INSCRIBED COPY
24
●
BURROUGHS,WILLIAM.
The
Naked Lunch.
8vo, original green wrap-
pers, trace of rubbing to spine foot;
pictorial dust jacket after a design by
Brion Gysin, small nicks or short splits to
fold corners.
Paris:The Olympia Press, (1959)
[1,500/2,000]
FIRST EDITION
,
FIRST ISSUE
,
INSCRIBED BY
BURROUGHS
on the title-page to fellow writer
John Seelye. Originally priced wrappers and
dust jacket, title-page with green typographic
border. A very well preserved copy in jacket of
Burroughs’s enduring and provocative Beat
anti-classic.True first editions of Naked Lunch
infrequently found inscribed. One of 5000
copies. Maynard & Miles A2a.
24
23
22
●
BURNEY, FRANCES.
Works.
18 volumes. 12mo, uniformly bound
3
/
4
navy
morocco, spines tooled in gilt in compartments, some damage with repairs to spines and
hinges, overall joint wear, all edges gilt; housed in hinged wood box with metal clasp and
handles, cracks and staining. Comprises: The Wanderer. 5 volumes. 1814 * Evelina. 3 vol-
umes (front cover and flyleaves detached from vol. 1). Second edition. 1779 * Camilla. 5
volumes. 1796 * Cecilia. 5 volumes. 1782.
FIRST EDITIONS EXCEPT WHERE NOTED
. Should
be seen.
London, vd
[500/750]
23
●
BURROUGHS, JOHN.
The Writings.
23 volumes.Titles in green and black.
Illustrated with photogravure plates, many hand-tinted. 8vo,
3
/
4
navy morocco gilt, spines
tooled in gilt in compartments, top edges gilt, a few volumes with some slight rubbing to
spine caps, corners bumped with light exposure on several volumes, overall a very attractive
set.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1904-1922
[1,500/2,000]
AUTOGRAPH EDITION
,
NUMBER
43
OF
750
SETS SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
and the pub-
lisher on the colophon of volume 1, and with a one page Autograph Letter Signed by
Burroughs inlaid and mounted on stub (partially loose), with corrections.
