The Letters of William S. Burroughs 1945-1959, HC, 1st/1st, 1993, VG/VG
A classic documentation of correspondence between the major Beats of that generation: letters between William S. Burroughs and other Beats Alan Ginsburg (author of Howl and much more), Jack Kerouac (author of the classic On the Road, Subterraneans, Dharma Bums, much more), Neal Cassady (one of Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters and driver of the bus 'Further' written up in Tom Wolfe's Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test), Paul Bowles (author of the classic The Sheltering Sky, written after he moved to Tangiers, Morocco) and others. If you're a fan of the beats, these letters show much of the correspondence between these characters as the Beat Generation developed, a must-read.
The book is the first edition, first printing with dust jacket, both in VG condition. Quarter black cloth and tan paper covered boards, red lettering on spine, 8vo, 472 pp. Covers are solid with no scratches but with small corner bumps and shelf wear on bottom, binding is solid, slightly pushed, hinges are not cracked or started. Bottom of spine was wet at one point and there is ink stain from the spine cloth staining inside bottom front cover, ffep, title page and some pages into the introduction (to pg xix). Text has light soiling/dust on text edges, otherwise the text is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket shows same staining mainly on inside of jacket, one small split (1/8") on bottom spine, some corner and edge wear on top and bottom, full jacket with pricing. Overall nice copy. Book will be carefully bubble wrapped and shipped in a cardboard box for protection.
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