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NAKED LUNCH
by Burroughs, William S
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grove Press, 1959 [1962]. First American and First Hardback Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 255 pages; VG-/G-; spine yellow and black with red lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering, price uncut '$6.00'; dust jacket with front flap detached, chipping to all extremities, some shelfwear, light foxing to interior of spine; top edge of text block black; ink name to ffep; shelved case 6. Published in 1959 by Olympia Press in paperwraps. Copyright page dated 1959, but this edition actually published in 1962 [Maynard and Miles, A2b]. First-Edition points include $6.00 cover price (front jacket flap remains unclipped); no zip code on publisher's address to jacket rear; no numbers at base of jacket spine. Stated first printing to copyright page;. 1364503. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1364503
- Title
- NAKED LUNCH
- Author
- Burroughs, William S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American and First Hardback Edition
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959 [1962]
Terms of Sale
Second Story Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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