THE NAKED LUNCH (First thus - a new edition with additional material - first printing)

Beschreibung

First printing of this new edition, with extended appendices containing the "Ugh" correspondence. Foreword to the new edition by John Calder. The book was originally published in hardback in the UK by John Calder in 1964, and in paperback by Corgi Books in 1968. ***Very good in printed card covers. The covers show some rubbing and marks commensurate with age and handling. Light vertical reading crease to the spine. Spine tight. Corners slightly rubbed. Covers bright. Red lettering faded to yellow on the spine. Internally also very good with a previous owner's ink name on the front free endpaper. No serious creases or tears. Paper stock tanned. ***198mm x 127mm. 309 pages. ***'Since its first appearance in Paris in 1959, William Burroughs' "The Naked Lunch" has achieved the status, not only of a modern classic, but as one of the most important contemporary works of literature, a watershed like "The Castle", "Ulysses" and "Molloy", that cannot be ignored although it may, in some quarters, continue to offend and attract hostile criticism. In the twenty-three years since "The Naked Lunch" first appeared in book form, many other novels, film scripts, critical and didactic writings by William Burroughs have been published, but "The Naked Lunch" remains his best-known work. The Paris edition was first reviewed in the Times Literary Supplement together with "Dead Fingers Talk", an expurgated amalgam of three Burroughs novels. The all-out TLS attack was followed by fourteen weeks of impassioned correspondence, which is reproduced here for the first time as an appendix. Apart from its value as a revealing and amusing slice of literary history, it in many ways is a useful guide to many aspects of this important novel.' (Quote taken from the back cover) ***A nice clean copy of the first printing of this new paperback edition of this iconic cult title. Uncommon. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

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Bibliografische Details

Titel

THE NAKED LUNCH (First thus - a new edition with additional material - first printing)

Verlag

John Calder, London

Erscheinungsjahr

1982

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN-10

0714539694

ISBN-13

9780714539690

Einband

Soft cover

Auflage

First Thus

Druck

First Printing

Zustand

Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags

No Jacket, as Issued

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