Jackson, MS: University of Mississippi Press, 2000. First Edition. Softcover. [ISBN: 9781578061839]. "The interviews collected here provide an aperture into the philosophies, methods, and quirks of a man who wrote Queer, Junky, Naked Lunch, Nova Express, Cities of the Red Night, My Education, and many other works...Not surprisingly, the topics Burroughs touches upon are wide-ranging: his relationships to the Beats, legends surrounding his personal life, drugs, gay liberation, collaboration, the..... More

Providence, RI: John Hay Library, Brown University, 2000. First edition. Softcover. The Exhibition Catalog for the William S. Burroughs exhibit that took place at the John Hay Library of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, from October-December of 2000. With essays by noted WSB critical biographer Jennie Skerl, & others. Extensively illustrated with b/w reproductions of rare WSB publications, manuscripts, letters, etc. A beautiful rarity itself. As New... More

Encinitas, CA: FreeThought Publications, Fall 2000. First Edition. Loose folded sheets. A variant first printing of the William S. Burroughs retrospective issue of this literary journal, featuring contributions from James Grauerholz, Charles & Pamela Plymell, Anne Waldman, Jeffrey Weinberg & yours truly, Arthur S. Nusbaum. My article, "Back at the Pond", is featured in our "NewsBeat" department. Among the many reproduced artworks is an illustration of WSB by R. Crumb..... More

Encinitas, CA: Gary L. Aposhian & FreeThought Publications, 2000. Limited First Printing. Loose Folded Sheets; Folded Sheet in envelope. Jim McCrary's limited edition copy with limited flyer signed by poet Bradley Mason Hamlin & artist Christine Fullwood. This number of the independent literary journal chiefly edited & published by Gary Aposhian (1962-2007) is mostly dedicated to William S. Burroughs, Founding Father of the Beat Generation & among the most influential..... More

Brussels, Belgium: Sub Rosa, 2013. First Edition Thus. LP. (Schottlaender E5, pg. 108). William S. Burroughs’ “Break Through in Grey Room” consists of mid-60s cut-up tape machine recordings made by WSB in various locations in London, Paris, & elsewhere. As James Grauerholz writes on the back cover blurb of the LP, “…now the wild boys were in the streets, in London and Paris too, and Burroughs was inspired to hope..... More

Holland, OH: Blackstone Audio / Midwest Tape LLC, 2009. First Edition Thus / Repackaged Edition. CDs. (Schottlaender E17c., pg. 110). "Naked Lunch is a blueprint, a How-to Book...Black insect lusts open into vast, other planet landscapes...Abstract concepts, bare as algebra, narrow down to a black turd or a pair of aging cajones..." (pg. 215) Among the essential primary works associated with the Beat Generation along with Allen Ginsberg's “Howl” &..... More

Bulletproof Film, 2011. First edition. DVD. A tender, vibrant portrait of the life and work of a Beat Generation icon, WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS: A MAN WITHIN is an intimate documentary that breaks the surface of the troubled and brilliant world of one of the greatest authors of all time. Burroughs was one of the first writers to break the boundaries of queer and drug culture in the 1950s. His novel..... More

Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, Inc., 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed & signed by Malcolm McNeill to Charles & Pamela Plymell. The tale of Ah Pook as an artistic endeavor is, in true Burroughsian fashion, a work that is as complex, storied, and appropriately dark as its writer: William S. Burroughs (Feb 5, 1914-Aug 2, 1997). Initially intended as a collaboration between McNeill and Burroughs in 1970, when McNeill was in..... More

Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2016. First Printing. Softcover. "...I suggest that Burroughs seeks to reconcile humanity and the natural world more widely in his texts. This manifests in both his narrative practices and the thematic content of his texts, which reveal a lifelong engagement with ecological issues. Thus the essential question of this book is, To what extent can Burroughs' texts be evaluated in an ecocritical framework. Although..... More

London, England: Notting Hill Editions, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. "A fascinating account by one of the world's leading neurologists of the profound influence of William Burroughs on his medical career. Lees relates how Burroughs, author of Naked Lunch and troubled drug addict, inspired him to discover a ground-breaking treatment for Parkinson's Disease. Lees journeys to the Amazonian rainforest in search of cures, and through self-experimentation seeks to find the answers..... More

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2019. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "William S. Burroughs Cutting Up the Century is the definitive book on Burroughs' overarching cut-up project and its relevance to the American twentieth century. Burroughs' Nova Trilogy...remains the best known of his textual cut-up creations, but he committed more than a decade of his life to searching out multimedia for use in works of collage...Burroughs created an eclectic and wide-ranging..... More

Coventry, England: Beat Scene Press, 2022. Limited First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. "In the very middle of his novel On the Road, Jack Kerouac recounts a visit with William S. Burroughs. While perhaps somewhat inconsequential to the casual Kerouac reader, this episode is significant because it provides vital insight into the derivation of Burroughs' particular style and substance as will unfold in future works. It is a quintessential example of the..... More

New York, NY: Grove Press, Inc., 1961. First Printings. Softcovers. Two contiguous, early vintage numbers of the legendary literary journal chiefly edited by Barney Rosset & published by his Grove Press imprint: (1) Evergreen Review Vol. 5 No. 16 (January - February 1961)- this issue features a section from Naked Lunch, the breakthrough work of William S. Burroughs & one of the cornerstones of the Beat Generation & beyond. At..... More