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Cities of the Red Night
by Burroughs, William S
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About This Item
New York: Holtm Rinehart and Winston, 1981. First Edition. First edition. Signed by William S. Burroughs on the title page, inscribed to former in the year of publication. xviii, 332 pp. Bound in publisher's brown cloth and olive boards, front stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt. Fine in Fine dust jacket.
Synopsis
Cities of the Red Night is a novel by William S. Burroughs. It was the first book in the final trilogy of the beat author, and was first published in 1981. This was his first full-length novel since The Wild Boys a decade earlier. It is the first in a trilogy and is followed by The Place of Dead Roads and The Western Lands. The plot of this somewhat disjunctive work revolves around a group of revolutionaries who seek the freedom to live under the articles set out by Captain James Mission.
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- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140942913
- Title
- Cities of the Red Night
- Author
- Burroughs, William S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Holtm Rinehart and Winston
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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