Queer by Burroughs, William S - 1985

The Viking Press, 1985-11-18. Hardcover. Used: Good.

New York: Viking, 1985. First edition. Hard cover. A Fine Copy In Fine Dust Jacket Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. Audience: General/trade.

Viking, New York, 1985. First edition. Condition: Near fine in very good dust plus jacket. Book has previous seller's pencil markings on inside first page as well as 4th page. Dust jacket has very slight edge nicks on spine and slight yellowing along top edge. Price clipped. More pictures available upon request.Includes a black and white photograph of Burroughs by Ginsberg.From the publisher: For more than three decades, while its writer's world fame increased, Queer remained unpublished because of its forthright depiction of homosexual longings. Set in the corrupt and spectral Mexico City of the forties, Queer is the story of William Lee, a man afflicted with both acute heroin withdrawal and romantic and sexual yearnings for an indifferent user named Eugene Allerton. The narrative is punctuated by Lee's outrageous "routines" — brilliant comic monologues that foreshadow Naked Lunch —yet the atmosphere is heavy with foreboding. In his extraordinary introduction, Burroughs reflects on the shattering… Read More

The Viking Press. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1985. Hardcover. Blue cloth first edition has light soiling and bumping. Unclipped jacket is near fine. ; 8.4 X 5.2 X 0.7 inches .

New York: Viking Press. Hardcover. 1985. 1st Edition. 8vo 134pp . Fine in Very Good DJ.

first edition first printing hardcover in dust jacket; no prior owner marks; minimal age tone; tight bind; clean cloth cover, bright titling; dj edge wear: short closed tear top front corner, little rub, crease lower front flap corner; flap price present HC26

New York: Viking, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. 134pp. Cloth. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket with mild toning to the edges. ; Octavo.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

(New York): Viking, 1985. Softcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Blue cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with slight toning at the edges, and a tiny crease on the rear flap.

FIRST EDITION in dust jacket. The book and dust jacket are fine - no toning.