Process by Gysin: First Edition (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1985 354pp Quartet. VG+ in VG+ dustwrapper. The Process has the dazzling impact of a drug-inspired dream. Ulys O. Hanson, an African-American professor of the History of Slavery, who is in North Africa on a mysterious foundation grant, sets off across the Sahara on a series of wild adventures. He first meets Hamid, a mad Moroccan who turns him on, takes him over and teaches him to pass as a Moor. Mya, the richest woman in creation, and her seventh husband, the hereditary Bishop of the Farout Islands, also cross his path with their plans to steal the Sahara and make the stoned professor the puppet Emperor of Africa.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. New York: Doubleday & Company, 1969. Octavo. Hardcover with a dust jacket. First edition. Mild foxing along the top edge of the text block. Previous owner's name and date on the inside of the front board. Unclipped jacket is rubbed and chipped and the rear flap is torn along the top portion. Book is very good, jacket is good.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. Cover and spine are good with only mild shelf/rub wear. No dog-eared corners. Solid Binding. All pages intact and legible. Clean. No store stamps. --- --- . . .has the dazzling impact of a drug-inspired dream and, since its publication more than thirty years ago, has established itself as a classic of twentieth century modernism. . . . .Ulys O. Hanson, an African-American professor of the History of Slavery, who is in North Africa on a mysterious foundation grant, sets off across the Sahara on a series of wild adventures. He first meets Hamid, a mad Moroccan who turns him on, takes him over and teaches him to pass as a Moor. Mya, the richest woman in creation, and her seventh husband, the hereditary Bishop of the Farout Islands, also cross his path with their plans to steal the Sahara and make the stoned professor the puppet Emperor of Africa. . .See photos for additional content. . . …

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Condition Notes: A hint of edgewear to the dust wrapper. Leans vaguely. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block; First edition (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over black boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 8¾" x 5½" (1 kg); pp 353; First edition thus, first published by Doubleday, 1969 and Cape, 1970. || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #201575 ||.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Jonathan Cape 1970 first edition. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to dust jacket, including small tear near spine. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First edition. First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original boards. Dust-jacket, price-clipped. Gysin was a painter and composer who collaborated with Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs on many occasions. The Process was his first full-length novel. A very good copy in price-clipped jacket. Jacket artwork by Ham. (illustrator). Book.…

dj. First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 353 pages. Gysin's first book, a novel about a hallucinogenic trip in Africa. A clean near fine copy in two tone cloth boards with a very tiny spot to the fore edge and in a very good plus dust jacket with some minor edge wear and some tiny chips to the spine ends. Still, a very pleasing copy of this important debut.…

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Book condition is Very Good; with a Very Good dust jacket. Some toning, rubbing, chipping and edge wear to jacket. Previous owner stamp on front end page. Interior is evenly toned throughout. Text is clean and unmarked. 8vo. 8 1/2"h x 5 3/4"w. First Edition is stated. Uncommon First Printing of this highly influential text from Burroughs's co-creator of their cut/up method.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket. First edition, first print. Very good condition. The paintings reproduced on the jacket are by the Moroccan artist Hamri. Jacket has some fading to the spine and a nick to jacket rear at the upper edge. Jacket spine head is creased and has a small nick. Slight folding to the upper edges of the jacket and couple of minor score lines to jacket rear. The boards are very clean with only a couple of very minor scores to the rear. Internally the text is pristine. DP. Used.…

Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1969. First Edition. Publisher's printed card laid in "With the compliments of Brion Gysin." Octavo; 353pp. Illustrated dust jacket with $5.95 price present; black and brown cloth stamped in gilt; pink endpapers. Dust jacket worn along edges with general scuffing; boards show light shelfwear; binding sound and pages unmarked; a Very Good copy of the author's first novel following a professor's hallucinatory journey across the Sahara. …