New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1981. 332 pp. Tan and orange boards with lettering on the spine only. No bumps or rubbing. Binding is square and tight. Pictorial color endpapers. Dust jacket is bright, pictorial and unclipped. DJ is protected by mylar, and shows original price of $14.95. Interior is clean and unmarked. Cited as "without a doubt, William Burroughs' magnum opus," this copy is a sturdy, clean edition in gift-worthy condition.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo.

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Cities of the Red Night is a novel by William S. Burroughs. It was the first book in the final trilogy of the beat author, and was first published in 1981. This was his first full-length novel since The Wild Boys a decade earlier. It is the first in a trilogy and is followed by The Place of Dead Roads and The Western Lands. The plot of this somewhat disjunctive work revolves around a group of revolutionaries who seek the freedom to live under the articles set out by Captain James Mission.

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Bookseller: The Chatham Bookseller, LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 032790
Title: Cities of The Red Night
Author: Burroughs, William S
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0030539765
ISBN 13: 9780030539763
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart & Winston
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1981
Size: Octavo
Keywords: Burroughs

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