NAKED LUNCH: THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION by Burroughs, William S. (Author); Grauerholz, James; Miles, Barry & Ulin, David (Editors) - 2009

New York: Grove Press, 2009. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/No Dust Jacket, As Issued.. New York: Grove Press, 2009. Hardcover. As New/None, As Issued. First Edition/First Printing. 300 pages. The 50th Anniversary Edition And Restored Text of the author's novel. The first appearance of the title in this edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent printings. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The Slipcased First Edition Thus is now scarce. A brilliant production by Grove Press: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial hard boards with titles on the spine, as issued. The design reproduces the novel's 1959 Olympia Press cover. Text by William S. Burroughs, restored by James Grauerholz and Barry Miles. Afterword by David Ulin. Black page edges. Green hardboard slipcase. Printed on archival stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Re-presents, in a dazzling, collectible-edition format, William S. Burroughs' "Naked Lunch". His seminal masterpiece. "A cry from hell" (Newsweek) . "Burroughs is the only American novelist living today who may conceivably be possessed by genius" (Norman Mailer, in the 1959 review of the book's publication) . "Burroughs' voice is hard, derisive, inventive, free, funny, serious, poetic, indelibly American" (Joan Didion) . An absolute "must-have" title for William S. Burroughs collectors. This title is a great book. This is one of few copies of the Slipcased First Edition Thus/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies of this edition available online are Later Printings. A scarce copy thus. One of the greatest American novelists of the 20th century. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0802119263.