Junkie
Lee, William
Published by Ace Books, New York, 1953
Used
Soft cover
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Junkie by William Lee (pseud Of William S. Burrough.) First edition in original pictorial wrappers. bound together with Maurice Helbrant's Narcotic Agent. Publisher: Ace Books, New York, (1953). Binding is in near fine condition, price on both covers blanked out. Content clean, toning with age. 149 page plus 169 pages for the second novel. 4 ¼ x 6 ½ inches. Inventory #25-202. Price: $500. Seller Inventory # 25-202
Bibliographic Details
Title: Junkie
Publisher: Ace Books, New York
Publication Date: 1953
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Near Fine
Edition: 1st Edition
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Junkie [Postcard]
Published by
1995, 1995
Used
Softcover
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Postcard New original ACE paperback cover art for "Junkie", roughly 4 x 6 full color postcard. Art is Al Rossi. Seller Inventory # 68858
Junkie
Published by
Ace
Used
Paperback
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # GB0006EZTHOI5N10
Junkie
Published by
Ace Books Inc, 1953
Used
Soft cover
First Edition
Seller: Jeff Bergman Books ABAA, ILAB, Flemington, NJ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good Copy First Edition. William Burroughs (William Lee) First Book. Rare in Any Condition. Excellent Copy. Seller Inventory # 016289
JUNKIE / NARCOTIC AGENT
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Ace D Series. New York: A.A. Wynn/Ace Book, Inc. ,
Used
Paperback
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, Webster, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. D-15 very good - fine, reading crease 1953, PBO/. William Burrough's first book (William Lee). Cover by Al Rossi. , paperback, Seller Inventory # 298181
Junkie: Confessions of an Unredeemed Drug Addict -Burroughs, William S. (as William Lee) / Maurice Helbrant. / Narcotic Agent. Ace Double Books D-15. New York: Ace Books, 1953. First Edition / First Printing thus.
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Soft cover
First Edition
Seller: Rare and Fun Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Burroughs, William S. (as William Lee) / Maurice Helbrant. Junkie: Confessions of an Unredeemed Drug Addict / Narcotic Agent. Ace Double Books D-15. New York: Ace Books, 1953. First Edition / First Printing thus. Rare and highly collectible Ace Double paperback featuring the first appearance of William S. Burroughs' landmark debut novel Junkie, published under the pseudonym "William Lee," bound tête-bêche with Maurice Helbrant's Narcotic Agent. One of the iconic early Beat Generation paperbacks and among the most sought-after Ace Doubles. Original pictorial wrappers with classic mid-century pulp cover art. Moderate wear, rubbing, creasing, and edge chipping to covers and spine; spine shows wear and small losses at ends. Interior toned as usual with age but generally clean and complete. A solid, authentic collector copy of an important Burroughs first edition in its original 1953 Ace format. Condition: Good. Original wrappers worn, rubbed, creased, and edge-chipped, with notable spine wear/splitting and small losses at spine ends. Covers remain bright and presentable. Pages age-toned as expected for 1953 pulp paper, but text appears complete and clean. Binding fragile but holding. A worn but solid collectible copy. Seller Inventory # ABE-1779556265723
Junkie; Narcotic Agent
Published by
Ace Books, USA, 1953
Used
Paperback
First Edition
Seller: NightsendBooks, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1st Edition. Unusual double book; first publication of William Burroughs' Junkie printed under pseudonym of William Lee. This copy is NEAR FINE; the text is clear, bright, and unmarked except for previous owner's name top fep; binding is in place but pages and edges have browned. The covers are also near fine: absolutely intact , including excellent color and design, but some wear bottom spine; also slight wear top edge of Narcotic Agent; some rubbing on both covers. We have a five star rating because of our fulfilment success and because our descriptions are accurate. Seller Inventory # 013943
Junkie / Narcotic Agent
Published by
Ace Books, New York, 1953
Used
First Edition
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Very Good. New York: Ace Books, 1953. First Edition. 12mo; two volumes bound tête-bêche in publisher's pictorial card wrappers; 149,[2],169pp. Moderate wear to wrapper margins, light dust soil, textblock significantly browned; overall Very Good and sound. Issued as Ace Double Books D-15. First edition of William S. Burrough's first book, a fictionalized account of his own experiences with morphine and heroin addiction. "Not since De Quincey's The Confessions of an English Opium Eater has the finger of light shone so glaringly on the wasteland of the drug addict" (publisher's note). Bound with an abridged edition of Maurice Helbrant's 1941 memoir Narcotic Agent. Maynard & Miles A1a. Seller Inventory # 43518
Junkie. Confessions of an Unredeemed Drug Addict. Avec présenté tête-bêche: HELBRANT, Maurice. Narcotic Agent.
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Seller: Chloé et Denis Ozanne, Paris, France
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
New York, Ace Books Inc, 1953, 163x106mm, (1-4) 5-149 (150-151), inversé 169-5 (4-1) Narcotic Agent, Maurice Helbrant, broché sous couvertures illustrées.Papier jauni, mouillures claires marginales aux premières pages.Edition originale du premier livre de Burroughs dont il n'a pas été tiré de grands papiers.Maynard and Miles A1. Sohm 4, p.19., Beat Generation, Centre Pompidou 2016, p.170, reproduit. (103137). Seller Inventory # 103137
Junkie. Confessions of an Unredeemed Drug Addict.
Used
Softcover
First Edition
Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
New York: Ace Books.1953. [issued and bound with:]HELBRANT, Maurice. Narcotic Agent. New York: Ace Books. 1953. Publisher's pictorial card wrappers; Junkie: pp. [ii], 149, [2 (publishers' advertisements)], Narcotic Agent: pp. [ii], 169; rubbing to spine and creasing to both covers; uniformly toned, first 2 ff. of Junkie coming loose; old ink stamp of Burkes Used Book Store, Santa Ana, to first page of Junkie; otherwise a very good copy. First edition, first impression of William Burroughs's first published novel, a semi-autobiographical exploration of heroin addiction, withdrawal, and relapse in 1950s New York.Burroughs, who had studied anthropology as a postgraduate from Harvard, developed an addiction to morphine following his move to New York and began selling heroin in Greenwich Village; arrested for forging a narcotics prescription in 1946, Burroughs subsequently fled to Mexico City in 1949 to avoid United States drug charges. In 1951 - by which time Junkie had largely been completed - he fatally shot his common-law wife, Joan Vollmer, during a drunken William Tell-style game in which he attempted to shoot a whiskey glass off her head. Junkie was initially considered unpublishable; after numerous rejections, Burroughs (here writing under the pseudonym William Lee) turned to Ace Books through Carl Solomon (to whom Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl' is dedicated), a printer of cheap pulp fiction, Solomon's uncle being the owner of the publishing firm; Ace had rejected Kerouac's On the Road, and only published Junkie on the condition that its language would be censored. It is printed dos-a-dos with the largely forgotten Narcotic Agent by Maurice Helbrant, an autobiographical account of the author's work as an undercover agent for the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. Considering the disposable intention of the pulp novel, our copy is in uncommonly good condition. Seller Inventory # 2122792
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[Beats] [Junkie] Junky [Signed Uncorrected Proof]
Published by
Penguin Books, New York, 1977
Used
Stiff Wrappers
Signed
Seller: Fine Editions Ltd, Willow Street, PA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Stiff Wrappers. Condition: Fine. Rare unrevised proof, signed by Burroughs on title-page, of the "first complete and unexpurgated edition" (cover) of this classic novel of addiction. Laid in is the original printed invitation to the publication party at Gotham Book Mart to meet the author. With an Introduction by Allen Ginsberg, recounting his role in the original paperback publication. Small 8vo: xvi,166pp (final published edition was xviii,158pp). Publisher's original printed buff textured wrappers perfectly bound ("Galley: no. 38, Pub. date: 3/77, Price: 1.95t"). A pristine copy, bright, tight, and square copy. From the Donald Kaufmann Collection of Modern Literature, sold at Heritage Auctions, Lot 45345, March 8, 2017. The first complete and unexpurgated edition, originally published as Junkie: Confessions of an Unredeemed Drug Addict (1953) under the pen name William Lee. Publication of Junkie, Burroughs's first book, marked one of the opening salvos of the Beat Generation's most prolific periods, with provocative content that pushed the limits of acceptability in 1950s America in its presentation of the taboo subjects of homosexuality and addiction. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Seller Inventory # BB1627