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Lot 76
BURROUGHS, William S. (“William Lee" 1914-1997). Junkie: Co...
Estimate: $300 - $500
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BURROUGHS, William S. (?William Lee" 1914-1997). Junkie: Confessions of an Unredeemed Drug Addict. New York: Ace Double Books, 1953.12mo. Original color pictorial wrappers (some light edgewear to wrappers and a few text leaves, bookseller's inkstamp on title-page). FIRST EDITION OF BURROUGHS NOTORIOUS FIRST BOOK. Burroughs' first book (written as ?William Lee") of his notorious semi-autobiographical novel of heroin addiction which ?tells us more about heroin use during the wartime and immediate postwar 1940s than any other volume; millions have read it since its original publication" (Dope Menace, p. 54), Bound dos-a-dos with Maurice Helbrandt's Narcotic Agent. Maynard & Miles A1a. A Horowitz high spot.
