Chicago, IL: Big Table Inc., 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. "Dear Allen: On my way back to Bogota with nothing accomplished." (William S. Burroughs, pg. 44). The second issue of the renegade publication, edited by Paul Carroll (1924-1996) & created in reaction to the suppression of then-controversial literature proposed for inclusion in The Chicago Review. This issue contains "In Quest of Yage" (pgs. 44-64), the first appearance of excerpts..... More

Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago, 1958. First Printing. Softcover. This vintage number of the literary & arts journal published by the University of Chicago & chiefly edited by Irving Rosenthal features the second chapter of what would first be fully published the following year to become one of the defining pillar productions of the Beat Generation & Beyond: William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch. Famously, as we know, this excerpt..... More