Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing paperback copy of Naked Lunch: The Re stored Text by William S. Burroughs. First Grove Press Paperback Edition stated and undated, 2001 Grove Press. First Printing with full number line reversed, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 .
The exterior of this paperback edition is in Near Fine condition, with clean, bright covers with no creases, clean page blocks, mild surface wear, strong title on an un-cracked spine, a tight binding with no spine cracks, lightly rubbed spine ends, mild edge wear and lightly rounded corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with the ghost of an erased price on the first free end paper. No other marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
Exerting its influence on the relationship of art and obscenity, it is one of the books that redefined not just literature but American culture. For the Burroughs enthusiast and the neophyte, this volumethat contains final-draft typescripts, numerous unpublished contemporaneous writings by Burroughs, his own later introductions to the book, and his essay on psychoactive drugsis a valuable and fresh experience of a novel that has lost none of its relevance or satirical bite.
S hips promptly in a corrugated mailer with book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.
