Nova Express.
NY: Grove Press, [1964]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with minor rubbing to front panel and a touch of fading to the orange spine lettering. More
Beats
An original b&w photograph (recent print) of William Burroughs and an unidentified young man sitting on a couch in front of a huge bay window in an English mansion.
n.p.:n.p., [1965]. Burroughs, in a suit, is holding his umbrella, his hat is perched on a torso sculpture on the floor next to him. Taken by a friend of Burroughs using Burroughs' camera, ca. 1965. Never published. Fine (8" x 10"). More
An original b&w photograph (recent print) of William Burroughs and an unidentified young man standing in the hallway of a huge English mansion.
n.p.:n.p., [1965]. Burroughs is standing in suit and tie, holding his umbrella, looking sombre. There are 19th Century paintings on the walls around him. Taken by a friend of Burroughs using Burroughs' camera, ca. 1965. Never published. Fine (8" x 10"). More
An original b&w photograph (recent print) of William Burroughs and another man sitting on a couch in front of a huge bay window in an old English mansion.
n.p.:n.p., [1966]. Ian Sommerville is standing by the window holding a joint. Taken by a friend of Burroughs using Burroughs' camera, ca. 1965. Never published. Fine (8" x 10"). More
An original b&w photograph of William Burroughs (recent print).
n.p.:n.p., [1965]. Burroughs is standing in the hallway of a cavernous English mansion. He's standing in suit and tie, holding his umbrella, with his fedora clutched to his chest, looking at the camera with a sombre expression. Behind him there are two young men standing in front of a tapestry..... More
An original b&w photograph of William Burroughs (recent print).
n.p.:n.p., [1965]. Burroughs, wearing a black turtleneck and Army jacket, is standing at the end of a cobblestone street in Paris in the mid-sixties. Burroughs is in the foreground looking directly at the camera, with the street stretching off behind him. Never published. Fine (8" x 10"). More
An original b&w photograph of William Burroughs (recent print).
n.p.:n.p., [1965]. Burroughs is standing next to a ladder in the hallway of a cavernous English mansion. He's wearing a suit and tie, holding his umbrella in one hand, and clutching his fedora to his chest with the other. He's looking at a painting that's out of the frame, creating..... More
Terrific original b&w photograph of William Burroughs (recent print).
n.p.:n.p., [1965]. Burroughs is standing on a fire escape in NYC in the sixties. He's wearing a suit, tie, and fedora, and is holding a cigarette at waist level. He's looking directly into the camera with a deadpan, classic Burroughsian look. One of the best shots of Burroughs we've seen..... More
The Ticket That Exploded.
NY: Grove Press, [1967]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition, revised. Unusually fine. More
White Subway.
London: Aloes Books, [1973]. Softbound (only issued softbound). First edition. Prints "Burroughs in Tangier" by Paul Bowles as an epilogue. Presentation copy inscribed by Burroughs to his friend and publisher, Richard Aaron. An outstanding association as Aaron published some of Burroughs' most attractive signed/limited editions, including Letters to Allen Ginsberg... More
William S. Burroughs: The Hombre Invisible, Atticus Books Catalog Eight.
San Diego: Atticus Books, 1981. Pamphlet. First edition. Introduction by William Burroughs. One of 50 numbered copies signed by Burroughs. Landmark, photo-illustrated catalog of Burroughs items offered for sale. An excellent reference for material not in Maynard & Miles. Fine. More
Essais II.
Paris: Christian Bourgois, [1984]. Softbound. First French edition. Translated from the English by Gerard-Georges Lemaire. Important association copy with an exceptional inscription to his long-time friend and collaborator, Brion Gysin: "To Brion Gysin who picture wrote my literary career in France 25 years ago. William S. Burroughs." Burroughs and Gysin... More
The Exterminator.
[SF]: Auerhahn Press, 1960. Small 4to. Softbound. First edition. Cover illustration by Brion Gysin who also contributes. Superb presentation copy inscribed to poet and publisher, Ted Berrigan: "For Ted Berrigan / William S. Burroughs / Dec. 11, 1953 (Burroughs meant 1963) / New York." Also signed by Brion Gysin on... More
Large poster announcing: ''Le Colloque de Tanger...William Burroughs---Brion Gysin A Geneve du 24 au 28 Septembre...''
n.p.: Privately published, 1975. The Colloque de Tanger symposium was held in Geneva in 1975 to celebrate the work of Burroughs and Gysin. This poster prints Legarde's The New Reformers photo of Burroughs' and Gysin's heads superimposed on the torsos of two statues (Martin Luther and friend). Printed in black... More
Concrete and Buckshot.
[Santa Monica: Smart Art Press, 1996]. Softbound, with die-cut holes to the front cover. First edition. Exhibition catalog issued to coincide with a show presented jointly by Track 16 Gallery and the Robert Berman Gallery. Profusely illustrated with color reproductions of Burroughs' paintings, with texts by Timothy Leary and others. Very fine. More
My Education: A Book of Dreams.
[NY]: Viking, [1995]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Important presentation copy warmly inscribed by Burroughs to his long-time friend, fellow drug researcher, and counterculture hero, Timothy Leary: "for Tim Leary, who contributed to my education more much more than I realized at the time. We are here to learn!... More
Attacks of Taste.
NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1971. Hardbound in plain white dust jacket. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies signed by the editors. A collection of essays from various writers about their early literary influences. Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William Saroyan, Tennessee Willliams, Anais Nin, and Ralph Ellison are among the... More
Heart Beat: My Life with Jack and Neal.
Berkeley: Creative Arts, 1976. Softbound. First edition. The basis for the film Heart Beat starring Nick Nolte, and an excellent insider's account of life with Jack and Neal. Reading crease to front cover, else near fine. More
Original b&w portrait photograph of a young Carolyn Cassady, 1940.
n.p.:n.p., [1940]. Carolyn is sitting, shown from the waist up as she looks off to the side looking very beautiful. On the back is this notation in an unknown hand: "Taken by Biton photo student 1940." Carolyn is age 17 here, seven years before she met Neal, Jack, and Allen... More
The Beat Hotel.
[Geneva]: Gris Banal Editeur, [1984]. Softbound (only issued softbound). First edition. Introduction by William Burroughs. Outstanding collection of photos documenting the activities at the infamous "Beat Hotel" in Paris in the '50s, when Burroughs, Gysin, Ginsberg, Orlovsky, Harold Norse, Gregory Corso, and others were living at this bohemian mecca. Essential... More
A Bibliography of Works by Jack Kerouac.
NY: Phoenix Bookshop, 1967. Softbound. Revised (preferred) edition. Includes commentary by Kerouac. Fine. More
The Beat Generation: The Tumultuous '50s Movement and Its Impact On Today.
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1971]. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Lively and well-researched overview of the Beat scene including much first-hand material from interviews with the Beats. An unusually fine, fresh copy. More
Way Out: A Poem in Discord.
Kathmandu, Nepal: Bardo Matrix, 1974. 4to. Pamphlet, stitch bound. First edition. One of 500 numbered copies. Published as Strastreams Poetry Series No. 1. Slip laid-in listing the cast for the first, and only, performance of this poem/play in Kathmandu, Nepal. The cast members included Ira Cohen and Angus MacLise both... More
Inner & Outer Rhyme.
Woodstock, NY: Hanuman Books, 1995. Broadside poem. First edition. Features a wonderful colorized photo by Allen Ginsberg of Corso in the Beat Hotel in 1960. Fine. More
Mindfield.
[NY: Thunder Mouth Press, 1989]. Hardbound, issued without dust jacket. First edition. Forewords by William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Corso. Housed in publisher's paper-covered slipcase. Minute bump to one corner of slipcase and book, else fine. More