Exterminator by Burroughs William Gysin Brion (12 results)

Softcover. Condition: Good. Second Edition. Octavo. Blue card covers with whie design and red lettering. "William Burroughs, author of Junkie and The Naked Lunch, in this his latest work has thrown away all traces of a polite regard for the sacred cows of narrative fiction. In THE EXTERMINATOR pieces of his earlier writing, magazine and newspaper articles, headlines and catch-phrases of the day are cut up, scrambled and thrown at the reader, or rather, sprayed at him in the same way a machinegun sprays its target. Almost nothing remains in a narrative context; everything is anatomized and forced to exist in an agonized truce." (rear cover).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very good paperback. Minor marks, tanning and shelfwear to the cover. The page block and some pages are lightly tanned. The opening two or three page corners are lightly creased. The binding is sound and all text remains clear. CM. Used.

8Vo Softcover. Condition: Good. Reprint. 51p. Pages are unmarked with a light patina and a few dog-eared corners. Blue and white wraps are glossy with bumped corners and rubbing to edges. Faint foxing present on endpages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. scuffing along edges and corners. shelf wear and creasing along spine. foxing along page edges.

[San Francisco:] The Auerhahn Press, 1960. 51, [1]pp. Sm. 8vo. Wrappers printed in red, green, and black. Illustrations. Light foxing and mild creases to covers; close to very good. First edition of this early Burroughs title printed in ~1000 copies.

San Francisco (CA), The Auerhahn Press, 1960, Edizione originale. Ottimo esemplare (lievi fioriture al piatto posteriore e lieve piega al margine esterno della testa delle carte e dei piatti). Romanzo sperimentale con inserti poetici e 4 calligrammi di Gysin. in 8°, brossura editoriale illustrata in rosso, verde e nero (su fondo bianco), 2 cc.b. ab initio et in fine, pp. [2] 51 [5] con ill. n.t. Edizione originale. Ottimo esemplare (lievi fioriture al piatto posteriore e lieve piega al margine esterno della testa delle carte e dei piatti). brossura editoriale illustrata in rosso, verde e nero (su fondo bianco),

Paperback. Condition: Very good. Paperback Octavo. wraps, 51 pp covers lightly worn on the edges, tape mark upper right corner of front cover Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The Auerhahn Press: San Francisco, 1960. First edition. Stiff white pictorial wrappers. 58 pages. Thin Sm 4to. Cover design by Gysin. Continues include: The Exterminator by WSB and several others by Gysin. Four calligraphs by Gysin. One of approximately 1,000 copies, priced at $1.50. Very good with a crease to the lower corner of the front panel; light toning to the edges. Ref: Maynard and Miles.

First edition, first printing "Let petty kings the name of party know where I come kill both friend and foe". Rare showing by these two companionable friends, authors and inventors. Very good or better tall illustrated wraps with clean text. Book designed and printed by by Dave L. Haselwood and James F. McIiroy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Second edition. 8 vo. 32 leaves. Originally published by The Auerhahn Press in 1960. Blue wrappers with a white calligraphy design with the title and author names in red. Contents and collation are identical to the original. Published in a run of approximately 1,000 copies priced at $1.50. A little rubbing to the front panel, creasing to the spine, and a chip to the bottom right corner of the front cover. Very good. Signed by WSB on the title page. Uncommon. Ref: Maynard and Miles. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First Edition. Original stiff white pictorial paper wrappers. Signed by Burroughs to the title page. True first edition of 1000 copies. Top edge stained, stain enters page margins. Minor creasing/soil to covers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 51 pages; Signed by Author.

First edition, first printing, signed by Burroughs on the title page. This is one of only 1,000 copies of Burroughs's attempt to "rub out the word"; signed copies are uncommon. The Exterminator comprises pieces of Burroughs's earlier writing scrambled and "thrown at the reader, or rather, sprayed at him in the same way a machinegun [sic] sprays its target" (rear cover). It is distinct from the short story Exterminator! (1973), which represents "Burroughs' induction into the mainstream and corporate publishing" (Birmingham). In contrast, The Exterminator was published by the printer-poet Dave Haselwood's Auerhahn Press, a small press responsible for publishing many of the key poets of the San Francisco Renaissance in the 1960s. Maynard & Miles A4. Original white wrappers lettered in red and black with Gysin design in green. Covers faintly toned with trivial marks: a fine copy.