Naked Lunch by William Burroughs, First Edition, First Issue, Grove Press, Hardback, dust jacket, near fine, banned book, stated first

Naked Lunch by William Burroughs, First Edition, First Issue, Grove Press, Hardback, dust jacket, near fine, banned book, stated first

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Burroughs, William. Naked Lunch. New York: The Grove Press, 1959. First Thus. 8vo. Cloth. Near FIne / Very Good. First American Edition, Stated First Printing, Octavo; in the publisher's quarter-bound, black cloth and paper boards, gilt lettering to the spine, some bumping to head and foot of spine, pages generally clean and unmarked, except for a small light stain near the bottom of the ffe, jacket in very good to near condition, bright and clean, with a small inch long crease where the top panel intersects with the spine, head and foot of spine slightly chipped and and small closed tear at bottom of both front and rear panel; a very bright tidy copy of an infamous book; The Grove Press, New York, 1959.

A classic Beat work, originally published in Paris as the book was banned in the US. This is the first US edition, published in a small run of only 3500 copies, and is the stated first printing, with First Issue jacket with all issue points: Price of $6.00 on the front panel, and no zip code or Roman numerals shown on the rear panel.

Measures: 8" by 6" by 1"

Condition: A near fine book with a very good to near fine jacket.

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