Naked Lunch
New York, New York: Grove Press, Inc, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine hardcover copy of "Naked Lunch" by William S. Burroughs in a good+/very good- dust jacket. 1st American edition / 1st Grove Press printing with an original price of $6.00. 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 in fine condition, no noticeable defects. Dust jacket with tears with loss at top of spine and at top fore corners. Some closed tears fixed by either old or new tape. Original price sticker on back panel of jacket. Tight and otherwise clean. Meets first printing points. Enjoy this copy of a beat generation seminal text! Good / Fine. Item #5616
Price: $350.00