William Burroughs NAKED LUNCH HBDJ 1st/1st Homosexual Start Price USD 499.95 Current Price USD 499.95 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, October 06, 2008 End Time Wednesday, November 05, 2008 Location Maryland - USA See more about 'William Burroughs NAKED LUNCH HBDJ 1st/1st Homosexual' Description William Burroughs NAKED LUNCH HBDJ 1st/1st Homosexual PLEASE WAIT A FEW MOMENTS FOR THE PICTURES TO LOAD - THEY MAY BE SLOW. LISTING contains several JPG picture(s) - one on the top and one or more on the bottom of the listing. *****Please be aware that beginning October 2008, ebay is switching to all electronic payments, UNLESS a different payment is requested by the buyer. At that time, we will offer only PayPal, and other payment methods will have to be at your request. We will gladly honor alternate payment requests but alternate payments must be mailed - no pick-ups.***** We are having a HUGE sale!! We have a couple hundred vintage books listed - children, Illustrated, antiques, Photography, Art , literature, poetry, Civil War, History,  etc. PLUS - an OUTSTANDING $2.00 shipping discount for multiple items! Please note that we will have LIMITED access to email Friday 11/7 - Tuesday 11/11. Items paid for during this time period will be shipped on Wednesday 11/12 (since 11/11 is a Federal Holiday and the Post Office is closed.) Title:  naked lunch Author:  William s. Burroughs Publisher:  grove press, inc. (new York ) Copyright Date:  1959 Number of Pages:  255 This is one of many vintage books I have listed. Publisher's black cloth over gray boards, in original dust jacket. First edition - marked first printing. The first issue of the first edition of his second book, a high spot of postwar American literature and one of the three key volumes of the Beat movement, along with Kerouac's On the Road and Ginsberg's Howl. Author's use of unconventional writing techniques to depict an underground world fighting a technological society that was self destruction. This book was both praised as literary genius and dismissed as indecipherable garbage because Mr. Burroughs wrote it without standard narrative prose, used abrupt transitions, placed the chapters in random order and wrote in a steam-of-consciousness style. This book was also the subject of a precedent-setting obscenity trial because of such subjects as drug addiction, homosexuality, and death. Subjects: Drug addicts--Fiction. Recovering addicts--Fiction. Alienation (Social psychology)--Fiction. Drug withdrawal symptoms--Fiction. Form/Genre: Psychological fiction First Printing of the First Edition, First Issue, with no roman numeral on lower spine near back panel; in first state dustjacket, with the $6.00 price in upper corner of inside front flap, no zip code listed on back cover. Martha Roche's photo of Burroughs to top right corner of rear dj panel, reviews to rear dj panel and has address of the publisher as follows, without zip code: Grove Press, Inc. 64 University Place, New York 3, NY Condition:  pages in nice condition with some light wear - tight binding - HB nice with some light wear - name on inside - minor light foxing on page edges and on DJ - DJ has some wear and tear on the edges no tape repairs Illustrated By:  n/a Price on DJ:  $6.00  TERMS: I describe my items as best as I can but things are occasionally missed. If I didn't cover something you think is important, please email me with ANY questions, BEFORE bidding/buying. All items have been previously owned unless otherwise noted - so buyer needs to assume that every item has some type of flaw. I supply several pictures of each item - please check them out carefully. 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