Paris, France: Olympia Press, December 1961. First edition. softcover. A Monthly Review from Paris. The first issue of Olympia, published by Maurice Girodias's Olympia Press, publisher of the first edition of William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch. Featuring ten episodes from The Soft Machine, just published earlier that year by Olympia Press. Also contains contributions by Lawrence Durrell & Terry Southern, articles with many photos about Paris tramps & chastity belts... Item #1424

New York, NY: Evergreen Review, Inc. 1962. First Edition. Soft Cover. Maynard & Miles C39, p. 117 Evergreen Review was a bi-monthly literary journal published by the great Barney Rosset, the brave pioneer publisher in the U.S. of the works of William S. Burroughs and many other writers. This issue features introductions to Naked Lunch, The Soft Machine & Nova Express by WSB, a poem by Gregory Corso, & more... Item #1039

London, England: John Calder in association with Olympia Press, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. (Maynard & Miles, A7a, pgs. 38-39) Published only in the UK, this work combines texts from the Olympia Press editions of Naked Lunch, The Soft Machine & The Ticket That Exploded, along with new additional material, cut-up & folded-in to form a new work. A very rare William S. Burroughs collectible item, in exceptionally great condition with... Item #1511

Barnet, Herts, UK: Jeff Nuttall, May 1965. First edition. Stapled Sheets. (Maynard & Miles, C112, pgs. 138-139) This issue of the legendary hand-crafted countercultural literary magazine includes 2 contributions by William S. Burroughs, an early version of The Last Words of Dutch Schultz with illustrations by Nuttall, & Letter to Sunday Times Apamorphine Times. With an illustrated page from the victorian-era My Own Magazine stapled to the front cover; various... Item #1512

Buffalo, NY: Intrepid Press, 1969. First edition. Stapled covers & sheets. Special Burroughs Issue. This is the double issue of the literary journal Intrepid, edited by Allen De Loach, dedicated to works by & about William S. Burroughs. The WSB pieces include Salt Chunk Mary, Roosevelt after Inauguration & a letter to Allen Ginsberg. Among the pieces about WSB are contributions by Barry Miles, Claude Pelieu & Carl Weissner. Cover... Item #1427

New York, NY: Grove Press, Inc. 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Maynard & Miles A20a, pp. 73-74 In her fine critical biography, William S. Burroughs, Jennie Skerl writes that "The wild boys represent the release of demonic energy in conscious fantasy, which Burroughs believes is a means of human liberation- both personal and social. By bringing the unconscious irrational desires of the individual and the group to consciousness and by... Item #1047

Buffalo, NY: Interpid Press, 1971. First Edition. Stapled wrappers. Signed by Author The Buffalo Cold Spring Precinct 23 Bulletin was the first in a new series of experimental publications called "The 23 Club Series." This volume is comprised of segments of letters and other artwork that Allen DeLoach was writing to his friends William Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Eric Mottram, Mary Beach and others. This copy is inscribed to Mary Beach... Item #1049

Sussex, England: Urgency Press Ripoff edition, 1972. First Edition Thus. Stapled sheets. Missing from Maynard & Miles, this was an unofficial edition. TIME, by William S. Burroughs, with drawings by Brion Gysin, was Originally Published by Ted Berrigan's C Press in 1965 (Maynard & Miles A11, p.52), This is the Urgency Press Rip-Off Edition, one of 495 copies printed on a mimeograph duplicator for distribution at the Bickershaw Festival in... Item #1050

New York City, New York: The Viking Press, 1973. First Edition. Hard Cover. Maynard & miles A23, pp. 83-84. In one of the earliest book-length critical studies of WSB's work, the excellent William Burroughs: The Algebra of Need, Eric Mottram writes that "Exterminator! is a call for help, a cry of surprise, a shout of recognition, and a demand for the agent and his god to be exposed. Its formal... Item #1051

Paris, France: Bourgois/Seuil, 1976. First French Edition. Soft Cover. The first French translation of Burroughs' The White Subway, originally published in the U.K. in 1973 (see Maynard & Miles A24, pp. 84-87). Edited by Mary Beach and Claude Pelieu. Translated in 1976. A work that applies both cut-up & fold-in techniques. Also includes documents and photographs by Mary Beach, Brion Gysin, Ian Sommerville and others. Very slight shelf wear, minor... Item #1053

Columbia University: 1975. First Edition. Photograph. Taken at a Columbia University Reading on April 17, 1975 by Fred W. McDarrah. 8 x 10 black & white gelatin hand print from the original negative by McDarrah. Caption written on back by McDarrah, with his signature above his address label which is affixed to the back of the photo. Burroughs appears in tweed jacket and tie, gazing to the right. A wonderful... Item #1055

Francis Bacon. Milan, Italy: Sugar Edizioni, 1977. First Italian translation. Softcover. This is the first Italian translation of the second City Lights edition, with additional material. Text in Italian. With a front cover reproduction of a Francis Bacon painting, "3 Studies from the Human Body." A most rare version of a WSB/AG classic, in very fine condition with only minor rubbing to glossy black covers, spotting near lower right edge... Item #1515

New York, NY: Semiotext(E), Inc. (Columbia University), 1978. First Edition. Soft Cover. Special "Schizo-Culture" Issue. Contributors include William S. Burroughs (The Limits of Control), John Cage, John Giorno, Philip Glass, The Ramones, Robert Wilson & many others. In near fine condition, with some text highlighted in yellow so perfectly that we believe it is part of the original printed product, not added on by a previous owner. Near Fine. Item #1056