William S. Burroughs was an American short story writer, essayist, painter, spoken word performer, and novelist. He was a prominent postmodernist author and wrote 18 novels and novellas, 6 collections of short stories, and 4 collections of essays. His most notable works include: Junkie, Queer, The Yage Letters, Naked Lunch, The World Hoard, The Soft Machine, Nova Express, The Ticket That Exploded, The Wild Boys, Cities of the Red Night, The Place of Dead Roads, and The Western Lands.
Paris: The Traveller's Companion Series published by the Olympia Press, [1959]. First edition, with first issue point of green border on title page, but with "Francs: 1500" crossed out and "New Price NF 18" added on back cover. Read More about The Naked Lunch
Price: $3,000
New York: Grove Press Outrider, [1980]. First edition. Signed by Burroughs & Ginsberg. INSCRIBED on the title page “For Robert A. Wilson with all best wishes and friendship William S. Burroughs September 15th, 1985” and also SIGNED by Allen Ginsberg. A choice association copy, documenting the long literary connection between..... Read More about The Soft Machine. Nova Express. The Wild Boys. Three Novels … With an Epilogue by Allen...
Price: $1,500
[Paris]: Two Cities Editions, [1960]. First edition, one of 1000 copies. The Cut-Up Technique. Poetry and cut-ups by William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Sinclair Beiles, and Gregory Corso. A landmark of late twentieth century literary innovation. Burroughs' third book, inscribed by him on the title page, “For Bob Wilson, William..... Read More about Minutes to Go
Price: $1,000
New York/St. Louis/Amsterdam: Lococo • Mulder, 1991. First edition. Read More about The Seven Deadly Sins
Price: $400
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1984]. First edition, no. 39 of 300 copies signed and numbered by the author. One of 300 Signed and Numbered. Read More about The Place of Dead Roads
Price: $500
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1984]. First edition. Inscribed by Burroughs on the title-page: “for Rober A. Wilson, with all best regards, William S. Burroughs, September 17”. Read More about The Place of Dead Roads
Price: $300
New York: Strawberry Hill Publishing, [1975]. First edition. Inscribed by Burroughs on the title-page. Read More about Sidetripping
Price: $300
Santa Barbara, Calif: Bradford Morrow, 1979. No. 17 of 150 numbered copies in boards (total edition of 500). Inscribed beneath the colophon “for Robert A. Wilson | William S. Burroughs”. Read More about Doctor Benway. A Passage from The Naked Lunch. With a New Introduction by the Author
Price: $450
Santa Barbara, Calif: Bradford Morrow, 1979. No. 307 of 324 numbered copies in wrapper (total edition of 500). Inscribed “for Robert A. Wilson and the Phoenix Book Shop with all best wishes | William S. Burroughs | Sept. 15, 1985”. Read More about Doctor Benway. A Passage from The Naked Lunch. With a New Introduction by the Author
Price: $300
Ingatestone, Essex: Published by OU, Henri Chopn, [1974]. First edition, one of 350 numbered copies (total edtion of 400), this copy out of series and unnumbered. Inscribed on the title page, “For Robert A. Wilson with friendship and all best wishes William S. Burroughs”. Read More about The Book of Breething
Price: $850
San Francisco: City Lights, [1984]. First Papeback Issue. Inscribed on title-page "For Robert Wilson/ William S. Burroughs/ September 15, 1985." Read More about The Burroughs File
Price: $300
London: Calder and Boyars, [1968]. First British edition. Signed by Burroughs on the title-page. Read More about The Ticket That Exploded
Price: $1,250
New York: Grove Press, [1967]. First American edition, revised and expanded from the Olympia Press edition. Inscribed on the title page: “for Bob Wilson | William S. Burroughs”. Read More about The Ticket that Exploded
Price: $2,000
Paris: The Traveller's Companion Series Published by The Olympia Press, [1961]. First edition. Inscribed on the title-page; "William Burroughs For Doctor Andrew Brody in expectation of new perspectives in medecine." Read More about The Soft Machine
Price: $1,750
New York: Grove Press, [1962]. First American edition. Inscribed on the title-page, "For Bob Wilson all the best at Thanksgiving William S. Burroughs Nov 23, 1974." Read More about Naked Lunch
Price: $3,500
New York: Viking, 1989. First edition. Signed on title-page. Read More about Interzone
Price: $250
New York: Seaver Books, [1986]. First American edition. Read More about The Adding Machine: Selected Essays
Price: $75
