The Naked Lunch

Paris: Olympia Press, 1959. First Edition. Paperback. Very good/good. 12mo (17.5 cm), pp. [1-6], 7-225, [226-232], Green wraps in purple and white jacket. Housed in a near fine, custom, clamshell case. First printing with green decorative border on title page and price of 1500 Francs on back cover. From the personal library of William "Gatz" Hjortsberg, author of Jubilee Hitchhiker: The Life and Times of Richard Brautian and Falling Angel (filmed as Angel Heart). Previous owner's name (not Hjortsberg's) on front free endpaper, light rubbing and edge wear to wraps, damp-staining to bottoms of endpapers. Jacket with moderate chipping and small closed tears. One of 5000 copies printed. [Maynard & Miles A2a]