Item #1430
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Morgan, Ted (Burroughs, William S.)
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Literary Outlaw: The Life and Times of William S. Burroughs
New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. This is the first hardcover edition of what remains the most comprehensive biography of William S. Burroughs to date. Ted Morgan, author of acclaimed biographies of W. Somerset Maugham, FDR & other more mainstream figures, spent years interviewing WSB & his contemporaries, researching & writing to create this deep portrait of its elusive subject & his mileu. Originally published... Item #1698
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Burroughs, William S.
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Three Novels: The Soft Machine, Nova Express, The Wild Boys
New York, NY: Grove Press, Inc. 1988. First edition thus. Softcover. This large-format softcover is the first Evergreen edition of the compendium of three major novels by William S. Burroughs, preceded by a Black Cat edition in 1980 in smaller format & a different cover. This copy is in near mint condition, with only very slight wear to top & bottom corners of spine & residue above & left of... Item #1519
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Burroughs, William S., Wilson, S. Clay S
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Avec: A Journal of Writing. Volume One. Number One
S. Clay Wilson. Penngrove, CA: Cydney Chadwick, 1988. Premiere Issue. Large Softcover. Features an excerpt from the "Lost Chapter" of Naked Lunch, "Word," illustrated with a drawing by S. Clay Wilson, ZAP cartoonist and Underground artist legend. Photo of Burroughs on front cover. With poetry by many other writers, including Andre Codrescu & Jim McCrary. A wonderful WSB rarity in as new condition. As New. Item #1064
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Burroughs, William S., Ginsberg, Allen, Miller, Henry, Gysin, Brion
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Literary Vision
New York, NY: Jack Tilton Gallery, 1988. First Edition. Catalogue. The catalogue for the Literary Vision exhibit at the Jack Tilton Gallery in November 1988. Photographs and artwork by writers including William S. Burroughs, John Ashbery, William Blake, E. E. Cummings, Allen Ginsberg, Brion Gysin, Henry Miller, Kenneth Patchen and others. 8-1/2" x 11" Illustrated. A rare & important compilation of the visual works of these great writers, in near... Item #1063
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Burroughs, William S.
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Painting
London, England: Suzanne Biederberg Gallery, The October Gallery, 1988. First edition. Softcover. An exquisite, small-format catalog of William S. Burroughs' paintings, published by 2 venues that sold them, the Suzanne Biederberg Gallery in Amsterdam & the October Gallery in London. With high-quality color reproductions of WSB's paintings, & an insightful essay by James Grauerholz, On Burroughs' Art. In very fine condition with only the slightest wear to edges & corners... Item #1431
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Burroughs, William S.
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Dead City Radio
New York, NY: Island Records, 1990. First Edition Cassette. In clear plastic case. Still sealed in shrinkwrap The vintage cassette version of William S. Burroughs' spoken word recording, with many classic routines including excerpts from Naked Lunch, & less well-known pieces. Still sealed in shrinkwrap, with adhesive residue on front & a barcode adhered to the back. They literally don't make 'em like this anymore, an ever-increasingly rare WSB collectible... Item #1432
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Burroughs, William S.
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Commissioner of Sewers
USA: Screen Edge, 1991(later DVD edition). First DVD Edition. DVD. Sealed in Shrinkwrap William S. Burroughs: Commissioner of Sewers is a film by Klaus Maeck, available here on DVD - the film includes footage from WSB's public readings of The Western Lands & other works, experimental films in which he appears, his paintings, and an extensive interview with German writer Jurgen Ploog. Burroughs talks about Cut-ups, language and other weapons... Item #1065
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Burroughs, William S., et al
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Interview Magazine Vol XXI #4
New York, NY: Interview, Inc. April 1991. First edition. Softcover. This issue of Interview magazine features an interview with William S. Burroughs by Victor Bockris (author of With William Burroughs: A Report from the Bunker, 1981) that includes photos of WSB by Herb Ritts & reproductions of some WSB artworks. Very large format, with cover photo of Matt Dillon, star of the film Drugstore Cowboy, in which WSB played a.... Item #1445
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Burroughs, William S., Gysin, Brion
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Man from Nowhere
Dublin, Ireland: The Gap & Subliminal Books, 1992. First edition. Softcover. storming the citadels of enlightenment with william burroughs and brion gysin. A Willaim S. Burroughs/Brion Gysin tribute concocted as part of the "Here to Go Show" in Dublin that celebrated their lives & works, co-written & compiled by Joe Ambrose, Terry Wilson, & Frank Rynne. Consists of a softcover booklet with many articles about & quotes by the subjects... Item #1433
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Burroughs, William S.
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Paper Cloud/Thick Pages
Kyoto, Japan: Kyoto Shoin International Co., Ltd. 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Large-format catalog in glossy illustrated boards, issued w/o dj. Beautiful reproductions of WSB artworks from 2 exhibitions: Paper Cloud, a series of painted file folders shown at Seibu Akarenga Hall in Sapporo, Japan; & Thick Pages, a series of works on handmade paper with mixed media shown at Steven Lowe's Gallery Casa Sin Nombre in Santa Fe, NM. Texts... Item #1434
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Burroughs, William S.
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Price Lists & Miscellaneous Collection
Chicago, IL & New York, NY: Lococo-Mulder Gallery, et al, 1992. Loose & Stapled Sheets. A collection of various price lists for William S. Burroughs' artworks & books, plus a few articles about WSB reproduced from newspapers & periodicals, vintage 1988 & 1992. All lists & articles are in very fine to near mint condition, & are enclosed in a mailing envelope from the Lococo-Mulder Gallery addressed to Jeffrey Weinberg... Item #1522
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Burroughs, William S.
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The Cat Inside
New York, NY: Viking Press, 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover. William S. Burroughs' musings on cats, which fascinated him & appear in his works throughout his ouvre. He kept many as pets, as yours truly saw during my visit. A delightful & haunting short, very late work. First trade edition, Hardcover in pictorial boards issued without dust jacket, in as new condition. An increasingly rare item. Also included is a.... Item #1066
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Burroughs, William S. (forward)
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The Drug User Documents 1840-1960
New York: Blast Books, Inc. 1991. First Edition. Paperback. An anthology of writings on drug experiences, edited by John Strausbaugh and Donald Blaise. Foreword by William S. Burroughs. Other contributors include Antonin Artaud, Jean Cocteau, Sigmund Freud, Herbert Huncke, Aldous Huxley & many others. A rare and most interesting item, issued only in softcover. Near Fine. Item #1067
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Burroughs, William S., Cobain, Kurt
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The "Priest" They Called Him
Portland, OR: Tim Kerr Records, 1992. First Pressing. LP. Sealed in Shrinkwrap William S. Burroughs recorded this reading of a fine late "routine" in September 1992 and Kobain's guitar was recorded in November 1992. Vinyl EP recording, Still Sealed in perfect condition. A rare memento of the unique collaboration between these 2 iconic iconoclasts. As New. Item #1068
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Burroughs, William S., Ginsberg, Allen, Huncke, Herbert, Corso, Gregory et al
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River Styx Number 38
St. Louis, MO: Big River Association/Missouri Arts Council, 1993. First edition. Softcover. This issue of the literary & arts journal includes a photo essay by Ira Cohen featuring photos of Beat writers in white bandages over portions of their faces & bodies. Those participating in the "Bandaged Poets Series" include William S. Burroughs (whose right hand is bandaged & cast), Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Michael McClure & Herbert Huncke, whose... Item #1495
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