NAKED LUNCH

by William S. Burroughs

$600 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix · No longer available

New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1959 i.e. 1962 . First US edition, first printing of the Beat masterpiece, also containing the first book appearances of Burroughs's Deposition: Testimony concerning a Sickness, and Letter from a Master Addict to Dangerous Drugs. About fine in near-fine jacket. Item #39439 A landmark novel, it led to several important court decisions on indecency and censorship. Certainly Burroughs's

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