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	1 Burroughs, William S., and Kerouac, Jack; Grauerholz, James W. (Afterword by) And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks New York Grove Press 2008 0802118763 / 9780802118769 First Edition, First Printing Hard Cover Fine Fine Collectible  214 pp.; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated "First Edition." Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "On August 14, 1944, Lucien Carr, a friend of William S. Burroughs from St. Louis, stabbed a man named David Kammerer with a Boy Scout knife and threw his body in the Hudson River. For eight years, Kammerer had fawned over the younger Carr, but that night something happened: either Carr had had enough or he was forced to defend himself. The next day, his clothes stained with blood, Carr went to his friends Bill Burroughs and Jack Kerouac for help. Doing so, he involved them in the crime. A few months later, they were caught up in the crime in a different way. Something about the murder captivated the Beats, especially Kerouac and Burroughs, who decided to collaborate on a novel about the events of the previous summer. At the time, the two authors were still unknown, yet to write anything of note. Narrating alternating chapters, they pieced together a hard-boiled tale of bohemian New York during World War II, full of drugs and art, obsession and violence, with scenes and characters drawn from their own lives. They submitted their manuscript -- called And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks after an absurd line from a radio bulletin about a circus fire -- to publishers, but it was rejected and confined to a filing cabinet for decades. Finally published, at long last, And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks tells the story of Ramsay Allen and the object of his fixation, the charismatic, idealistic young Phillip Tourian. Phillip and his friends drink and dream in the bars and apartments of the West Village, until, with his friend Mike Ryko (Kerouac's narrator), he hatches a plan to ship out as a merchant marine. They'll catch a boat for France and jump ship, then make their way through the front to Paris. And The Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks is an engaging, fast-paced read that shows the two authors' developing styles. It is also an incomparable artifact, a legendary novel from the dawn of the Beat movement by two hugely influential writers." -- Publisher.  Price: 69.95 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	2 Burroughs, William S. Cities of the Red Night New York Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1981 0030539765 / 9780030539763 First Edition, First Printing Hard Cover Very Good Fine Collectible  xviii, 332 pp.; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Browning. Stated "First Edition." Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover.  Price: 24.95 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	3 Burroughs, William S. Ghost of Chance New York and London Serpent's Tail Limited; High Risk Books 1995 1852424060 / 9781852424060 First edition thus Hard Cover Fine Collectible  Pictorial boards, 58 pp., illus.; 21 cm. First published, 1991, as a limited edition by the Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art. AS NEW.  Price: 24.95 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	4 Burroughs, William S. Naked Lunch New York Grove Press; Evergreen Black Cat Edition 1966 First paperback edition Mass Market Paperback Fair  xlviii, 255 pp.; 18 cm. BC-115. First published, 1959. Firm binding, creased spine. Off-color saying written on inside front cover. Short closed tear on foreedge of first two leaves. Clean text. Browning. Stated "First Printing." "Naked Lunch is one of the most important novels of the twentieth century. Exerting its influence on the work of authors like Thomas Pynchon, J. G. Ballard, and William Gibson, on the relationship of art and obscenity, and on the shape of music, film, and media generally, it is one of the books that redefined not just literature but American culture. / One of this century's most influential writers, William S. Burroughs was born in St. Louis in 1914. He was the author of numerous books, including Naked Lunch, Nova Express, The Ticket That Exploded, The Soft Machine, and The Wild Boys. A member of the Academy of Arts and Letters, Burroughs died in August 1997." - Publisher.  Price: 9.95 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	5 Sobieszek, Robert A.; Burroughs, William S. (Afterword by) Ports of Entry: William S. Burroughs and the Arts Los Angeles and New York Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Thames and Hudson 1996 0500974357 / 9780500974353 First Edition Soft Cover Very Good Exhibition Catalogue  192 pp., illus. (some col.), ports., biblio., filmography; 30 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from July 18-Oct. 6, 1996. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. Includes artworks by Burroughs as well as by artist who have an affinity with Burroughs: Brion Gysin, Keith Haring, Philip Taaffe, Robert Rauschenberg, others. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. CONTENTS: Ports of Entry: William S. Burroughs and the Arts, by Robert A. Sobieszek; Afterword, by William S. Burroughs.  Price: 69.95 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	6 Marshall, Richard (Essays by); Burroughs, William S. (Introduction by) Strange, Amazing, and Mysterious Places San Francisco HarperSanFrancisco 1993 0002551098 / 9780002551090 First Edition, First Printing Hard Cover Very Good Fine Collectible  Cloth, 160 pp., col. illus., biblio.; 37 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.  Price: 24.95 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	7 Burroughs, William S. The Adding Machine: Selected Essays New York Seaver Books; Henry Holt and Company 1986 0805000003 / 9780805000009 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine Collectible  205 pp.; 22 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated "First American Edition." Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover.  Price: 29.95 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	8 Burroughs, William S.; Harris, Oliver (Edited by) The Letters of William S. Burroughs: 1945-1959 New York Viking; Penguin 1993 0670813486 / 9780670813483 First Edition, First Printing Hard Cover Very Good Fine Collectible  xl, 472 pp.; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine rolled at crown, else fine. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "William S. Burroughs (1914-1997)--guru of the Beat Generation, controversial éminence grise of the international avant-garde, dark prophet, and blackest of black humor satirists--had a range of influence rivaled by few post-World War II writers. His many books include Naked Lunch, Queer, Exterminator!, The Cat Inside, The Western Lands, and Interzone. / Oliver Harris edited The Letters of William S. Burroughs 1945-1959. He is currently a lecturer in American Literature at the University of Keele." - Publisher.  Price: 24.95 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	9 Burroughs, William S. The Place of Dead Roads London Flamingo; HarperCollins 1987 0586085920 / 9780586085929 First edition thus Trade Paperback Very Good Collectible  268 pp., 1 map; 20 cm. A Flamingo Modern Classic. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps. Browning.  Price: 9.95 USD Add to Shopping Cart
	10 Burroughs, William S. The Place of Dead Roads New York Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1984 0030632560 / 9780030632563 First Edition, First Printing Hard Cover Very Good Fine Collectible  Cloth, gilt, 306 pp., 1 map; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. One corner lightly bumped, two tiny specks on the foredge, else fine. Stated "First Edition." Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover.  Price: 19.95 USD Add to Shopping Cart