[Item #5443] William Burroughs: The Algebra of Need. Eric Mottram, William S. Burroughs.
William Burroughs: The Algebra of Need
William Burroughs: The Algebra of Need

William Burroughs: The Algebra of Need

Buffalo, NY: Intrepid Press, 1971. Limited First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "(William S.) Burroughs...is a humanist of deconditioning whose writing has steadily explored the nature of obedience, and has therefore investigated and dramatized fully the central concern of our time: The nature of power." (pg. 108) The earliest, & still among the most insightful, critical studies of William S. Burroughs' whole literary oeuvre through about 1970. Author Eric Mottram (1924-1995) was a noted British critical writer, editor, poet & academician who befriended WSB during his residency in London during the 1960s-early 1970s. Trade-format softcover, from first softcover edition of 2375 copies (of a total edition of 3500 copies) per colophon. Published by Allen De Loach's Intrepid Press as No. 2 in its "Beau Fleuve Series." Shoaf, Section IV, 30(a), pg. 170; Schottlaender, I38(A), pg. 152. An expanded edition of this work was first published in 1977. An essential, now-classic milestone of Burroughsian scholarship, in its rarest original limited trade softcover form. In exceptionally very fine condition with only very slight rubbing, faint scratching to front, back covers & spine; a few tiny bumps, creases at edges & corners of same; a touch of rubbing, faint scratching to lower edge of text block. Interior very fine with only tiny bumps at corners of a few page leaves. Very Fine. [Item #5443]

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