BURROUGHS, WILLIAM. The Naked Lunch. 8vo, original green wrappers with decorative border, very mild rubbing to wrapper extremities. first edition, first issue with green border on title-page and price of "Francs: 1,500" printed on lower rear wrapper cover. The true first printing with only 5,000 copies produced. The subsequent American editions omitted the article in the title as Burroughs originally intended. A very fine copy. Maynard & Miles A2a. Paris: Olympia Press, (1959)
with-- Another copy. 8vo, gilt-lettered black cloth over boards, slightly cocked; top edges stained black; dust jacket, mild age-toning, slight edgewear, but overall quite bright. First American Edition, First Printing. Published three years after the first Olympia Press edition in a small run of 3,500 copies; in part because of its initial censorship and ongoing legal troubles. New York: Grove Press, (1959). Maynard and Miles, A2b.
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