JUNKIE / NARCOTIC AGENT
New York: Ace Books, Inc., 1953. First Edition. Burroughs's first book, a semi-autobiographical field report from the seedy underbelly of post-war America, chronicling his experiences using and selling drugs and vacillating between addiction and recovery. A cornerstone work of the Beat Generation and a high-point of drug literature, always plentiful in the marketplace, but less so in anything approaching collector's condition. Maynard & Miles A1a. Item #7421
First Printing, a paperback original novel, bound together with Maurice Helbrant's Narcotic Agent. Octavo (16.25cm); original pictorial card wrappers; dark yellow edge-staining; [4],5-149,[2]; 169pp. Subtle tanning to text edges, light wear to extremities, with a few faint stress creases to wrappers; a bright, Near Fine copy.
Price: $3,250.00