[Counter-Culture] Burroughs, William S. Group of 15 Titles, Including 8 Signed

1. Lee, William (William S. Burroughs)
Junkie
New York: Ace Books, Inc., (1953). First edition. 12mo. 149 pp. Bound with Maurice Helbrant's Narcotic Agent, as issued (169 pp.). Original illustrated stiff wrappers; all edges trimmed. Maynard and Miles A1a

An almost as-new first edition of Burroughs's first book.

2. The Naked Lunch
Paris: The Olympia Press, (1959). First edition, second issue. 12mo. 226 pp. Original green stiff printed wrappers, 1.500 Francs price printed at bottom rear wrapper, "New Price NF 18" over-stamped in purple; all edges trimmed; in original illustrated dust-jacket, designed by Burroughs. Maynard and Miles A2a

An almost as-new copy of Burroughs's second book in a near-fine dust-jacket.

3. The Soft Machine
Paris: The Olympia Press, (1961). First edition, second issue. 12mo. 182 pp. Original green stiff printed wrappers, 15 N.F. price printed at bottom rear wrapper, "New Price NF 18" over-stamped in blue ink; all edges trimmed; in original illustrated dust-jacket, designed by Brion Gysin. Maynard and Miles A5a

A fine copy.

4. The Soft Machine
New York: Grove Press, Inc., (1966). First American edition. 8vo. 182 pp. Signed by Burroughs on title-page. Original red cloth, stamped in silver; all edges trimmed; in original unclipped illustrated dust-jacket, designed by Burroughs. Maynard and Miles A5b

A fine copy.

5. The Ticket that Exploded
Paris: The Olympia Press, (1962). First edition. 12mo. 183 pp. Original green stiff printed wrappers, 18 N.F. price printed at bottom rear wrapper; all edges trimmed; in original illustrated dust-jacket, designed by Ian Sommerville. Maynard and Miles A6a

A fine copy.

6. Lee, Willy (William S. Burroughs)
Roosevelt After Inauguration
(New York: Fuck You/Press, 1964). First edition, second printing (one of approximately 500 printed copies). 16mo. Unpaginated (24 pp.). Original staple-bound limp printed pink wrappers; text printed on blue and white paper. Maynard and Miles A9a

"On the first printing, the mimeo machine destroyed all of the pages, therefore all extant copies are of the subsequent printing." (Maynard and Miles, p. 45). A fine copy.

7. Time
New York: 'C' Press, 1965. First and limited edition, #58/100 numbered copies signed by Burroughs and Brion Gysin. Folio. Unpaginated (32 pp.). Illustrated by Gysin. Original staple-bound stiff grey illustrated wrappers, designed by Burroughs; all edges trimmed. Maynard and Miles A11a

A near-fine copy.

8. The American Theatre for Poets, Inc. presents February 14, 1965 William Burroughs Valentine's Day Reading
New York City: The East End Theatre, 1965. First and only edition. Folio. 6 pp. Signed by Burroughs in red ink on front wrapper. Original staple-bound stiff printed wrappers; all edges trimmed. Maynard and Miles F12

Scarce theater program for Burroughs's Valentine's Day reading at the East End Theater in New York City. This transcript, featuring "Dutch Schultz's Last Words" was distributed at the reading. A well preserved copy.

9. APO-33 Bulletin, A Metabolic Regulator: A Report on the Synthesis of the Apomorphine Formula
No place: Beach Books Texts & Documents, ca. 1966. Second edition. Folio. (ii), 18, (3) pp. Original staple-bound stiff printed light brown wrappers; all edges trimmed. Maynard and Miles A12b

"This printing is a photo-offset of WSB's manuscript. It was the complete text of Health Bulletin: APO-33, but it does not have 'Locked Out of Time' or Apomorphine Statement 2..." (Maynard and Miles p. 57). A near-fine copy.

10. The Last Words of Dutch Schultz
London: Cape Goliard Press, 1970. First and limited edition, #92/100 copies signed and numbered by Burroughs. 8vo. 81 pp. Original olive green buckram, stamped in gilt; all edges trimmed; in original glassine, lightly worn. Maynard and Miles A17a

11. Port of Saints
London: Covent Garden Press Limited/Ollon, Switzerland: Am Here Books, 1973. First and limited edition, #67/100 numbered copies (from a total edition of 200 copies) signed by Burroughs. 4to. 133 pp. Original white paper-covered boards, stamped in black; all edges trimmed; in original dust-jacket; in original white slip case.

12. Cities of the Red Night
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1981). First edition. 8vo. 332 pp. Signed by Burroughs on title-page. Original orange cloth over drab paper-covered boards, stamped in blind and in gilt; all edges trimmed; illustrated endpapers; in original unclipped illustrated dust-jacket.

A fine copy.

13. Norse, Harold, and William S. Burroughs
Beat Hotel
San Diego: Atticus Press, (1983). First and limited edition, #99/100 numbered copies signed by Norse. 8vo. 76 pp. Foreword and text by Burroughs. Original brown cloth, stamped in gilt; all edges trimmed; in original illustrated dust-jacket, designed by Ronald Chase.

A fine copy.

14. Ansen, Allan
William Burroughs
Sudbury, (Massachusetts): Water Row Press, 1986. First and limited edition, #27/50 numbered copies (from a total edition of 550 copies) signed by Burroughs and Ansen. 8vo. 45 pp. Illustrated with mounted photographic frontispiece by Allen Ginsberg. Original blue cloth, stamped in gilt; all edges trimmed.

A fine copy.

15. Tornado Alley
(New York): Cherry Valley Editions, 1989. First edition. 8vo. 53 pp. Signed by Burroughs and illustrator S. Clay Wilson on title-page. Original black cloth, stamped in silver; all edges trimmed.

A fine copy.

Provenance

From the private collection of Asher D. Atchick, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania