The Burroughs Centenary
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Madison, WS: The Red Ozier Press, 1978. First Printing. Broadside. A beautifully produced broadside on fine handmade paper, featuring a piece of prose-poetry by the ill-fated son of William S. Burroughs & Joan Vollmer Burroughs. The text seems to have the qualities of a cut-up as pioneered by the author's father. With an illustration by Mark Mulhern. A most tragic figure in the WSB legend, "cursed from birth" as he... More
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London, England: John Calder in association with Olympia Press, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. 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 the book mint except for slight... More
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Buffalo, NY: Intrepid Press, 1969. First Edition. Stapled Covers & Sheets. This is the double issue of the literary journal edited by Allen De Loach & published by his Intrepid Press, dedicated to works by & about William S. Burroughs. The WSB pieces compiled in this issue, some reprinted from previous small publishers & some appearing for the first time here, include Salt Chunk Mary, Roosevelt after Inauguration & a.... More
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New York, NY: Grove Press, Inc., 11/2009. First Edition Thus. Hardcover in Slipcase. Sealed in shrinkwrap To commemorate the first appearance of Naked Lunch by the French publisher Maurice Girodias' Olympia Press in 1959, Grove Press presents this 50th anniversary edition of the book that brought William S. Burroughs to the attention of readers & academic, cultural & literary commentators throughout the world. Among the essential primary works associated with... More
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Columbia University: 1975. First Edition. Photograph. Taken at a Columbia University Reading on April 17, 1975 by noted photographer Fred W. McDarrah. 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 image... More
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Berkeley, CA: Blue Wind Press, 1980. First American Edition. Hardcover. "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 sexuality, partly nightmare voyage through... More
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London, England: Ambit, 1964. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. This issue of the quarterly literary journal from the dawn of London's swinging sixties (notice the front cover graphics) features a 3-column cut-up with explanatory author's note by William S. Burroughs, "Martin's Mag". A very significant WSB rarity in exceptionally fine condition, with only mild soiling to outside front & back covers, interior mint. Maynard & Miles C92, pg. 128. 6-1/2" x.... More
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Paris, France: Olympia Press, December 1961. First Edition. Softcover. The first issue of Olympia, published by Maurice Girodias' Olympia Press, publisher of the first edition of William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch. Featuring ten episodes from The Soft Machine, The first version of which had just been published earlier that year by Olympia Press. Also contains contributions by Lawrence Durrell & Terry Southern, articles about Paris tramps & chastity belts including... More
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Sussex, England: Urgency Press Ripoff Edition, 1972. First Edition Thus. Stapled sheets. TIME, by William S. Burroughs, with drawings by Brion Gysin, was originally published by Ted Berrigan's C Press in 1965. This is the Urgency Press Rip-Off Edition, one of 495 copies printed on a mimeograph duplicator for distribution at the Bickershaw Festival in the UK. A doubly underground version of an iconic example of WSB's efforts to subvert... More
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London, England: Aloes Books, 1975. First Edition. Chapbook in Stapled Wrappers. Transcripts of a 1964 radio broadcast by Eric Mottram, early William S. Burroughs critical biographer (William Burroughs: The Algebra of Need, 1977) responding to the ban of WSB's works in Britain at the time; & a 1973 conversation between Mottram & WSB. A great rarity full of insight by & about WSB, in very fine condition with only very... More
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Paris, France: Sadruddin Aga Khan, Fall 1965. First Printing. Softcover. This issue of the venerable literary journal includes the first appearance of one of the most well-known & important interviews of William S. Burroughs, conducted in his birthplace of St. Louis, MO when he revisited there briefly in 1965. Conducted by the seasoned biographer-journalist Conrad Knickerbocker, this lengthy interview is full of insight into the life & work of WSB... More
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