Naked Lunch
New York, New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good+ hardcover copy of "Naked Lunch" by William S. Burroughs in a near fine dust jacket. 1st American edition / 1st Grove Press printing with an original price of $6.00. Signed by Burroughs on the front free end paper. Signed, not inscribed to anyone. This book was banned on obscenity charges and was first published 1959 in English in France by The Olympia Press in paperback. Grove Press printed this book for the first time in America three years later (1962). Book plate on front free endpaper, and another previous owner's address sticker on the front pastedown hidden behind the dust jacket flap. Dust jacket with only slight rubbing at the spine ends of the dust jacket. Tight and otherwise clean. Meets first printing points. Enjoy this essential copy for collectors of banned books or beat generation collectors as this is a seminal text! Very good / Near fine. Item #5615
Price: $3,500.00